China is turning to the king of fruits to sweeten ties with Southeast Asia countries, amid its bitter superpower rivalry with the United States.

Paiboon Wongchotesathit, former president of the association, forecasts that the total durian supply in the region will hit 800,000 tonnes, with prices expected to drop compared to last year.

Indonesia aims to begin exports of frozen durians to China this year, after the signing of a landmark supply agreement. Saifulbahri Ismail with this report on  "durian diplomacy', as Indonesia and ...

NANNING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Whenever a news story about durians pops up in China, the conversation inevitably divides into two camps: durian lovers and durian haters. For some, this tropical ...

to send fresh durian to China will only be audited by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) in September. Penang agrotechnology, food security and cooperative development committee ...

HANOI: Vietnam could earn US$300mil from shipping frozen durian to China on the back of a recently signed protocol on plant-quarantine requirements. The protocol is huge for the Vietnamese durian ...

Each year, China imports about $7 billion worth of fresh durians, and the figure is expected to surpass $10 billion soon. Additionally, the country spends around $1 billion on frozen durians annually.

MANILA, Philippines — The country has exported its first-ever shipment of frozen durian meat and paste to China, marking the start of trade of the frozen commodity in the world’s top durian buyer.

While Vietnam’s vegetable and fruit exports to China decreased, exports to the U.S. increased 38 percent, and shipments to ...

Vietnamese durian farmers are bracing for a potential price drop as the main harvest season approaches, amid stricter import ...

A total of 413.61 tonnes of fresh durian from Malaysia worth RM24.84 million was exported to China from August 24 to December 31 last year, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Datuk ...

Import and export activities between Vietnam and China were moderate in the first two months of the year, with a value ...