Uzbekistan sharply reduced exports of cherries and dried fruits to China in 2020

Published Oct 2, 2020

Tridge summary

Uzbekistan's fruit exports to China have seen a 44% decrease in the first seven months of 2020, with a drop in fresh cherry exports and raisin exports nearly doubling but still maintaining leadership in the Chinese market. The decline is due to spring frosts, quality issues, and logistical problems, as well as the pandemic affecting cherry harvest during quarantine. Despite these challenges, Uzbekistan remains the leading supplier of raisins to China, with[/INST] Uzbekistan's fruit exports to China have seen a significant decrease of 44% in the first seven months of 2020, with a drop in fresh cherry exports and raisin exports nearly doubling but still maintaining leadership in the Chinese market. The decline is due to spring frosts, quality issues, and logistical problems, as well as the pandemic affecting cherry harvest during quarantine. However, Uzbekistan has increased its export of dried apricots to China, which more than doubled, although it remains insignificant.

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EastFruit analysts draw attention to a sharp decline in fruit exports from Uzbekistan to China, which is considered a good alternative to the Russian market. In particular, in the first 7 months of 2020, the volume of exports of Uzbek fruits and vegetables to China decreased by 44% to $ 19 million. Deliveries of fresh cherries decreased most sharply. Uzbekistan was able to export to China just over 100 tons of sweet cherries in a season, while a year earlier, export shipments of Uzbek cherries to China exceeded 600 tons. The main reason, according to market participants, was the decrease in the production of sweet cherries in Uzbekistan in 2020 due to spring frosts, problems with product quality and problems with logistics, since the ripening of sweet cherries fell on the period of strict quarantine measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. For comparison, during the same period, Chile supplied 165 tons of fresh cherries to China, and, for example, Kyrgyzstan, neighboring ...

Source: Eastfruit