Thai durian still king in China as hunger for Thailand's fruit keeps rising


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Sales of Thai fruits in the Chinese market continue to thrive, with durian, mangosteen, and longan highly sought-after.

In China’s eastern Shandong province alone, wholesale fruit importers have generated 138 million baht in revenue, and supermarkets have announced plans to order fruit worth an additional 190 million baht this year, according to Thailand's Department of International Trade Promotion.

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