China, the largest producer of blueberries

China is taking an increasingly central role in the global blueberry market. With over 77 thousand hectares planted and a variety of varieties grown in tropical to temperate climate regions, the country is the largest producer of the crop in the world. Often the scale of its production remains hidden, due to the state policy of closure, writes East Fruit. Dumitru Gal - the creator of the largest berry cooperative in Romania The curtain on the misconceptions surrounding the production of blueberries in China is lifted by berry specialist Huang Zhang. His company seeks to create bridges between Chinese agricultural companies and foreign ones. In 2022, China produced 525,310 tons of blueberries on 77,641 hectares of land. Among the most important cultivars are L25, F6, Duke and Draper, Zhang notes. According to him, one of the problems of the producers is that many varieties that are grown in China do not have the necessary licenses from their owners. A key place in production is ...