BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand has successfully gained approval to deliver durians and coconuts to China via rail, with exports expected to generate additional income for durian growers as well as much-needed revenue for the kingdom.

 

According to Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, two containers of durians and one container of coconuts were recently shipped to southern China. They departed from Map Ta Phut railway station in Rayong province on March 27 and arrived in China three days later.

 

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is set to convene a meeting this week with the nation’s Fruit Board to discuss plans to boost future fruit deliveries to China. They will also table plans for reducing delays and the time required for processing documents and conducting customs inspections.

 

Thanakorn added that the Nongkhai-Vientiane-Boten-Mohan and Nakhon Phanom-Vung Ang Port checkpoints are being considered as alternate fruit delivery routes from Thailand to China, Laos and Vietnam.

 

Furthermore, the government has charged the agriculture and commerce ministries with seeking cooperation with ASEAN economies to establish more trading routes with Laos, Vietnam and China via the East-West Economic Corridor.

 

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Which they will repackage and sell it back to Thailand.

Who is going to run the country if all the Fruits are going to China..

11 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Which they will repackage and sell it back to Thailand.

When it's ripe?

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

When it's ripe?

Well its Durion, even if its rotten it will smell same ????

2 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

Well its Durion, even if its rotten it will smell same ????

Yes, it needs to smell and be soft to be at its best!

11 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Which they will repackage and sell it back to Thailand.

The Durians have so much chemical spray on them that it's not worth eating. But the Chinese do have cast-iron stomachs, good sale.

16 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, it needs to smell and be soft to be at its best!

Still doesnt make it appetizing????

3 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

Still doesnt make it appetizing????

It does to some.... I find it hard to resist. 

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

It does to some.... I find it hard to resist. 

Good for you :)...I just cant ....

Thailand's future lies in trade with China  as does the rest of the region 

Is the gauge on railways the same in China & Thailand or  does the fruit have to change trains?

11 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Is the gauge on railways the same in China & Thailand or  does the fruit have to change trains?

Just the oranges and apples, bananas and coconuts are okay!

38 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Is the gauge on railways the same in China & Thailand or  does the fruit have to change trains?

Not sure but there is no rail bridge over the Mekong right now anyway. My guess is the containers are shipped by rail to the end of the line then trucked over the Friendship Bridge. Then back onto rail flats for the trip across Loas to China

34 minutes ago, pegman said:

Not sure but there is no rail bridge over the Mekong right now anyway. My guess is the containers are shipped by rail to the end of the line then trucked over the Friendship Bridge. Then back onto rail flats for the trip across Loas to China

Seems the Friendship Bridge has a rail line on it. Google says Thailand metre gauge, China/Laos standard gauge

A train full of Thai fruits?

 

I hope they'll be welcomed in China with a brass band, a cheering crowd and lots and lots of confetti.

3 hours ago, pegman said:

Seems the Friendship Bridge has a rail line on it.

Yes indeed. The narrow (one meter) gauge railway opened in 2009. 2 passenger trains per day crossed from Nong Khai in Thailand to Thanaleng in Laos, a 15 minute journey. I believe there was a freight train as well. With Covid-19 restrictions, I do not know if the line is currently open again.

 

 

https://www.thailandtrains.com/how-to-travel-from-nong-khai-train-station-to-vientiane/

Edited April 7, 20224 yr by Burma Bill
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