Fresh Durian insights

Core Tip: Due to the impact of alkaline yellowing incidents on durians from Thailand and Vietnam, exports to China were once blocked. Liferdi Lukman from the Department of Plants of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture said that now is a good opportunity for Indonesia to export durian directly to China. Indonesia is negotiating on exporting durian to China and is expected to reach an agreement on the export of frozen durian next month.

The General Department of Agriculture of Thailand has ordered the destruction of 60 tons of yellow O-infected durian, worth more than 12 million baht (about 9 billion VND), which was rejected for import and returned by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC). Given the Thai durian incident, Vietnamese businesses also need to be well prepared.

Rapiphat Chanthasriwong, director-general of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture, revealed that on February 5, the director of the Thai Plant and Agricultural Products Management Office reported that Laem Chabang Port The stationmasters of the plant inspection stations in Chabang and Aranyaprathet have taken measures to destroy durian, burying a total of 64,671 kilograms. The reason is that the Chinese Customs required that imported durian be tested for alkaline yellow from January 10, and these durians were refused entry and returned because they were tested for alkaline yellow. The Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Technology re-tested the durian samples in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Food and Drug Administration, and the analysis results showed that durian did contain alkaline yellow. At present, all problematic products have been landfilled and destroyed under the supervision of officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Technology. The Thai Ministry of Agriculture has ordered the suspension of exports of 26 related durian packaging factories and instructed relevant agencies to investigate the cause of durian contamination. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture is revising the high-quality durian export operation manual, adding testing, control, tracking and random inspection procedures. In order to prevent the presence of banned substances in durian, Thailand has formulated the "four no" measures, namely, immature durian, pests, false declarations, and the use of banned chemicals are not allowed, ensuring that government officials, enterprises, markets, farmers and inspectors follow unified standards.