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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): “The prices of durian in Kunming this year have been lowered, indeed,” said Deng Xiaotian from a trade company in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province, after unloading the last box of Monthong durians and stocktaking.

Many citizens in Kunming have found the drop in durian prices in summer this year, and the lowest price was less than 40 yuan (US$5.74) per kilogram. In mid-December, Monthong durians were sold at around 58 yuan per kilogramme in supermarkets in the city, about 10 yuan cheaper from a year ago.