Durian Market Data, Classes, Sizing and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-11Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$3.5B

Producing countries tracked

4

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are requirements from the FAO/WHO Codex Standard for Durian CXS 317-2014. The standard defines fresh-fruit identity, class, size, tolerance, presentation and labeling boundaries; it does not establish current harvest availability, certify a shipment or provide a live delivered durian price.

Extra Class fertile locules minimum

4

fertile locules per fruit · CXS 317-2014

Class I fertile locules minimum

3

fertile locules per fruit · CXS 317-2014

Class I healed-defect area maximum

10

percent of fruit surface area · CXS 317-2014

Class II fertile locules minimum

2

fertile locules per fruit · CXS 317-2014

Class II healed-defect area maximum

15

percent of fruit surface area · CXS 317-2014

All-class adjacent-size tolerance

20

percent by number or weight · CXS 317-2014

Fresh consumer fruit and industrial fruit are different scopes

CXS 317-2014 applies to commercial varieties of Durio species supplied fresh to consumers after preparation and packaging. It excludes durians intended for industrial processing. All classes must be whole with an intact, possibly trimmed peduncle, sound, clean, practically free of pests and pest damage, abnormal external moisture, foreign smell or taste, temperature damage and cracking. Atlas retains intended use, variety, maturity, condition and packing state before comparing quality, harvest, price or trade records.

Class changes fertile-locule and healed-defect evidence

Extra Class fruit should carry at least four fertile locules and be free of defects except very slight ones. Class I allows slight shape and healed defects, requires at least three fertile locules and caps total healed-defect area at 10 percent. Class II requires at least two fertile locules and caps healed defects at 15 percent. Defects may not affect the pulp. Atlas keeps class, locule count, inspection basis, affected area and pulp condition as separate findings.

Weight code and package count cannot be collapsed

Codex permits sizing by weight or by the number of individual fruits per package. Weight codes run from code 1 above 4 kilograms through code 5 at 0.5 to 1 kilogram. For every class, up to 20 percent by number or weight may correspond to the immediately adjacent size. Atlas records the sizing method, declared code or count, actual distribution, tolerance result, net weight and inspection date rather than translating count into an assumed fruit weight.

A fresh-fruit standard is not a delivered physical price

Codex requirements establish identity and quality boundaries, not current availability or price. A delivered durian price still requires a defined variety, class, size and maturity basis, current permitted physical observations, origin and harvest, inspection and condition evidence, lot quantity, package, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight, cold-chain controls and information vintage. Atlas keeps any physical-price output unsupported when those fields or usage rights are missing.

Questions procurement teams ask

Does the Codex durian standard cover industrial-processing fruit?

No. CXS 317-2014 covers commercial Durio varieties supplied fresh to consumers after preparation and packaging and explicitly excludes durians for industrial processing.

How do fertile-locule requirements change by durian class?

Extra Class fruit should carry at least four fertile locules, Class I at least three and Class II at least two. A fertile locule is visibly filled throughout the length of the fruit.

How may fresh durian be sized under Codex?

It may be sized by weight code or by the number of individual fruits per package. The declared method and actual lot distribution must stay explicit.

Which fields make physical durian offers comparable?

Durio species or variety, fresh-consumer use, country and district of origin, class, fertile locules, shape, thorn and peduncle condition, healed defects, cracking, pest and decay findings, size code or package count, maturity and harvest basis, treatment, inspection and packing dates, lot, package, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, cold chain and evidence date.