China: Stone Fruit Annual
Post estimates China’s MY 2015/16 peach and nectarine production at 13.6 MMT, up more than 4 percent from the previous year despite a colder spring in the north. Cherry production is forecast to increase to 250,000 MT in MY 2015/16, due primarily to an increase of new bearings. Cherry imports are expected to jump by more than 50 percent on strong demand to reach 100,000 MT, increasing its share of total consumption to almost one third.
