The Average Durian Container Leaving Thailand Is a 1.9-Million-Baht Race Against the Clock: How Janny MT Controlled Atmosphere Modules Can Help Thailand Durian Exporters Win It

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Thailand durian export packing house with split overripe durians beside Janny MT controlled atmosphere modules loaded into a reefer container

In January 2025, Thai exporters were racing to land durians in China for Chinese New Year, when durian prices usually peak. Many had paid farmers 230 to 240 baht a kilo and handed over 30 percent upfront.

Then about 100 containers were turned back because they arrived without the new Basic Yellow 2 (BY2) lab report China had just made compulsory. Khaosod English put the damage at around 500 million baht, roughly 5 million baht per container. Much of the returned fruit was overripe and was sold off cheaply in Thailand, which dragged down local prices.

The paperwork was the trigger. Time made it worse. A durian is a living fruit that keeps breathing and ripening. Every extra day at a border, a lab or a packhouse eats into its value.

Janny MT controlled atmosphere modules are built to slow that clock. They are lidded, stackable pallet bins with gas-selective membranes. The fruit's own breathing lowers the oxygen inside, which slows ripening, softening and water loss. For Thailand durian exporters, that extra time can mean less spoilage, fewer forced sales at glut prices and more fruit sold at full value.

The Short Answer

Janny MT controlled atmosphere modules slow durian ripening by lowering oxygen and holding carbon dioxide inside a sealed bin that sits in a normal cold room or reefer. For Thai exporters, that can mean:

extra days of shelf life
less rotting, splitting and weight loss
room to hold fruit through a price crash instead of dumping it
one module at a time, with no gas machines

In preliminary tests on local fruit, Stephen Loke found durian lasted 5 to 10 days longer. He is the exclusive representative of Janny MT.

Why Thailand Durian Exporters Need More Time, Not Just More Trucks

Thailand is still the king of the durian trade. From January 1 to August 4, 2026, it exported 1,110,655.92 tonnes of durian in 68,044 containers, worth more than 127.22 billion baht. That beat the whole of 2025 in just seven months.

Volume, though, is not the same as profit. In 2024, Thailand exported 859,157 tonnes worth 134.85 billion baht. In 2025, volume rose to 982,016 tonnes, yet value fell to 125.87 billion baht. More fruit went out and less money came back.

Bar chart of Thailand durian export volume and value 2024, 2025 and January to August 2026 — Thailand durian exports: volume keeps climbing while value per tonne gets squeezed. Sources: The Nation via FreshPlaza (2024, 2025); Thai Ministry of Commerce via MGR Online and OPS MOAC (2026, Jan 1 to Aug 4).

The pressure is coming from four directions at once:

Competition. Vietnam took 51 percent of China's fresh durian imports by volume in 2025, though Thailand kept the lead by value. Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos are now approved to ship fresh durian to China too.
Oversupply. The Commerce Ministry forecast Thai durian output of about 2 million tonnes in 2026, up 33 percent.
Tighter inspections. China tests for BY2 dye and cadmium on top of its usual quarantine checks, and the tests take time.
Logistics delays. Border queues, lab waits and container shortages all happen in peak season, exactly when you can least afford them.

You cannot control most of these. You can control how fast your fruit ages while you wait. Read our guide for exporters and distributors for the wider picture.

The Real Stories: How Thai (and Rival) Durians Spoil Before They Earn

You don't need a theory to see the damage. The last few seasons have handed us real examples.

Story No. 1: The Chinese New Year Containers That Came Home

This is the story we opened with. In early January 2025, about 100 containers bound for Chinese New Year were rejected for missing BY2 test results.

Khaosod English reported that exporters had already paid high prices and deposits to farmers. Each container was worth around 5 million baht. Mothership reported that the returned fruit was sold in Thailand at lower prices because it had become overripe, and local prices crashed.

The paperwork failure was the start. The time it took to send the fruit back and resell it turned a delay into a loss.

