China: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

Chinese demand for high quality fruit remains strong and imports of apples and pears are expected to increased in MY 2018/19. Demand for imported table grapes is also strong, but imports will decrease due to a constrained supply. As long as additional Chinese tariffs are in place on U.S.-origin products, U.S. apples, pears, and table grapes are expected to lose market share. Extreme weather this spring across northern China will result in a sharp fall of the country’s apple, pear, and table grape production in MY 2018/19. Apple production is forecast to fall 25 percent to 31 million metric tons (MMT), pears 20 percent to 13 MMT, and table grapes 10 percent to 945,000 metric tons. 

China: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual