Fruit farmers having fun!! “Alongkorn” informs good news preparing to transport Thai fruits on the “China-Laos” train after the plant disease check point at the Mohan Railway Check Point opens this December.
On November 25, 2022, Mr Alongkorn Ponlaboot, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperative As the fruit development and management committee (Fruit Board), revealed that he had received a report from the Foreign Agricultural Advisory Office. Beijing and the Agricultural Department of the Consulate General in Guangzhou said that the inspection and quarantine point of imported fruit at the Mohan Railway Checkpoint It was completed and inspected by Kunming Customs on November 22. Currently, it is in the process of being inspected by the central ministry of GACC, which should be completed in time. The Yunnan Development and Reform Commission Set up an opening ceremony for imported fruit quarantine inspection points Mohan Railway Checkpoint on December 3, to celebrate the -1st anniversary of the opening of the China-Laos railway.
It is good news for fruit growers that the China-Laos railway from Thailand to Kunming will be opened to transport more Thai fruit to the Chinese market. On another track, the latest report has confirmed that China will open a plant quarantine and inspection area at the Mohan Railway Station on the China-Laos border by early December in time for the third anniversary of the opening ceremony of the China-Laos railway . December 2022. The Fruit Board has assigned the secretary to organize a meeting soon for representatives of farmers, cooperatives, fruit associations, exporters and logistics operators to create an understanding of the rules and regulations. In transport on the China – Laos line train. Fruit import/export under the Thailand-China Fruit Protocol is subject to plant disease inspection (SPS measures) at import-export checkpoints. Therefore, although the China-Laos train has exported and imported other Thai agricultural products by the China-Laos train for the past year, there has been no direct shipment of Thai fruit to China on this train from Vientiane to Kunming. that we spent a lot of time transporting fruit from Vientiane, taking a train to Boten, picking up a truck waiting in line for China at the Mohan checkpoint. (Truck check point) because Mohan Railway check point plant disease check point is not open for service yet.
“China is the main market for Thai durian. In 2021, fresh durian exports to China totaled 875,097 tons, valued at 109,205 million baht, an increase of 68.4%, the highest on record, with Thai fruit able dominate the Chinese market with a market share of more than 40% The second place is Chile 15% Vietnam 6% third which reflects the potential and competitiveness of Thai fruit. Even facing the problem of China’s Zero Covid measures, which has affected transport and exports intermittently for the last 3 years. but the government by the fruit board of the Ministry of Agriculture And the Ministry of Trade has worked closely with farmers, fruit cooperatives, fruit associations, entrepreneurs and exporters to solve various problems and obstacles, leading at a good price for durian and fruits as a whole and increasing the Exports can generate more income for our country ,” said Alongkorn.