Story No. 2: The Fruit That Had to Be Buried

In February 2025, Thailand's Department of Agriculture said 64.671 tonnes of durian rejected by China for BY2 contamination had been destroyed by burial. Twenty-six durian wholesalers had their export licences suspended.

Reality Check: No storage module fixes contamination. Janny MT will not remove a banned dye, hide an immature fruit or kill a seed borer. Clean fruit from registered orchards and packhouses always comes first. What a module can do is protect the value of good fruit while it waits.

Story No. 3: A Thousand Trucks in Line

Thairath reported that Thai durian trucks crossing Vietnam were sometimes blocked. In a bad year, it said, around a thousand trucks could be stuck in line. Fuel burns to keep the fruit cold, durians spoil on arrival and prices fall.

This is not new. In 2022, Covid controls at China's border cut customs clearance from about 500 containers a day to about 20, according to Tridge. Containers sat for days while the fruit inside kept ripening.

Story No. 4: Ten Containers, Ten Days, 394,790 Dollars

This one comes from Thailand's biggest rival, and it could happen to any exporter. In January 2025, Vietnam's Anh Thu Dak Lak Co. recalled 10 containers, 170 tonnes of durian, after they failed to clear Chinese customs.

The containers had been stuck at the border for over 10 days. Waiting longer risked spoilage, so the company sold the fruit at lower prices. Its director accepted a loss of over VND10 billion, about US$394,790, according to VnExpress.

Story No. 5: The 100-Baht Durian

In late April 2026, with a huge harvest coming, Thailand turned to influencer Pimradaporn "Pimrypie" Benjawattanapat to sell durians in a TikTok livestream. Bloomberg reported that some jumbo fruit went for 480 baht, against 700 to 800 baht for similar fruit in normal times, and some fruit sold for as little as 100 baht each.

The Commerce Ministry said the 100-baht fruit was lower-grade promotional stock, not export quality. Even so, the influencer reportedly accepted losses of more than 10 million baht. The president of the Thai Durian Association warned that 100-baht durians could wreck the domestic pricing system.

When too much fruit ripens at once and none of it can wait, someone sells below value. Very often that is the farmer.

Janny MT controlled atmosphere module open with fresh durians stored inside — Durians resting in a Janny MT module during preliminary testing on local fruit.

Where the Money Leaks: Mapping a Durian Container's Journey

Picture a typical Monthong shipment heading to China. Each step adds hours or days. Each day is another day of ripening.

Flow diagram of a Thailand durian export container from orchard to China showing where delays and spoilage happen — Every step adds time, and a durian never stops ripening while it waits.

Here is where the clock hurts most:

Packhouse backlog. In peak season, Thailand has been shipping 1,500 refrigerated containers of durian to China a day, according to The Star. At that pace, any hold-up at a packhouse backs up quickly.
Lab testing. Every shipment needs approved BY2 and cadmium reports. In January 2025, Khaosod English reported China was randomly inspecting more than half of shipments, a process that could take up to seven days.
Border queues. Road routes through Laos and Vietnam can jam at peak times.
Sea freight delays. In 2022, one Chinese importer told FreshPlaza that sea freight from Thailand normally took about 7 days, often with 2 to 3 days of delay.
The smell test. The same importer said durians that already give off a fragrance are not allowed through customs. A fruit that ripens too early in transit can become a problem fruit.

Faster routes help. The Laos-China cold-chain railway can now get Thai durians to Kunming in under three days. A Chinese railway manager said it cuts product damage by about 10 percent. Fast transport, though, does nothing for fruit stuck at the packhouse or the lab. Slower ripening protects you at every step.

The Science: Why Durians Spoil So Fast

Durian is a climacteric fruit. Once ripening starts, it breathes hard, makes ethylene and races towards softness, aroma and splitting. Daikin, describing its 2026 sea shipment of Malaysian tree-drop durian, said the husk-splitting rate of that fruit nears 100 percent within a few days of harvest.

