Citizens are expected to reduce the price of Thai fruit by 20 to 30%.

Recently, the Yunnan Chamber of Commerce of Thailand put forward the idea of building an "international fruit trading center" in Kunming, which has been affirmed by relevant departments of the municipal government. It is not difficult to foresee that Kunming will become the distribution center of tropical fruits across the country, and citizens will also eat cheap Thai fruit.

"at present, more than 90% of Kunming's imported fruits are purchased from Guangzhou." Boss Wang, who specializes in the import fruit business at Jinma Zhengchang Fruit Wholesale Market, said that although the Kunman Highway has been opened to traffic, from the current situation, Thai fruits sold in Kunming have not benefited. Guangzhou is still a distribution center for China's imported fruits, of which more than 80% are imported from Thailand.

It takes up to three days to take the Kunman Highway from Thailand to Kunming, while it takes at least six days to travel from Thailand to Guangzhou and back to Kunming, even if it takes at least six days, and the transportation cost is almost 20% more.

"the Sino-Thai inspection and quarantine agreement only stipulates that Jinghong Port is the designated customs declaration port for Thai fruit import, but Mohan Port is not allowed, which means that Thai fruit cannot be imported via Kunman Highway." The relevant staff of the Commercial Office of the Thai Consulate General in Kunming explained that at present, however, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce is coordinating with the Thai Consulate General in Kunming and the Yunnan Bureau of entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine. Mohan and Daluo ports in Yunnan Province and the Guanlei Terminal on the Mekong River will reopen channels for importing Thai fruit and vegetable products.

On January 1, 2010, 90% of the trade products between China and ASEAN countries will achieve zero tariff, and fruits can also enjoy zero tariff treatment. The relevant person in charge of Chongqing Jinguoyuan Trading Co., Ltd. believes that if you take the Kunman Highway after zero tariff, the Thai fruit to Kunming will be 20% cheaper than it is now.

But there are also fruit merchants who hold opposite views. "although the channel has been opened, Kunming is not the distribution center of imported fruit in China, and if the sales volume does not go up, it will be very difficult for prices to come down." Most owners of import fruit wholesale business in Jinma Zhengchang fruit wholesale market agree that after zero tariff, Kunming urgently needs to build a large-scale Thai fruit wholesale market facing the whole country in order to exert the effect of "price reduction".

The Yunnan Chamber of Commerce of Thailand wants to invest in the construction of an 'international fruit trading center' in Kunming. " According to the relevant staff of the Commercial Office of the Thai Consulate General in Kunming, on November 6, 2009, Li Xi, Vice Mayor of Kunming City, met with a Thai Ministry of Commerce delegation led by Bingzhawang, director of the Chinese Affairs Department of the Thai Ministry of Commerce. The idea of building an "international fruit trading center" put forward by the Yunnan Chamber of Commerce of Thailand has been affirmed by the relevant departments of the municipal government. This means that a large fruit trading platform between China and Southeast Asia is expected to be settled, and Kunming will become China's tropical fruit distribution base.