Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision has noted a significant surge in Chinese fruit imports, especially exotic fruits, into its border regions. In the first two months of 2024, Zabaykalsky Krai in the Russian Far East saw a threefold increase in exotic fruit imports, reaching nearly 3,000 metric tons. The region also restarted banana imports, with initial shipments amounting to 40 metric tons. The rise in Chinese fruit imports is linked to the inauguration of a new border checkpoint and the creation of an international agricultural produce logistics center in northeastern China.
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A series of recent announcements published on the website of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) highlight an increase in Chinese fruit imports into the country’s border regions. The announcements placed particular emphasis on the expansion of China’s fruit export portfolio with exotic varieties. In the first two months of 2024, Zabaykalsky Krai in the Russian Far East alone imported 2,897 metric tons of exotic fruit, including mangos, dragon fruit, avocados and passion fruit, which represents a threefold increase over the same period of last year. The assortment of fruit was expanded with bananas, whose imports into Zabaykalsky Krai through border checkpoints were suspended in 2019 before being restarted in January of this year. The first shipments of bananas totaled 40 metric tons, which is an impressive amount considering that the region only received 350 kilograms of Chinese bananas in 2018. In total, Zabaykalsky Krai ...
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