The Customs Department has recently introduced two new four-legged officials, whose duties include the detection for narcotics and other contraband. Director General Patchara Anuntasilpa said his office now has its…
Read MoreThe Customs Department has recently introduced two new four-legged officials, whose duties include the detection for narcotics and other contraband. Director General Patchara Anuntasilpa said his office now has its…
Read MoreThai durian exporters have capitalised on the ASEAN-China free trade agreement (FTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) by exporting about US$2.8 billion worth of fresh durian to…
Read MoreTo protect consumers, Thailand’s Internal Trade Department has launched a nationwide check on the accuracy of vendor weighing machines. Pol Sub-Lt Chakra Yodmanee, deputy director-general of the department, said today…
Read MoreThai customs officials seized 8.4 tonnes of durian, which is suspected to have been smuggled from Cambodia for sale in Thailand, from a truck in Wang Somboon district of Sa…
Read MoreThailand’s durians, especially the Mon Thong variety, are seeing domestic and overseas demand pick up this harvest season. Suradet Sapprasarn, a wholesaler in Chanthaburi province, reputed to be the largest…
Read MoreDurian, reported to be on sale in some Chinese cities, were not exported from Thailand, but are substandard produce from elsewhere, according to Alongkorn Polabutr, an advisor to Agriculture Minister…
Read MoreSummertime in Thailand can be torture in the heat, but it is also the best time of year to tuck into the abundance of local fruit, particularly durian, which is…
Read MoreDurians falling from trees are collected in nets on a farm in Malaysia, where a long lockdown has slowed domestic demand and left traders more reliant on China’s appetite for…
Read MoreChina’s custom authorities are imposing more stringent COVID-19 testing measures on imports, and there has been a big impact on Thai produce as some Chinese companies have not yet placed…
Read MoreThai durian exporters and orchard owners have expressed serious concern that China’s recent imposition of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification, the system for ensuring that products are consistently produced and…
Read MoreThe Thai Ministry of Culture has declared one durian tree and one takien thong tree, both about 200 years old in Patoh district of the southern province of Chumpon, to…
Read MoreDurian growers in the eastern province of Chanthaburi, Thailand’s largest source of the “king of Thai fruit”, have asked the Ministry of Commerce to seek new export markets for durian,…
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