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There are also domestic legal constraints

We have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations not simply drug dealing organizations

The Defense Department declined to comment on the new directive

It is unclear what White House Pentagon and State Department lawyers have said about the new directive or whether the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has produced an authoritative opinion assessing the legal issues

Malaysia's current experience is a preview

Markets Taiwan Peru are not as big as China

The next peak season in June would be a clearer test

Production in Malaysia will rise further to 590000 tons this year

The recent slowdown in China's economy made buyers more particular and tougher in price negotiations

The government has also intervened buying some of the excess fruit to help keep farmers afloat

It can take between five and 10 years for a newly planted durian tree to reach maturity and produce fruit

Prices sank in December to a decade low of 10 ringgit per kilogram or about $1 a pound

The farm has grown to cover twice as much land as it did a decade ago

Farmers saw a 60 percent drop in profits during this season

There are a limited number of flights from Malaysia to China that can support the shipment of fresh produce

China's standards shifted: most buyers no longer want frozen shipments

Get the supply chain to cater for this change in exporting fresh durians

China's appetite for the fruit continued despite a downturn in the economy late last year

Soaring Chinese demand for durian brought Liew Jia Soon home to Malaysia in 2018

Thailand will also face these low prices soon during their peak season in April