US Cherries Flood Chinese Market
US Cherries Flood Chinese Market
Early this May, the first US cherries of the season arrived in China by air freight. Those who know better say US cherries arrive on the Chinese market around the same time as domestic cherries.
Manager Yang, a spokesperson for Gaobeidian Xinfadi Agricultural Wholesale Market, recently talked about current conditions in the Chinese cherry market.
“Cherries from Dalian have already entered the Chinese market three months ago. The glasshouse cherries from Dalian enter the market in small volumes in early February.
”That is towards the end of the Chilean cherry season. When the market demand increased the price reached around 100 yuan [15.56 USD] per 0.5 kg. Cherry orchards in Dalian enter the harvest season one by one until the second week of May when all of them supply the market in large volumes.
US cherries arrived on the Chinese market
The first US cherries of the season arrived in China by air freight in early May. US cherries arrive on the Chinese market around the same time as domestic cherries. Manager Yang, a spokesperson for Gaobeidian Xinfadi Agricultural Wholesale Market, recently talked about current conditions in the Chinese cherry market. Cherries from Dalian have already entered the Chinese market three months ago. The glasshouse cherries from Dalian enter the market in small volumes in early February. That is towards the end of the Chilean cherry season. When the market demand increased the price reached around 100 yuan [15.56 USD] per 0.5 kg. Cherry orchards in Dalian enter the harvest season one by one until the second week of May when all of them supply the market in large volumes. The peak period of cherry sales continue until late June. This year the weather conditions have been great. The production volume and product quality are both excellent, said
On the night of Dec. 12, the freighter Cisnes arrived in Hong Kong carrying 240 containers of Chilean cherries the first sea shipment of the season. From there, it continued onward to Shenzhen. The shipment was primarily composed of Royal Dawn (145 containers), Santina (71), Glen Red (9), Bing (5), Lapins (2) and Royal Lynn (2) cherry varieties, mainly of size J.
After passing spot checks at Hong Kong customs that night, the first batch of three containers arrived and were opened at the Jiangnan Fruit Wholesale Market around 3 p.m. local time on Dec. 13. The atmosphere at the market was electric, as many wholesalers had traveled long distances the day before and waited all night to be the first to get their hands on the newly arrived cherries. As of the morning of Dec. 14, a total of 70 containers had been opened at the Jiangnan Wholesale Fruit Market. By 10 a.m. that same morning, the first sea shipment of Chilean cherries had already arrived at Shanghai’s Huizhan Market and b