Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia’s export value of durians is expected to rise to 1.8 billion RM (more than 400 million USD) by 2030, according to its Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM).
As reported by Malaysia’s national news agency Bernama, in an August 25 statement, the KPKM reported that Malaysia's durian export performance over the five-year period from 2018 to 2022 was encouraging, with the value growing by 822.8 million RM or 256.3%.
In 2022, the country’s export of the tropical fruit reelled in 1.14 billion RM, the highest ever recorded.
China is the primary export market for Malaysian durians, with a record export value of 887 million RM in 2022, the KPKM said. It also noted that the nation’s first fresh durian shipment to China, carried out on August 24, arrived at Zhengzhou Cargo Airport.
The export of fresh durians to China became possible after the Protocol on Phytosanitary Requirements for the Export of Fresh Durian from Malaysia to China was signed by Malaysian Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu and Chinese Minister of the General Administration of Customs China Yu Jianhua in Putrajaya on June 19./.
Malaysia exports fresh durian to China for first time
Malaysia began exporting fresh durians to China on August 24, two months after the two countries signed a protocol on phytosanitary requirements for the export of the fruit to China, according to Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup.
