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Thai durian drops in output due to drastic droughts

Xinhua, April 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Thai durian is yielding less due to severe droughts this year, said a government official on Monday.

Thailand's durian plantations in Chantaburi, Rayong and Trat provinces are estimated to produce about 316,000 tons of durian fruit this year, compared to some 337,000 tons last year, said Ardchaicharn Liangprayoon, head of the Chantaburi provincial agricultural office.

That accounts for a six percent drop in the combined volume of fresh durian from those eastern plantations - the country's largest - currently severely affected by droughts and hot weather, Ardchaicharn said.

Harvest season for most of the durian, dubbed king of the fruit, in those eastern plantations will likely be postponed from May to June due to the disastrous droughts.

Given such decline in production, the highly-demanded fruit would sell for an average price of 2.8 U.S. dollars per kilogram in the domestic market this year, compared to 1.7 U.S. dollars a kilo last year, accounting for a 40 percent rise, he commented.

Most of the durian from eastern Thailand were exported to China. Endit