Recently, the Philippine News Secretariat Office said that the first batch of durian will be exported to the Chinese market in March.
According to the Philippine Bureau of Plant Production, the first batch of durians exported to the Chinese market totaled 75000 tons, and these 59 breeders and producers came from the 600000 mu planting area in the Dawo area.
Earlier, on 7 January 2023, the General Administration of Customs of our country issued a notice stating that the import of Philippine fresh durian that meets the relevant requirements will be allowed from that day.
Since then, the Philippines has become the third country to be allowed to export fresh durian to China.
As the world's largest durian consumption market, in the past two years, the import volume of fresh durian has been more than 800,000 tons every year, and the annual import amount of gold has exceeded 26 billion yuan. Moreover, insiders predict that China's durian import data will still maintain growth for a certain period of time.
The huge and growing market size makes every durian-exporting country eager to get a cup of the pie.
Taking the durian in southern Vietnam that entered the Chinese market last year as an example, the purchase price of durian produced in the region has directly increased by 2 - 3 times compared with the previous one, and who is not in a hurry to make money.
Philippine durian has really made great efforts to enter China's market, and as early as September 202, the Philippine media released information that Philippine durian will land on the Chinese market at the end of the year.
However, it was not until early January 2023, after Philippine President Marcos' visit to China, that we finally approved Philippine durian to enter the Chinese market.
In the past, the new durians on the market in our country mainly came from Thailand, South Vietnam and Malaysia (only frozen durians were allowed to be imported), and most people are familiar with durians from these countries. But it is quite new to the Philippines durian.
Is there a lot of Philippine durian? Is it expensive ? Is it delicious? What are the varieties? Can it affect the overall price of durian after entering the market?
Domestic durian lovers may have the above related questions.
At present, the Philippine durian will be landed in a formal manner, and next, I will solve the relevant questions for the rest of you.
At 3 yuan a pound, the scale of production is far inferior to other major durian producing countries
The commercial planting of durian in the Philippines started late, and it was only after the nineties of the last century that the durian industry developed.
In recent years, the annual production of durian in the Philippines has been relatively stable, according to relevant data, the production of durian in the Philippines in 20 2 1 years is about 7. 30,000 tons, with 20 20 years of 7. 80,000 tons is not much difference.
About 7 8% of the durian species in the Philippines are produced in the Dafero region.
The annual output of about 70,000 tons, not less, not much, but compared with other major durian producing countries, there is still a big gap, you must know that at present, China's main export of durian is Thailand, The annual output can reach 16 million tons.
The main season of Philippine durian is in July-10 months of each year, of which the largest number is on the market in August and September, and the season when durian is listed in large quantities, the local zero sale price is 3 yuan / jin.
Of course, if a durian merchant in the Philippines finds out that you are a foreigner, especially when you are Chinese, the price of durian will increase accordingly.
However, no matter how high it is, it is up to 10 yuan / jin, which is still far from the price of durian in China's market.
Presumably, if we let the Philippine durian vendors know that our prices are often 31 or 51 pounds, Chinese consumers may be more expensive when buying durian in the Philippines.
The convenience of durian in the Philippines is mainly because although the country exported durian in the past, the export volume was relatively small, and the main export was Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. At the same time, the Philippine market has little demand for durians.
To be honest, at some point I wondered whether the durian sold in Southeast Asian countries had also been eaten by Chinese of traveling abroad.
There are many varieties of durian, most of which are descendants of Thailand
The durian varieties planted by the Philippines were first introduced from Thailand.
However, the inherently heterogeneous nature of durian plants is very large, and under different growth environments, varieties are very prone to change, even if they are grafted, they may produce durians that are different from the original species.
Therefore, although it is imported from Thailand, there is still a big difference between Philippine durian and Thai durian, and Philippine durian is a completely new variety with the Chinese market.
At present, the largest variety of durian in the Philippines is P u y a t (Puya or Puyata), and the Philippine durian that is expected to enter the Chinese market is also this species.
In addition to P u y a t, there are also A l c o n F a n c y, G D 6 9, U m a l i, N a n a m, D 1 0 1, D 2 4, etc., compared to P u y a t These varieties are not large in cultivation area, It is estimated that it will not appear in the Chinese market in the short term.
In addition, the Philippines also has a special durian species, thornless durian, its flesh is white, although Thailand also has thornless durian, but it is a human product that removes the thorns of the fruit during the young durian fruit, Filipino thornless durian is a natural variety (thornless durian is also available in Malaysia).
In a word, although the Philippine thornless durian has a special appearance, it is just like that, and you don't have to have too high expectations, it will not amaze you.
That is, the P u y a t durian that will enter our national market, objectively speaking, the taste is also possible.
The fruit is smaller than the golden pillow durian, the pit is slightly larger, the flesh is golden when ripe, the aroma is rich, the taste is dense, and it is sweeter than the golden pillow under the same ripeness. Sweet friends should enjoy it.
It is still too early for the Philippines to enter the talks about reducing the price
Want to reduce the price? To be honest, I am not aware that the Philippine durian has this strength.
On the one hand, the current scale of Philippine durian production is far inferior to that of Thailand and Vietnam, and the development of Philippine durian export industry is not as good as that of Thailand and Vietnam, and it is difficult to compete objectively under conditions.
On the other hand, during the period when Philippine durians are on the market, they are different from those of Thailand and Vietnam, and the possibility of fighting a "price war" in a short period of time is not great.
On the other hand, although according to Philippine media reports, durian import enterprises have promised 2 0 2 3 years import value 2 . $600 million Philippine durian, but the specific import is more or less unknown.
In addition, the Philippines sought durian exports to our market, the purpose is to make money, earn more money than the original, and will not enter at a low price. According to Philippine media reports, the durian, which will enter the Dafer region, has begun to increase in price.
Therefore, the price of durian in our market will not fluctuate greatly in the short term and in previous years.
Finally, I asked the big family: Will you buy Philippine durians that come to make money?