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: 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
Russian fruit imports in January 2021 remained virtually unchanged compared to the same month in 2020, but changes in the import structure were significant.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report According to a report from the fruit branch of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products, China’s customs statistics indicate that the value of fruit imports exceeded $10 billion for the first time in 2020, reaching a totalContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tehran Times Iran has imported 308,970 tons of banana worth USD 210.32 million during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Ruhollah Latifi said the nine-month import equals the wholeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tom Karst, The Packer Bananas remain America’s favorite fruit, but growth is slow at the top. U.S. banana imports from August 2019 to July were 5.12 million metric tons, up less than 1% compared with the previous year. By value, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports banana imports totaledContinue Reading
A total of 173,062 tons of bananas worth USD 113.68 million were imported into Iran during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 20-July 21).Continue Reading
Ukraine in 2019, according to preliminary estimates of the Ukrainian Horticultural Association (UHA), imported 270,000-275,000 tonnes of bananas into the country, which is 8-9 percent more than the previous record set in 2018. According to a report on the association’s website, in 2019 every resident of Ukraine consumed anContinue Reading
The U.S. saw significant increases in Hass avocado imports from all Latin American origins through September this year, USDA data shows. Over the nine-month period, total imports from the region rose by 20% year-on-year from USD 1.7 billion to USD 2 billion. The growth came amid the lowest CaliforniaContinue Reading
China has overtaken Japan as the biggest foreign market of Philippine bananas, buying more than 1.1 million metric tons in 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. In an interview with Xinhua, PSA Assistant Secretary and Officer-in-Charge Josie Perez said China has bought a total of 1.165Continue Reading
U.S. total imports of avocados were up 15% by volume but down 11% in value in 2018. Trade statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that the total value of U.S. avocado imports totaled $2.35 billion, down from $2.64 billion in 2017. By volume, U.S. imports of avocadosContinue Reading
Vietnam gained 1.2 billion U.S. dollars from exporting fruits and vegetables to China in the first half of this year, seeing a year-on-year rise of 18.1 percent, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade on Thursday. In the six-month period, China remains Vietnam’s top fruit and veggieContinue Reading