Yet Chinese consumers can’t get enough of it. China's imports of the fruit have more than doubled in the last five years, and Pizza Hut’s most popular pizza in China is now du ...

Southeast Asians have a love-hate relationship with durians, sometimes called the “king of ... That makes the fruit big business for durian farmers in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand ...

Vietnam has successfully boosted its durian exports to China. Thailand has launched a special campaign to improve the quality ...

China’s middle class consumers have been tightening their purse strings, but their appetite for durian – pungent, spiky fruit mostly imported from Southeast Asia – continues to grow.

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.

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.

China is the world’s biggest importer of the pungent, prickly fruit, buying 95 per cent of global exports. In 2018, it began large-scale cultivation of durian in Hainan province, the country’s ...

More than 99 per cent of Vietnam’s durian exports went to China last year, and the Southeast Asian country is expected to ship US$3.5 billion of the fruit in 2024. 20 Mar 2024 - 12:08PM China trade ...

Vietnam’s durian exports to China, the world’s largest market for the fruit, rose by 50% year-on-year to 721,000 tons in the first 11 months of 2024. Earnings from their exports increased by 38% to ...