Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is tapping the influence of a prominent social media star to drive its durian and other fruits exports through an online sales event targeting Chinese buyers.

If the virus is found, the batch of fruit is rejected or destroyed, and the border is temporarily closed. The Thai authorities have cautioned durian exporters and farmers to be vigilant in ...

Last year farmers benefited from soaring fruit prices, while exports surged thanks to promotion efforts among trading partners.Prices of durian grade AB in the eastern region rose 21% year-on-year, ...

A run on the strong-smelling durian fruit from Southeast Asia is bringing new prosperity to the Thai province of Chanthaburi. But Chinese buyers are trying to squeeze the local farmers.

Sanchai Puranachaikiri, advisor to the Thai Fruit Traders and Exporters Association, stated that the halt in durian purchases was intended as a signal to the government to acknowledge the gravity ...

Thai durian traders and exporters expect a higher supply of the fruit and a drop in prices this year. Sanchai Puranachaikiri, president of the Thai Fresh Fruit Traders and Exporters Association ...

The durian, known worldwide as the "King of Fruits", is more than just a sticky, thorny and, yes, smelly fruit; they also define the nature of the five-decade-old Sino-Thai relations. Yu Haiqiu of ...

Thai durian traders and exporters expect prices of the stinky fruit to decline this year as supply is forecast to increase. Sanchai Puranachaikiri, president of the Thai Fresh Fruit Traders and ...

a Thai expert in international trade. Thailand’s own wholesale durian companies could “disappear in the near future”, he warned. Durian is to fruit what truffles are to mushrooms ...

Durian prices in China – the world’s top market for the spiky, pungent fruit typically regarded as a luxury item – have fallen this month as Vietnam gains on Thailand in a heated export ...

Thai durian vendor Aum. Photo from Aum's Instagram According to ... Critics argued that she was leveraging her appearance rather than the quality of her fruit to gain popularity. Undeterred, Aum ...

BANGKOK – Police in Thailand have launched what is believed to be the country’s first durian guarding scheme after thieves stole one million baht (S$39,200) worth of the spiky fruit from a ...