date:Feb 13, 2019
rket prospect of the Thai durian. Mangosteen and durian are both tropical fruits popular with Chinese consumers and tourists. The Chinese economy will slow down as a result of the Sino-US trade war, and Chinese consumers will have less spending power. This will first become noticeable in the import of expensive fruit.
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture shows that Thailand exported 10.2 billion Thai baht [320 million USD] worth of durian to China in 2015. This number dropped to 8.87 billion [