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Thai fruits, veggies reap 3.7 bln USD in last year's export

Xinhua, February 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Thailand has exported 3.7 billion U.S. dollars' worth of fresh, frozen and dried fruits and vegetables to the world market last year.

According to Malee Choklamlert, director general of the Department of International Trade Promotion, Thailand exported 1.6 million tons of fresh, frozen and dried fruits and vegetables in combined value of 3.7 billion U.S. dollars, a 4.4 percent rise from a year earlier to major world markets including China, Vietnam, China's Hong Kong, Japan and the United States last year.

Other markets for the Thai fruits and vegetables included Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia, Malee said.

Major fresh and frozen Thai fruits bound for export included durian, which secured nearly 4 million U.S. dollars mostly from Chinese markets, longan, mangosteen, canned pineapple, sweet corn, beans and fruit juices.

Remarkably, the Thai fruit and vegetable exports grew by 166 percent in Laos, 66 percent in Myanmar, 63 percent in Iran and 34 percent in Cambodia, she added. Endit