UC Davis' Postharvest Technology Center gives the basic numbers:

Best storage temperature: 13 to 15 degrees Celsius.
Chilling injury: all cultivars are damaged by a week at 5°C or two weeks at 10°C. The husk blackens and the fruit fails to ripen properly.
Storage life in air: 3 to 5 weeks for mature unripe durians and 7 to 14 days for ripe ones.
With controlled atmosphere: 3 to 5 percent oxygen and 5 to 15 percent carbon dioxide cut respiration and ethylene, slow ripening and extend storage to 8 weeks, compared with 5 weeks in air, at 14°C.

A 2022 study by Ran and colleagues in the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation went further. It combined controlled atmosphere (3 percent oxygen plus 14 to 17 percent carbon dioxide) with periodic sulphur dioxide fumigation and reported storage life of up to 60 days.

Bar chart comparing durian storage life in air and in controlled atmosphere from published research — Published research shows controlled atmosphere can add weeks to durian storage life. Research storage conditions; commercial shipping results differ. Sources: UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center; Ran et al., 2022.

The lesson is simple. Cold alone slows durian down. Cold plus the right atmosphere slows it down much more. Until recently, that atmosphere needed an expensive controlled atmosphere room or a high-tech container with gas machines.

Rot is the other enemy. A USDA handbook chapter by Robert Paull of the University of Hawaii and Saichol Ketsa of Kasetsart University names Phytophthora as a major cause of durian fruit rot, with high losses in rainy weather, and Lasiodiplodia as another. Slower ripening and less handling give rot less time to spread.

What Janny MT Controlled Atmosphere Modules Are (and How They Work)

Janny MT is a French family company, founded in 2009, that makes post-harvest storage equipment for fruit, vegetables, flowers and mushrooms.

Its module is simple:

A full HDPE pallet box (the bin)
A technical lid with gas-selective membranes
An airtight seal between them

How a Janny MT controlled atmosphere module works: fruit respiration lowers oxygen while the membranes balance oxygen and carbon dioxide — How the module works: the fruit's own breathing creates the controlled atmosphere, and the membranes keep it balanced.

Here is what happens after you close the lid:

The fruit breathes. It uses up oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide.
Oxygen falls. Lower oxygen slows respiration, ripening and ethylene production.
The membranes balance the air. They let a little oxygen in and excess carbon dioxide out, so the gas level settles instead of crashing.
Moisture stays in. Because the module is sealed, Janny MT says the produce does not dry out and keeps its weight, look and flavour.

Janny MT says the gas levels quickly settle at low levels, roughly 1 to 5 percent depending on the crop and how the lid membranes are set. No gas injection, scrubbers or chemicals are needed. The company also says the system needs no extra energy beyond the cold room itself.

There is also a high-permeability module, the MT S 610, with a bright green membrane. Janny MT built it for high-respiration produce such as mangoes and asparagus. Durian breathes hard once it starts to ripen, so ask which module suits your fruit before you order.

Top view of a Janny MT module lid showing the gas-selective membrane caps — The lid is the engine: gas-selective membranes let oxygen in and carbon dioxide out.

You still need a cold room or a reefer set to the right temperature. For durian, that means about 13 to 15°C, not the 0 to 2°C used for apples and pears. The module adds the atmosphere. The cold room or reefer supplies the cold.

For a full walk-through, see our Complete Guide to Janny MT Post-Harvest Modules and the plain-English guide to controlled atmosphere storage.

What the Testing Has Shown So Far

Janny MT's published results are mostly for temperate crops. In one FreshPlaza table, kiwifruit lasted 140 days in a Janny MT module against 30 days in cold storage. Pears lasted 240 days against 90. Chanterelle mushrooms lasted 50 days against 10.

Durian is newer ground, which is where Stephen Loke comes in.

