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Mangosteen trees in the eastern region are being felled in large numbers to grow the pricier durian, a senior Department of Agriculture official said on Friday.

TKY Farm, a Monthong durian grower in Preah Vihear province, has shipped over 120 tonnes of durian to China in a first for Cambodia.

Thailand exported 550,848 tonnes of durian in the past five months, an adviser to the agriculture minister said on Wednesday.

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has encouraged farmer to increase cultivation of durians to meet the growing demand in the world market.

Thai farmers gear up for China's growing appetite for durians

The Eastern Economic Corridor has linked up with PTT Plc and Rayong Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) to launch a project for price stability of durians in the eastern province.

China has reopened all of its land Customs clearance checkpoints for Thai durians after closing them in the middle of this month, an adviser to the agriculture minister said on Friday.

The Mohan border checkpoint in China has issued Thai durian exporters an ultimatum to resolve their Covid-19 problem in five days, starting Monday, failing which they will be banned.

A police raid on a fruit middleman’s warehouse in Chanthaburi province found that almost one in five durians stored there was unripe, a senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives said on Thursday.

Thai durians were transported into China's border town of Mohan via Nong Khai after the Chinese government approved imports of the fruit.

"The signing and future of RCEP would undoubtedly bring benefits and development opportunities," says secretary general of the Malaysia International Durian Industry Development Association Edwyn Chiang, noting that RCEP will boost more agricultural investment and cooperation for Malaysia and the RCEP members.

A royal antique car decorated with durian fruit and a banner reading “Vietnamese Durian” travelled around the centre of Sydney on Tuesday (October 29) as part of a promotion for the fruit in Australia.