For centuries, the durian has been both venerated and vilified, earning its place as the most polarizing fruit in the world.

and Pizza Hut’s most popular pizza in China is now “durian pizza with cheese,” Yum China CEO Joey Wat told the audience at the Fortune Global Forum in New York last November: “[If] you don ...

Its parent company, Yum China, reported on Thursday that sales of pizzas under $7 rose 50% in 2024.

Yet Chinese consumers can’t get enough of it. China's imports of the fruit have more than doubled in the last five years, and Pizza Hut’s most popular pizza in China is now du ...

JAKARTA – Indonesia is eyeing a bigger slice of the global durian market after China, the world’s largest importer of the fruit, rejected more than 100 containers of durian from Thailand earlier this ...

ndonesia is eyeing a bigger slice of the global durian market after China, the world’s largest importer of the fruit, rejected more than 100 containers of durian from Thailand earlier this year.

China imported a record US$6.99 billion worth of durians in 2024 as Vietnam and Malaysia compete with Thailand for shares of the world’s largest durian market. This marked a 4.1% increase in value ...

With exports decimated by China’s new auramine O testing requirement, durian prices at the farm gate in the Mekong Delta have plummeted by 60-70% to VND47,000 (US$1.86) per kilogram. Grade A, or ...