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Thailand has reached a record of exporting more than 500,000 tons of durians to China within six months this year, Government spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana revealed today, June 24th.
The spokesperson said that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha was pleased that the government agencies between Thailand and China have jointly and continually expanded the Thai fruit export channels and that the Chinese Ambassador was confident in the quality standards of Thai durian after visiting an orchard in Chanthaburi and Rayong.
According to the record, more than 509,000 tons of durians were exported to China in the period between February 1st and June 17th, worth a total value of 54,418.45 million baht. This breaks the previous record of 425,000 tons in the same period of 2021 and the record for exporting more than half a million tons of fresh fruit within 6 months.
Thanakorn said “The Prime Minister admires the strong Thai-China relations despite the challenging times and is ready to expand cooperation for the mutually beneficial development of the two countries. He’d like to also thank farmers and entrepreneurs for implementing strict government measures in maintaining high-quality product exports as specified in the destination country.”
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