Stephen is the founder of Bloopy Durians in Bentong, a durian farm featured in Bloomberg News and Asahi Shimbun. He was the first to test Janny MT modules on durians in Malaysia. Here are his preliminary results on local fruit:

Fruit	Preliminary result in Janny MT module	Status
Durian	Shelf life extended by 5 to 10 days	Preliminary field testing on local fruit
Mangosteen	Lasted up to 18 days	Preliminary field testing on local fruit

These are field tests, not a published study, and the modules have not yet been tested in Thailand. With more testing and R&D, shelf life could be longer. Stephen is open to running trials with Thai exporters on their own fruit, routes and temperatures, and to testing crops that are not yet on Janny MT's list. See the full Janny MT storage list for crops with published results.

Field-Tested Play: Don't bet a season on a brochure. Run a side-by-side trial: the same batch of Monthong, half in normal crates and half in modules, in the same cold room at the same temperature. Weigh, cut and taste at day 0, 7, 14 and beyond. Your own numbers are the ones your bank and buyers will trust.

Janny MT modules stacked two high on pallets in a storage room — Modules stack like pallets, so they fit standard handling, cold rooms and reefer loading.

Every Benefit for Thailand Durian Exporters

Let's lay out what extra shelf life can do for an exporter's business.

1. Extended Shelf Life: A Buffer Against Delays

Lab queues, border jams and sea-freight delays are part of the trade. If your own trials match Stephen's preliminary 5 to 10 extra days, that buffer can mean fruit that still arrives sellable, not fruit that arrives too ripe, smelly or split.

2. Reduced Spoilage, Rot and Splitting

Slower ripening means less softening, less husk splitting and less time for rot to take hold. Every fruit that doesn't spoil is pure margin, because you have already paid for it, packed it and shipped it.

3. Less Weight Loss, More Kilos to Sell

Durian is sold by the kilo. A durian that dries out loses money even if it looks fine. Because the module is sealed, the fruit keeps more of its water and its weight.

4. Sell When the Price Is Right, Not When the Fruit Forces You

This may be the biggest money-maker. In a glut, holders win and forced sellers lose. With extra days, a packhouse can hold some fruit back for a few days instead of dumping it on a crashing market.

5. Open One Bin at a Time

In a big controlled atmosphere room, once you open the door, everything has to be sold quickly. Janny MT says the modules can hold anything from 1 to 100 tonnes in individual units. You can sell part of your stock and keep the rest under controlled atmosphere.

6. Lower Cost to Get Started

A full controlled atmosphere room needs gas-tight construction, nitrogen generators and scrubbers. Modules turn part of an existing cold room into controlled atmosphere storage. There are no gas machines to buy or maintain.

7. Stackable, Pallet-Handled and Reefer-Ready

The bins are stackable and handled like pallets. Stephen says they can be exported inside reefer containers, so the controlled atmosphere can travel with the fruit.

8. A Path to Cheaper Sea Freight

The industry is already moving durian to controlled atmosphere sea freight. In September 2026, a consortium of Daikin Reefer, Hernan Cooperation and Yidu Group shipped Malaysian tree-drop durian to Dalian in 12 days by sea using Daikin's Active CA technology. The fruit arrived in a condition that matched air freight. In January 2026, fresh Musang King from Malaysian supplier Kafu reached China by sea in modified atmosphere containers, billed as China's first sea-freight import of fresh Malaysian durian.

Those shipments used special containers. Janny MT offers a different route: controlled atmosphere at the bin level, inside the cold chain you already use.

9. A Safety Margin on the Laos-China Railway

More and more Thai durian now goes to China by rail. In refrigerated containers, the fruit travels from Thai orchards through Laos and on to China on the Laos-China Railway. In April 2026, The Star reported that the Lancang-Mekong Express freight train was reaching Kunming in about 26 hours, and that the railways had raised it from two to six trains a day for the peak season.

Between January and April 2026, 121,000 tonnes of fresh durian entered China through the Mohan crossing, which links the Laos-China Railway and the R3A highway. FreshPlaza reported that this was about a third of China's fresh durian imports.

