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Recently, 16,000 apple seedlings were inspected and qualified by Weinan Customs officers and then transported to Tajikistan through Xinjiang Karasu Port. This is the first time that Shaanxi apple seedlings have been exported to Tajikistan. It is reported that these apple seedlings come from Shaanxi Baishui County Xinghua Fruit and Vegetable Co., Ltd., and are mainly used for the construction of China-Tajikistan Friendship Apple Garden. Xinghua Company is an enterprise integrating seedling breeding, apple production, and apple deep processing. The apple seedlings exported this time are mainly Qinfu No. 1, Yuhua Zaofu and Qinyang. These seedlings have been cultivated for three years, with a height of about 1.5 meters and a survival rate of up to 98%. Currently, Baishui County has an apple planting area of 300,000 mu and an average annual output of 600,000 tons. The local area also has the first professional apple experimental station in the country, the Baishui Apple Experiment Station of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, and has built a 2,000-mu domestic leading virus-free seedling breeding base, supplying more than 1 million high-quality seedlings annually. Image source: Baishui Xinghua Fruit and Vegetable 2025 International Fruit and Vegetable Report All rights reserved. Please contact International Fruit and Vegetable Report for permission and indicate the source as International Fruit and Vegetable Report.

Ukraine has begun supplying apples to the Indian market and the first batch of products has already been shipped thanks to the work of embassies and the State Service for Food and Consumer Protection.

According to urban and rural data, the per capita fruit consumption of urban residents is 19.5 kg, while that of rural residents is relatively low at 15.5 kg. By region, Almaty has the highest fruit consumption, with a per capita quarterly consumption of 23.6 kg. Astana (23.3 kg) and North Kazakhstan (20.8 kg) follow closely, ranking in the top three. The regions with the lowest fruit consumption are Abai Province (13 kg) and Shymkent (12.3 kg). In terms of fruit categories, apples are the most popular fruit, with a per capita quarterly consumption of 4.6 kg. Bananas and oranges rank second and third with a consumption of 1.6 kg and 1.5 kg respectively. Grapes The consumption of kiwifruit (1.3 kg) and persimmon (0.8 kg) is also considerable. In addition, statistics show that in the fourth quarter of 2024, the proportion of food purchase expenditure in household consumption expenditure was the same as in the previous period. Among them, meat and meat products (16.8%) and bread and cereal products (7.6%) are still the food categories with the highest consumption share. In terms of regions, the consumption level of meat and meat products is the highest in Jetsu, Jiangbuer Province and Almaty, while the consumption level of meat is the lowest in Chimkent. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, a total of 123,600 marriages were registered in civil registration agencies across the country in 2024, an increase of 2.2% year-on-year.