Locals help to buy up Cambodian longans as export is halted

Pailin Longan Association vice-chairman Suon Chum estimates that Pailin province will harvest about 50,000 tonnes of longan this year. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Pailin Longan Association (PLA) embraced a spirit of optimism that a push to buy domestic longan, ignited by the prime minister, would save tens of thousands of tonnes of the fruit no longer able to reach their intended destinations in Thailand, amid coronavirus-related restrictions and a Chinese ban on Thai longan.

A Chinese ban on Thai longan imposed on Aug 13 over contamination with mealybugs has thrown a wrench into Cambodian exports of the fruit to the neighbouring country.