Malaysia’s big durian dreams as it seeks to expand exports to China

Malaysia is all geared to satisfy China’s craving for a pungent, football-sized thorny fruit.That’s because China’s General Administration of Customs has approved imports of frozen whole durian fruit starting May 30 following an agreement signed in August, according to Sim Tze Tzin, Malaysia’s deputy minister for agriculture and agro-based industry.“The durian market in China is so big but we’ve only managed to export a little durian pulp and frozen paste to China,” Sim said in a Facebook post…