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Businesses are crying foul as farmers are not honoring deals with them to sell durian and are instead seeking to sell their produce to others for higher prices. Van Hoa, a durian packaging and exporting company with a capacity of 100,000 tons a year, has lost…
Musang King durian moon cake prices, made with the popular durian variety originally from Malaysia, have increased by 2-10% year-on-year in Vietnam. Their cost ranges between VND900,000 ($37.90) to VND1.7 million per box. Last year, the most expensive product…
According to Vietnam Customs, Durian exports increased 19-fold year-on-year in the first half of this year to US$876 million. Of this, China alone accounted for $835 million. Dang Phuc Nguyen, general secretary of the Vietnam Fruits and Vegetables…
Thai exporters are halving the time it takes to deliver durian to China, from 8 days to four days, in order to better compete with Vietnam over the pungent fruit. Thailand shipped 477,700 tons of fresh durian to China in the first five months, valued at a…
Vietnam’s durian export value reached more than US$500 million in the first five months, an increase of more than 18 times against the same period last year. According to the General Department of Customs, during the period, vegetable and fruit exports stayed…
A premium durian variety from Malaysia, Black Thorn, is now grown in Vietnam and is popular despite costing a steep VND800,000 (US$34) per kilogram. Farmers grow it in the Mekong Delta and their trees have borne fruits this harvest season. The most expensive…
Vietnam-grown Musang King durian has seen prices plunging by half in Vietnam in over two months due to abundant supply. Loan in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 is selling a kilogram of Musang King durian flesh at VND650,000 ($27.68), down by half from early…
China has approved another 293 farming areas and 115 packaging facilities in Vietnam for export of fresh durian to it, eight months after the two countries signed a protocol. Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is working with China’s…
The export of bananas, durians, and jackfruit from Vietnam to China and Laos surged in the year’s first four months. The export value of vegetables and fruits reached $1.39 billion, up 19.4% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of…
Ri6 durian prices grown in the Mekong Delta have plunged by 30-40% to VND50,000-55,000 ($2.13-2.34) per kilogram from early April. Prices in the localities of Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Can Tho, where most of the fruit is grown, have plummeted 70% since early…
A kilogram of Vietnam-grown Musang King now costs VND1.5-1.8 million ($64-$76), 20% higher than imports of the same varietal. A kilogram of husked local Vietnamese Musang King ranges from VND500,000-850,000 per kilogram, equivalent to VND1.5-1.8 million per…
Durian prices have plunged by half in nearly two months as harvest season approaches and supply is abundant. Farmers in the southern provinces of Tien Giang, Long An, Binh Phuoc, and Dong Thap sell their Ri6 durian for VND75,000-VND85,000 per kilogram…
Rice farmers in the Mekong Delta have been switching to durian on thousands of hectares of lands despite warnings the soil is unsuitable and there will be oversupply. Tran Dang Khoa in Long An Province in the delta is busy preparing to harvest his durian crop…
Thai farmers who’ve enjoyed a virtual monopoly in exporting fresh durian to China are worried about Vietnam entering the fray because the latter’s proximity to the importer generates several advantages. When Vietnam’s first batch of fresh durian was exported…
By focusing on the “King of Fruits”, the durian, the company says it hopes to encourage fruit consumption on an international level. Together with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Commerce Ministry and Central Pattana, Central Food Retail is organising…