Rail is fast, but it is not risk-free:

Peak-season bottlenecks. The Nation, via FreshPlaza, reported in 2026 that rail capacity is still limited by infrastructure and the number of containers available.
Transfers and waiting. Fruit still has to reach the railhead and be loaded onto a train. A missed train slot, a container shortage or an inspection queue at the border adds hours or days.
The last leg. Kunming is only the first stop. From there, much of the fruit still has to travel on to wholesale markets in other Chinese cities.

This is where the modules can help. The bins are sealed, stackable and handled like pallets, so they can travel inside the same kind of refrigerated containers that ride the train. The controlled atmosphere stays with the fruit through every transfer. That means ripening can keep slowing down while the fruit waits for a train slot, sits in a border queue or travels on from Kunming.

If your own trials match Stephen's preliminary 5 to 10 extra days, that buffer can reduce the risk of rail delays. A missed train becomes a delay instead of a loss, and fruit has more time to reach markets beyond Kunming in good condition.

Reality Check: The modules have not yet been tested on the Thai rail route. The safest first step is a trial on one rail shipment, with half the fruit in modules and half packed as normal.

10. One Investment, Many Crops

Thai exporters rarely ship only durian. Mangosteen, longan, mango and other fruit move through the same packhouses. Modules can be reused for other produce across the year, which helps pay them off faster. Mangosteen lasted up to 18 days in Stephen's preliminary tests.

11. A Stronger Reputation With Buyers

Chinese buyers increasingly pay for quality, not just price. Fruit that arrives at the right ripeness, with fewer splits and less rot, builds trust and repeat orders.

12. Less Waste, Better Food Security

Every durian that spoils wastes the water, fertiliser, labour and fuel used to grow and move it. Holding fruit through a glut also keeps food in the system instead of in a landfill. Read more in our post on food security and post-harvest losses.

Janny MT module filled with durians beside a smaller crate of durians — One module at a time: open only what you are ready to sell.

The Money: What Extra Days Are Worth to a Thai Exporter

Let's put real numbers on this. From January 1 to August 4, 2026, Thailand exported 1,110,655.92 tonnes of durian in 68,044 containers, worth 127,220.52 million baht.

That works out to an average of:

about 16.3 tonnes per container
about 1.87 million baht per container
about 114.5 baht per kilo

Peak-season containers can be worth far more. The rejected Chinese New Year containers were worth about 5 million baht each.

What Spoilage Costs per Container

Spoilage or loss rate	Fruit lost per container	Value lost per average container (1.87 million baht)	Across 100 containers
3%	about 490 kg	about 56,000 baht	about 5.6 million baht
5%	about 816 kg	about 93,500 baht	about 9.3 million baht
10%	about 1,632 kg	about 187,000 baht	about 18.7 million baht

Illustrative figures based on 2026 average container weight and value. Your own loss rate and prices will differ.

Bar chart showing baht lost per durian container at 3, 5 and 10 percent spoilage — What spoilage costs on an average 2026 Thai durian container. Illustrative, based on Thai Commerce Ministry export figures.

If modules cut your loss rate from 10 percent to 5 percent, that is about 93,500 baht saved per average container. Across 100 containers, that is about 9.3 million baht.

What Weight Loss Costs

Every 1 percent of weight lost from a 16.3-tonne container is about 163 kg. At 114.5 baht a kilo, that is about 18,700 baht gone, even if no fruit rots.

What Holding Through a Glut Is Worth

In April 2026, Thairath reported that farmers put their average production cost at 70 to 80 baht a kilo, while market prices averaged 140 to 150 baht a kilo. By late July 2026, VietNamNet reported that oversupply had pushed prices in many southern Thai localities down to 40 to 80 baht a kilo.

Chart comparing Thai durian production cost, normal market price and glut prices per kilo — The gap between a normal price and a glut price is where holding power pays. Sources: Thairath (April 2026); VietNamNet (July 2026).

Here's an illustrative example. A packhouse holds 20 tonnes when prices drop from 140 to 100 baht a kilo for a week. Being able to wait out that week is worth 40 baht a kilo, or 800,000 baht.

