Jakarta, Dec. 15 -- The Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (Barantin) has officially released the country's first export of frozen durian, totaling 48 tons, to China from Citereup, Bogor, West Java, on Monday.

Barantin Head Sahat M Panggabean stated that the inaugural shipment, valued at Rp5.1 billion ($305,971 USD), was a follow-up to the signing of the frozen durian export protocol between Indonesia and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) on May 25, 2025.

"This marks the realization of Indonesia's first frozen durian export to China, the result of a long process that required considerable time and resources," Panggabean stated in Barantin's official statement.

The frozen durians, proc...