Thanks to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, more and more durian shipments are making their way into China from Southeast Asia. A batch of 18.24 metric tons of fresh Vietnamese durians arrived in Youyiguan Port in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in late September. The shipment made Vietnam the second country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, after Thailand, to gain access to the Chinese market for its fresh durians after the trade agreement went into force in January.
China's imports of fresh durian last year surged 43.7 percent from the previous year to more than 820,000 tons, official figures showed. The total value of $4.2 billion marked a jump of over 80 percent.
Some 380,000 tons of fruit from ASEAN nations entered the Chinese market via Guangxi checkpoints with a value of 5.83 billion yuan ($800 million) in the first eight months of 2022.
Source: chinadaily.com.cn