China Fruits insights

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "2025 China Stone Fruit Annual Report" recently released shows that, benefiting from expanded planting areas and improved management, the country's cherry production is expected to grow 6% to 900,000 tons in the 2025/26 crop season (April to March of the following year). The total cherry import volume is expected to continue growing, projected to increase to 600,000 tons in the 2025/26 season. Chilean cherry imports are anticipated to maintain strong momentum due to price competitiveness and increased supply. Despite ongoing drought in the northwest region and adverse weather conditions such as spring low temperatures in northern provinces like Shandong, the total national cherry production is expected to continue growing, driven by the development of facility agriculture (primarily greenhouse cultivation). The 2025/26 season's cherry production is projected to grow 6% from 850,000 tons in the 2024/25 season to 900,000 tons, mainly attributed to expanded planting areas and improved cultivation management. With increased investment and improved planting techniques, fruit quality has also been enhanced. As a high-value fruit, cherry cultivation's profit returns remain significantly higher than most other fruits. The country's cherry planting area in the 2024/25 season was 199,000 hectares, expected to increase to 205,000 hectares in the 2025/26 season. While traditional production areas like Shandong and Dalian maintain stable planting areas, provinces such as southwestern Sichuan and northwestern Xinjiang are expanding cherry cultivation. Despite challenging natural conditions, greenhouse cultivation continues to drive local cherry industry development. The primary cherry variety in greenhouse cultivation is Meizao, with Russian No. 8 and Summit varieties increasing in proportion. Open-field farmers prefer varieties like Meizao, Russian No. 8, Brooks, Kordia, Lapins, and Rainier. Farmers have a strong demand for variety upgrades, with continuous introduction of new varieties. For instance, in Sichuan, local breeding experts have developed three new varieties (Shu Zao Mei, Shu Zi Mei, and Shu Gui Mei) with characteristics such as early maturity, storage resistance, or high yield. Newer varieties like Rocket an

The 9th RSPO China Forum, held in Guilin recently, gathered stakeholders from across the palm oil supply chain to discuss advancements and challenges in promoting RSPO Certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) in China. It also marked a decade of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) presence in China. Since officially commencing operations in 2015,

Recently, Sweet C South African mandarin oranges have entered a stable supply period. In previous years, Sweet C's market entry in China was typically in August-October, but this year the arrival time has significantly advanced to June, perfectly filling the domestic summer citrus off-season. Many retailers and consumers have discovered that Sweet C's taste has also greatly improved, thanks to the support of the new RHM variety. The new RHM (Royal Honey Murcott) is an early-maturing mandarin variety, originating from a natural variant in the central region of Queensland, Australia. The RHM has an average peel thickness of around 2 millimeters, juice content over 50%, sugar content exceeding 12, and a sugar-acid ratio of 24:1. With its low acidity, sweet taste, few seeds, and rich tropical flavor, it is rapidly becoming one of the most popular citrus varieties globally. Sweet C's selected citrus varieties are easy to peel, sweet and juicy, and almost seedless. Over the years, with its rich and fresh taste and perfectly balanced sweet-sour ratio, it has won widespread praise from domestic consumers. Jason, the international procurement manager at Shanghai Zuo Guo Trading Co., Ltd., the official authorized distributor of Sweet C, explained that the company began introducing the RHM variety last year with positive market feedback. This year, the RHM variety's proportion has significantly increased to 40%, which is very beneficial for capturing the domestic summer citrus market. Shanghai Zuo Guo continues to introduce high-quality South African fruits to the domestic market, striving to strengthen cooperation with various channels and aiming to let more consumers experience high-quality, easy-to-peel, sweet and juicy citrus during the hot summer. Sweet C's popularity in the domestic market is also inseparable from the quality commitment of the brand Fruitalyst and exporter Core. Based on years of experience exporting to the European market, Sweet C follows strict and advanced management processes in planting, harvesting, packaging, and transportation. Combined with reasonable global export and sales channel allocation, Sweet C has maintained stable prices over the years. It is believed that with the continued joint efforts of the brand, exporter, importer, and sales channels, Sweet C's brand awareness and quality recognition in the Chinese market will continue to improve.