Since 2019, China has imported more fresh durians than cherries, making durian the most imported fruit in China. According to statistics, the most imported fresh fruits from China in 2020 are durian, cherries, bananas, mangosteens, grapes, dragon fruit, longan, kiwi and oranges . accounts for 78% of its total fruit imports, and durian alone accounts for 23% of its total imports, of which more than 90% of fresh durians are imported from Thailand.
According to the latest statistics from the Thai Ministry of Agriculture, China imported 575,000 tons of fresh durians from Thailand in 2020, worth a total of 69 billion baht, or about 14.7 billion yuan, per year. 78% increase China has become Thailand's largest fresh durian export market, Thai durians ranked first among fruits imported from China last yearin terms of import value and quantity. At the same time, Thailand is also China's largest fruit supplier.
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Large domestic cherries have become a "new wealth"
"Cherries imported this year, the prices have become "free", but the domestic large cherries cannot be The large cherries grown in greenhouses have been sold out. They are coming to the market one after another and the wholesale price. is 120-150 yuan/catty At this price, you can buy a box (5 catties) of imported cherries
The reporter saw in Xinfadi market that the local large cherries sold in bulk. merchants were so red that they were plump and shiny. At present, about 900 pieces of domestically produced large cherries arrive at the Xinfadi market every day, with a total volume of about 2,000k.ilograms, two-thirds of which come from Dalian, Liaoning. "I sold seventy or eighty pieces this morning. The sales volume in Beijing is quite large. After a while, during the peak sales season of domestic large cherries, three to four thousand pieces will be sold every night,” said the trader.
It is reported that the locally produced cherries currently listed in Xinfadi, Beijing, mainly come from three producing regions: Dalian, Liaoning, Yantai, Shandong and Weifang. Among them, Dalian produces the most cherries, according to accounting. for more than 90% of the market. In previous years, domestic large cherries produced in greenhouses will be released one after another in March. The average wholesale price is 50-70 yuan/jin, and top-quality cherries can be sold for 90 yuan/jin. This year, domestic big cherries cooperated with Tsing Universityhua and made a breakthrough in refrigeration technology. They were first put on the market in January and were priced much higher than in previous years. The average wholesale price before the festival was 300 yuan per pound, and demand still exceeded supply.