SOURCE: Roy G, Produce Report China’s domestic banana production area has decreased in recent years, and overall output is low. To fill the gap in the domestic market, China has increased its imports of bananas, with Vietnam the primary supplier. In 2017, China imported a total of 1.04 million tonsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Guo Cheng, Xinhua Yellow pitaya, originally from South America, has taken root across the tropical island of south China’s Hainan Province, some 17,000 km away from their birthplace. In Le’an Village of Sanjia County, Dongfang City, local villagers are busy picking yellow pitaya on a plantation. Starting from JanuaryContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The first cargo train fully loaded with Thai durian has reached China on Sunday through the new Chinese-Lao railway service, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said. The shipment consisted of 500 tonnes of durian fruits in 27 containers, according to Thai news agency (TNA). The ministerContinue Reading
by Produce Report There was a time in China when the storage and ripening of bananas was a major pain point for fruit distributors and wholesalers. That was before high-capacity, modern banana ripening facilities had been built. Nowadays, owing to banana ripening operations such as the one that opened lastContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Nation Thailand The Nation Thailand spoke to Sanchai Puranachaikere, president of the Thai Fresh Fruit Traders and Exporters Association, on the problems arising from China’s zero-Covid policy. “We still have no clue in which direction we should go because China has a zero-Covid policy. Which means, there canContinue Reading
SOURCE: ncwxjt TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Recently, the overall volume of banana production in Yunnan has been limited and the sales have slowed down. In general, most of the banana production in Yunnan is about to enter the final stage, and there are not many high-quality fruits. Due to the impact ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zhu Wenqian, China Daily Chinese consumers’ appetite for durian, a tropical fruit known for its pungent smell, has been rising over the past few years. The trend has made it the country’s largest fruit import and has increased trade between Thailand and China. Since 2019, China has imported moreContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Net Dragon fruit prices have fallen off a cliff after the impasse at the China border due to COVID-19 fears held up Vietnamese trucks laden with various goods since late of last year. Pham Kim Lam, a farmer in Ham Thuan Bac District, said the current dragon fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: CGTN Xuwen County is located in southern China’s Guangdong Province, surrounded by the ocean on three sides. But it’s not the ocean or beach that this county is famous for – it’s the pineapples.” Xuwen County is the biggest producer of pineapples in China, accounting for about one thirdContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jie Shuyi, Yicai Global The Philippines may soon no longer be China’s biggest banana supplier as exports to the country sank 25 percent last year from the year before amid surging production costs and lengthier transport times, giving other banana exporters the chance to seize market share. It usedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fred Mientjes, Fruitnet The Kenyan avocado industry has received a welcome boost with China granting access to its fresh products. The deal to export avocados to China, which was originally agreed in April 2019 between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, has finally come toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Philip K, Produce Report Between 2010 and 2019, durian consumption in China grew at a relatively rapid pace, maintaining an average annual growth rate of more than 16%. According to customs data, this trend continued into 2021, with China’s durian imports between January and November reaching a volume ofContinue Reading