By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - China will temporarily allow business owners to export Thai fruits into the country for two weeks starting from January 4.

 

According to the Thai Office of Agricultural Affairs at Guangzhou, Chinese authorities have reopened the Pingxiang land port in Guangxi autonomous region and will allow Thai fruit exports into the country from January 4-17, 2022. The reopening of the port is expected to help alleviate a situation where fresh Thai fruit exports - such as durians and longans - were being held at Dongxing border. This prompted exporters to request assistance from the Thai and Chinese governments.

 

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said he held discussions with the Chinese consulate on ways to ease the situation. Thai fruit exports into China have been affected by prevention measures and protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Exporters will be accommodated by Chinese authorities to revise their phytosanitary certificates from their entry at Dongxing port to Pingxiang port from January 1-3. They will then be approved by the customs department, allowing for the export of Thai fruits into China via Pingxiang train station. Chinese authorities will immediately close the border if they find any COVID-19 contamination so exporters must maintain strict prevention measures and ensure the safety of their produce.

 

According to reports, more than 2 million tons of Thai fruit were exported to China from January – October 2021, valued at 148 billion baht. Top produce included durians, longans and young coconuts. However, export figures saw declines due to customs delays in the latter months of 2021.

 

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They've been busy buying all the food supplies available around the world for the last 2 years, funny that.

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Chinese authorities will immediately close the border if they find any COVID-19 contamination so exporters must maintain strict prevention measures and ensure the safety of their produce.

Seriously, with China's zero covid policy, they are not going to be back in Thailand this year, next year or maybe for many years to come. Fingers crossed huh ? 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Chinese authorities will immediately close the border if they find any COVID-19 contamination so exporters must maintain strict prevention measures and ensure the safety of their produce.

Covid is the least of their worries... they should test for pesticides.

It should read ... port to allow Thai fruit imports.  Thailand is highly unlikely to export fruit from China tot eh rest of the world.  The standard of English is depressing and yet many on TV complain about poor English among Thais.  They should set the example.

 

At the sports club of which I am a member many Thai adults speak to their young children in English, sometimes well, othertimes less so but they are trying.

I'm intrigued. Pingxiang Port's nearest border point is with northern Vietnam. So how do Thai exporters (aka Chinese importers) get their fruit to the train station there? From southern Thailand maybe a container to Haiphong? Then road up to the Chinese border? Or from, say, Chantaburi, road through Laos and Vietnam? Vientiane or Nakhon? Who knows???

On 1/2/2022 at 9:51 PM, RichardColeman said:

Seriously, with China's zero covid policy, they are not going to be back in Thailand this year, next year or maybe for many years to come. Fingers crossed huh ? 

Heck! I hope you are wrong. We jumped on the band wagon when Durian prices started to explode. Hoping for the first harvest in 2026.