The price of durian is ＂down＂ for everyone!

Smell smelly and eat fragrant.

Dense and unique in taste

"King of Fruit" Durian

Deeply influenced by China

Fruit market and consumer’s welcome

But it also has a "disadvantage"

It is just too expensive

but

Enter may

With the maturity of tropical fruits coming

Durian is also gradually listed in large quantities.

The price is more affordable than at the beginning of listing.

For people who love durian,

It’s good news

01

Big price cut!

Win the whole durian within 100 yuan

Durian, whose price was still 100 yuan per kilogram at the beginning of April, was "halved" after the May Day holiday. Many netizens said that in fruit shops and supermarkets, the prices of many durians have fallen to20 yuan/Jin fluctuation It only takes about 100 yuan to win the whole durian.

From May to August, it is the mature and sales season of durian, and a large number of durians are on the market.The trend of "high quality and low price" is expected to continue, and the price may continue "all the way down".

02

Get on the "express"!

Thailand durian export is expected to hit a new high.

Why is durian so cheap this year?

Take Thailand as an example, Thailand has more than 200 varieties of durian, which is the country that exports the most fresh durian in the world, and is also the country that allows the most imported fruit varieties in China. At present, it is the peak season for picking and selling durian in Thailand.Most durians made in Thailand are sold to China.

This year, Thai durian exporters said that the transportation time of durian to China has been greatly shortened since they got on the "express train" in China-Laos Railway. It used to take about 7 days by sea and 5 days by road.Since China-Laos Railway came into being, durian has only been transported from Thailand to Kunming, China in three days. Thai media reported that from Map Ta Phut, Thailand to Guangzhou, China."durian class", It has broken the fastest record of the time needed to transport fruits from Thailand to China, and the probability of loss in transit has also been significantly reduced.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, in 2022, China accounted for more than 96% of the total export of durian in Thailand. It is estimated that with the help of China-Laos Railway, the export of durian in Thailand is expected to reach a new high this year.

03

Fruity!

China-Laos Railway’s "fruit train" imports exceeded 10,000 tons.

Not only durian, but also snow-white and sweet mangosteen, juicy longan and sweet mango … With the arrival of the new season of fruit maturity in Southeast Asia, tropical fruits from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries have also entered the peak season.

Since April this year, durian, jackfruit, mangosteen, longan and other tropical fruits have been on the market in large quantities. Every day, a fruit train passes through China-Laos Railway and is sent to Kunming, Chengdu, Guangzhou and other major cities.When the "May Day" came this year, China-Laos Railway transported and imported 11,000 tons of tropical fruits, which greatly enriched the domestic "fruit basket", and a "fruity summer" was expected.

In December, 2022, China-Laos Railway was opened and operated for one year. With the designated supervision site for imported fruits at Mohan Railway Port in Yunnan put into use, China-Laos Railway officially has the railway transportation capacity for imported fruits. Thailand’s fresh durian is transported by the whole railway through the cold chain special train, and more and more tropical fruits in Southeast Asia are taken."Lan-Mei Express" China-Laos Railway international freight train arrives in Kunming.It is understood that this year’s inbound tropical fruit transportation peak season will last until the end of June. It is expected that the transportation volume of Southeast Asian specialty fruits such as durian, mangosteen and longan is expected to increase by more than 50% year-on-year.

04

"Fast forward and fast out"

Refrigerated truck group helps tropical fruits "fresh on the table"

Tropical fruits are delicious, but delicate and perishable. In view of the characteristics of imported tropical fruits, such as short shelf life and high requirements for transportation time, Kunming Bureau of China Railway and Mohan Railway Port of Yunnan jointly implement 24-hour box lifting, direct loading and direct unloading, so that fruits can arrive in trains."Unload within 90 minutes, and return to the empty container within 90 minutes after unloading", Improve the working efficiency of fruit classes.

As one of the most convenient land railway routes to ASEAN countries in China, the import demand of fruits from ASEAN countries such as Pingxiang Port and Dongxing Port in Guangxi has increased year after year, especially tropical fruits such as durian, mangosteen and jackfruit, which are welcomed by the domestic market.

In order to improve the transportation efficiency of imported fruits, the Nanning Bureau of China Railway also launched"8+1" unattended refrigerated truck group; Compared with the traditional cold chain transportation in which cross-border fresh goods are usually refrigerated by electricity every four hours, the "8+1" train set consists of eight refrigerated containers and one power generation box, which can continuously supply power for eight containers for 300 hours, and is no longer limited by four hours of refrigeration.While ensuring the quality of fruits, the customs clearance time will be further reduced to help tropical fruits "fresh on the table".