Indonesia is expanding cultivation and completing legal procedures in preparation to begin exporting durians to China, ...

That makes the fruit big business for durian farmers in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. China’s durian imports have steadily grown in recent years.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant.

KUALA LUMPUR: The 4th Malaysia International Durian and Cultural Fest (MIDCF) 2024, going on until Sept 16 at Piazza of Pavilion Bukit Jalil, is set to be the largest durian buffet festival.

Vietnamese durian farmers are bracing for a potential price drop as the main harvest season approaches, amid stricter import regulations from China, the largest market for the fruit. Last month, ...

«I can't compete with the big Chinese companies,» Ahao says. «They have so much money, and buy up everything in Chanthaburi.» Ahao is from China too. But if he wants to buy durian, he is ...

Photo by VnExpress/Viet Quoc Durian, however, fell 73% year-on-year to $31 million, mostly due to an 83% drop in shipment to China, the biggest market. Durian has been heavily affected by new ...

Durian was Vietnam’s biggest agricultural export success last year, contributing nearly $3.2 billion in revenue. However, a series of regulatory hurdles in China and the EU is putting pressure on ...

The latest report on Chinese investors buying protected forest land to expand their durian plantations is worrying. This is ...