Fruits, vegetables, and horticultural products
Zespri has won the Supreme Award at the 2026 New Zealand China Business Awards, along with the Large Business Trade category award, sponsored by the New Zealand China Trade Association. CEO Jason Te Brake noted that 2026 marks 27 years of Zespri operating in China, with the awards recognising strong strategic partnerships with leading…
China’s fruit imports totalled USD 6.49 billion in the first four months of 2026, up 3.7% year-on-year, accounting for 9. 5% of total agricultural imports. The market showed sharp category divergence: cherry imports fell 25.9% to USD 1.84 billion, while durian imports surged 205.1% to USD 1.7 billion. In June alone, China approved fresh…
Zespri’s red-fleshed kiwifruit achieves doubled sales in China, with the country remaining the brand’s largest market for four consecutive years.
Zespri recognised for outstanding contribution to NZ-China trade, with red-fleshed kiwifruit sales doubling as China remains its largest market for four consecutive years.
Guangxi is accelerating its development as a distribution hub for ASEAN fruit, having built 12 designated fruit import supervision sites covering all port types. Key border crossings including Youyiguan, Dongxing, Qinzhou Port and Nanning airport operate round-the-clock customs clearance with dedicated green channels for imported fruit. In the first four months of 2026, Guangxi…
Chile’s “Cherry Express” shipping route, connecting ports such as San Antonio with Tianjin in northeast China, has reduced transit time by seven days to just 23 days. Over 90% of Chile’s cherry exports from the most recent season were destined for China. In the three years since the route’s launch, Chilean cherry import volumes…
Cross-border fruit shipments via the China-Laos Railway reached 107,900 tonnes in the first five months of 2026, up over 30% year on year, with a single-day record of 3,665.1 tonnes at Mohan station. The railway’ s dedicated cold-chain express service delivers fresh tropical fruit from Laos and Thailand to Chinese consumers in as little…
China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued Announcement No. 76/2026 on 2 June, granting market access to fresh Belgian apples under a detailed phytosanitary protocol. The protocol covers 16 quarantine pests of concern, requires registered orchards and packing facilities, mandates cold treatment against Mediterranean fruit fly, and establishes pest-free production place requirements for fire…
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports reached an estimated USD 2.98 billion in the first five months of 2026, up 29. 4% year-on-year, with China absorbing 49.5% of the total. Durian led the category at USD 293.13 million, surging 59.7%, while the share of processed products rose from 29.33% to 35.82%. From 1 June, China’…
China has become the largest global market for New Zealand miniature apple brand Rockit, accounting for more than half of the brand’s total revenue, according to Global CEO Grant McBeath in an exclusive interview with China Daily. New Zealand dominates approximately 81 percent of China’s apple import market, which reached RMB 1.84 billion in…
