Thailand’s annual fruit exports are expected to exceed US$5.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 30%

 

Take Thai durian as an example.
According to the latest online data from the General Administration of Customs of China, China imported 586,100 tons of fresh durian in the first seven months of 2021, valued at more than US$2.
99 ​​billion
.
Import volume increased by 30% year-on-year, and the year-on-year growth in value of goods reached 71.
26%
.
Among them, the increase in value of goods reached its peak in February 2021, at about 282%
.

 

　　In addition to durians, Thai longan exports to China have also shown a significant upward trend
.
Official data show that in the first seven months of 2021, China imported 224,000 tons of Thai longan, an increase of 40% year-on-year; the value of the goods reached US$340 million, an increase of 56% year-on-year
.

 

　　In late August, China temporarily suspended the import of Thai longan
.
Although the import activities of all Thai longan that meet the sanitary conditions have been resumed, the Thai side stated that the number of orders from China has declined
.
Thailand’s Xing Siam Daily reported that the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agricultural Cooperatives have urgently introduced 5 measures to promote longan exports to China: vigorously develop the domestic market in Thailand, and sign purchase agreements between growers and wholesalers, as well as agricultural products processing factories and cities.
Supported by distribution points in various places, a total of 1028 branches with a total of more than 80,000 tons; a price of 3 baht per kilogram of longan products to the provinces that produce longan, a total of 6 provinces, a total of more than 15,764 tons; directly from the farmers , Agricultural cooperatives and community enterprises buy longan for processing, a total of 8,600 tons; to promote fruit exports, a subsidy of 5 baht per kilogram, a total of 60,000 tons; Thailand post cooperation, to provide farmers and e-commerce users with free packaging boxes and free mail Service
.
At the same time, the Thai Ministry of Commerce has formulated a new plan to promote Thai longan in 12 Chinese cities including Wuhan, Kunming, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, as well as the local markets in four Indian states
.

 

　　In addition, the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand will hold two important Thai fruit trading negotiations in 2021
.
The first time was the Eastern Region Trade Matching Negotiations held on March 24, 2021.
There were 39 Thai exporters and 179 importers, mainly from China, Japan, the Philippines, Hungary, India, Russia and the United States; 392 pairs of cooperation were facilitated , Which can generate a transaction volume of 2.
276 billion baht, and the top 5 fruits successfully negotiated are durian, mango, coconut, pineapple and mangosteen
.
The second time was the Southern and Northern region business matching negotiations held on July 22.
There were 65 Thai exporters and 72 importers, mainly from China, Myanmar, India and Cambodia; 257 pairs of cooperation were promoted, and 1.
86 billion baht contracts were signed.
The main fruits for successful negotiation are coconut, pineapple, mango and longan
.

 

　　The Ministry of Commerce of Thailand is responsible for assisting business matching and negotiating transactions throughout the whole process, and promoting fruit exports, especially the longan in the north and the dragon kung fruit in the south
.
Minister Zhu Lin said that Thailand is opening up new fruit export markets.
For example, Chile's demand for Thai mangosteen and dragon palace fruit has increased
.

 

　　In addition to the support of the Thai Ministry of Commerce, the success of Thai fruit exports is also inseparable from the customs clearance work at Chinese ports, the financial support of the Export-Import Bank of Thailand, the strong economic recovery of China and other major trading partners, and the continued depreciation of the Thai baht
.