"Fruits"

The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) says new trade channels opened with China have helped solve an oversupply crisis by lifting Thai fruit exports to 60 per cent of capacity.

The Mohan border checkpoint in China has issued Thai durian exporters an ultimatum to resolve their Covid-19 problem in five days, starting Monday, failing which they will be banned.

Thailand has urged Vietnam to negotiate with China on opening their three checkpoints round the clock to facilitate the export of fruits.

The Challenges of Exporting Durian into China

Thai durians were transported into China's border town of Mohan via Nong Khai after the Chinese government approved imports of the fruit.

Thai Airways International (THAI) said it will more than double its number of cargo flights to China and India next month, as demand for Thai fruit exports rises.

Two containers carrying 40 tonnes of durian and one container filled with 20 tonnes of coconuts entered China for the first time on a train on Sunday.

HÀ NỘI — As fruit and vegetable exports to China face difficulties, many Vietnamese enterprises have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in systems and processing plants to sell their products in Europe and the US.

For the first time in 15 years, the United States government has approved the import of fresh pomelo from Thailand, Department of Agriculture director-general Phichead Wiriyaphaha said on Wednesday.

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit announced on Thursday that his ministry was launching a set of proactive measures to better manage fruit supplies next year.

Sales of Thai durian have come under pressure from fierce competition after China recently signed an agreement with Malaysia allowing the import of frozen durian, the Thai Durian Association posted on its Facebook page.

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has dismissed accusations that it is misusing state assets by deploying aircraft to transport fruit to RATF bases.