China: Market report for the Guangzhou's fruit wholesale market, week 23

May and June are slow months in the fruit wholesale market in Guangzhou. The supply is quite small, as some fruits are leaving the market while others have only just arrived. Most sales are stable this week and conditions are slowly improving for some fruits. The marketing season for imported grapes is almost over. The offer is small, but the price is stable. Quite a few grape merchants said the domestic Shine Muscat grapes are about to take over the market. The current price of imported grapes is around €42.86 per carton and prices for domestic Shine Muscat grapes are between €7.14 and 28.57 per carton, depending on quality. The price advantage of domestic grapes creates a difficult market for imported grapes. (Photo: imported grapes) The import apples on the Guangzhou market mainly come from South Africa, New Zealand and Chile. The South African apples have only just entered the market. There are Fuji apples and Gala apples. An apple trader said that South African Fuji apples ...