Without extra shelf life, it sells at 100. With a few more days, it has a choice. Our post on why big yields and lower prices squeeze farm income explains the same squeeze in other crops.

How to Work Out Your Own Payback

Contact Stephen for a quote, then run this simple check:

Work out your average loss per container today: spoilage, weight loss and discounts for overripe fruit.
Estimate how much a trial shows you can cut that loss.
Multiply by the containers you ship in a season.
Add the value of holding fruit through even one or two price dips.
Compare the total with the module cost, then spread that cost over several seasons and other crops.

Reality Check: These numbers are illustrations, not promises. Results depend on fruit maturity, temperature, handling and route. That's why a trial on your own fruit comes first.

What Janny MT Will Not Do (Read This Before You Buy)

Honest limits protect your money:

It will not fix contamination. BY2, cadmium, pesticide residues and pests are compliance problems. The module only protects clean fruit.
It will not make immature fruit good. Thai officials list immature durian as a key export risk, and controlled atmosphere does not add maturity.
It does not replace refrigeration. You still need a cold room or reefer at the right durian temperature. Too cold causes chilling injury.
It is not magic for overripe fruit. It slows ripening. It cannot reverse it. Load fruit at the right stage.
Durian results are still early. Stephen's tests are preliminary. Trial it before you scale up.

Paperwork, Rules and Insurance: Questions to Ask First

This is not legal advice. These are the questions a careful exporter asks before changing packaging or cold-chain steps:

Registrations: Are your orchards and packhouse registered with Thailand's Department of Agriculture for shipments to China? Does putting fruit in modules change anything in your registered process?
Customs and inspection: Will your Chinese importer and customs broker accept fruit packed or shipped in modules? How will inspectors open and reseal them?
Phytosanitary certificates and container seals: Does the module step happen before or after sealing and certification?
Lab reports: Does the timing of your BY2 and cadmium sampling change?
Food-contact materials: Ask for the material documents for the bins and lids if your buyer requests them.
Cargo insurance: Does your policy cover delay, temperature failure or rejection? Does it change if you use new storage equipment?
Buyer contracts: What quality-at-arrival terms are you agreeing to? Longer shelf life only helps if your contract rewards good arrival quality.

Talk to the Department of Agriculture, your importer, your freight forwarder and your insurer before the season, not during it.

Stephen Loke: Exclusive Representative of Janny MT

Stephen Loke is the exclusive representative of Janny MT. He is also the founder of Bloopy Durians, a durian farm in Bentong featured in Bloomberg News and Asahi Shimbun. Stephen was the first to test Janny MT modules on durians in Malaysia, so he knows how the fruit behaves inside them.

He wants to work with Thai durian farmers, packhouses, exporters, cold-chain operators and distributors. That includes:

side-by-side trials on your own fruit
supplying modules for storage and reefer shipping
testing crops not yet on Janny MT's list

You can also see the modules for yourself. Visitors have come from Singapore to look at them after seeing them on Facebook. Read about visiting Bloopy Durians to see a Janny MT demo.

Bloopy Durians also runs durian farm tours. Guests ride in a four-wheel drive through the orchard, see durians hanging on the trees, learn how to tell a good durian and taste them at the farmhouse. Read how a 4WD adventure ride brought new revenue to the durian farm.

For exporters, a visit is a chance to see durian, the modules and the people behind them in one trip. Janny MT modules can help extend durian shelf life, and the farm is a good place to see how.

WhatsApp Stephen: +60 17-925 0613 · www.bloopydurians.com

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Janny MT controlled atmosphere modules lined up in a cold storage room ready for loading — Janny MT modules lined up in a cold room, ready for loading.

