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View all search resultsIndonesia sends first direct shipment of frozen durian to China
Until now, Chinese consumers have largely relied on supplies from neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
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Stinky: A durian, which sells for between Rp 19,500 (US$1.40) and Rp 100,000 is pictured on Wednesday at a stall in Medan, North Sumatra. (AFP/Rahmad Suryadi)
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ndonesia has launched its first direct export of frozen durian to China, shipping 48 tonnes of the commodity worth Rp 5.1 billion (US$305,000) on Monday.
The frozen durian products, processed in West Java, were shipped from Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta and are bound for Qingdao Port in China.
“This marks the culmination of a long series of processes that took a considerable amount of time and required substantial resources,” head of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency (Barantin) Sahat M. Panggabean said on Monday, adding that the process took nearly two years to complete.
According to Barantin, the export followed market observation showing strong Chinese consumer demand for durian with distinctive taste profiles, a segment Indonesia believes it can fill.
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Until now, Chinese consumers have largely relied on supplies from neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Indonesian exporters, meanwhile, have mainly acted as upstream suppliers to these Southeast Asian countries, which then process, package and re-export the products to China.
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