China: Raisin Annual
The Office of Agricultural Affairs forecasts that China’s MY2014/15 raisin production will increase by 9 percent to 180,000 tons. This increase is largely attributed to the surge of available grapes as a result of economic disruptions caused by incidents of social unrest in Xinjiang. In the first three quarters of MY2013/14, the United States remained the largest raisin supplier to China. In MY2013/14, the United Kingdom replaced Japan as the largest buyer of Chinese raisins due to a decline in Turkish raisins supply.