A 30-Day Plan for Thai Exporters

Week 1: Measure your losses. Track spoilage, weight loss, splits and overripe discounts on your next 5 to 10 containers.
Week 1: Talk to Stephen. Share your route, temperatures and target markets. Get a trial plan and a quote.
Week 2: Run a side-by-side trial. Use modules and normal crates, with the same fruit, room and temperature. Record daily.
Week 3: Check paperwork. Confirm with your importer, broker and insurer how modules fit your process.
Week 4: Do the maths. Use your real loss numbers and the payback steps above, then decide how many modules to start with.

For a broader view of how to cut losses across the chain, see how post-harvest losses quietly steal profit in Southeast Asia. Distributors can read why post-harvest distributors in Asia should add modules. Also see Stop Dumping Your Harvest at Glut Prices.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much longer can durian last in a Janny MT module?

In Stephen Loke's preliminary tests on local fruit, durian lasted 5 to 10 days longer. These are field tests, not a published study, and results depend on maturity, temperature and handling. More testing could push this further.

Do Janny MT modules need gas machines or chemicals?

No. The fruit's own respiration lowers oxygen inside the sealed module, and the membranes in the lid balance oxygen and carbon dioxide. No gas injection, scrubbers or chemicals are needed. You do need a cold room or reefer.

What temperature should durian be stored at?

UC Davis' Postharvest Technology Center recommends 13 to 15°C. All cultivars are damaged by a week at 5°C or two weeks at 10°C, so don't use apple or pear temperatures.

Can Janny MT modules go inside a reefer container?

Yes. The bins are stackable and handled like pallets. Stephen Loke says they can be exported inside reefer containers.

Can Janny MT modules help with durian shipped to China by rail?

They can. The bins can travel inside refrigerated containers on the Laos-China Railway, keeping the controlled atmosphere around the fruit through transfers, train waits and border queues. Extra shelf life can reduce the risk of rail delays. The modules have not yet been tested on the Thai rail route, so start with a trial shipment.

Will a module stop my durian being rejected by China?

Not if the rejection is about contamination, pests, immature fruit or missing paperwork. A module protects the quality and value of clean, compliant fruit while it waits or travels. It does not fix compliance problems.

Can I use the modules for mangosteen and other fruit?

Yes. Janny MT modules are used for many fruits and vegetables. In Stephen's preliminary tests, mangosteen lasted up to 18 days. He can also test crops that are not on Janny MT's list yet.

How do I start a trial in Thailand?

WhatsApp Stephen Loke, the exclusive representative of Janny MT, using the green WhatsApp button in this article. Share your fruit, route and storage setup, and plan a side-by-side trial before the next peak season.

Is this cheaper than a full controlled atmosphere room?

Modules avoid gas-tight construction, nitrogen generators and scrubbers, and you can start with a few units. Ask for a quote and compare it with your own loss numbers using the payback steps in this article.

The Bottom Line

Thailand will keep shipping more durian. Rivals will keep getting closer, and China will keep testing harder. In a market like that, the exporter who controls time controls profit.

Janny MT controlled atmosphere modules won't fix contaminated or immature fruit. For good fruit, though, they can offer extra days of shelf life, less spoilage, less weight loss and the freedom to sell when the price is right. Start with a trial, measure everything and let your own numbers decide.

Want the full picture? Get the free 19-page guide, Sell When the Price Is Right. Not When the Fruit Starts to Rot. It shows storage times for 50+ crops, our preliminary durian and mangosteen tests, and how growers, exporters and distributors use Janny MT modules to sell when the price is right.

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P.S. Remember the Chinese New Year containers that came home overripe? The paperwork started the problem, and the long trip home left much of the fruit overripe and sold cheaply, part of a loss Khaosod English put at about 500 million baht. You can't control every border, lab or price crash. You can give your fruit more days to survive them. WhatsApp Stephen on +60 17-925 0613 to plan your trial.

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By Stephen Loke of AgritourismSuccess.com, whose farm is featured in Bloomberg News and Asahi Shimbun. Stephen is the exclusive representative of Janny MT. Durian and mangosteen results are from preliminary field testing on local fruit, not a published study. This article is for general information and is not legal, financial or insurance advice.