According to local media quoting Nuttakrit Oranhirunrak, vice president of the Thai-Chinese Agribusiness Association in Chanthaburi province, from the start of the harvest season to June 10, 2023, a total of 33,000 containers of durians have been exported to China. 

 

This is well above the 15,000 containers exported to China 3 years ago.

 

In eastern Thailand, recent climatic conditions are causing the durian to take an irregular shape. If climatic conditions return to normal and durian takes on a regular shape, Thai exports could reach 40,000 containers.

 

From January to May, cumulative exports of fresh durian to China reached 480,000 tons, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.