Despite the fact that China is one of the largest apple producing countries, imported apples dominate the country's domestic market.
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China's share in world apple production is more than 50%, imported apples on the domestic market are more expensive than domestic ones, however, the Chinese buyer prefers still foreign fruit. Indeed, the paradoxical situation, however, has a completely logical explanation.
A meager assortment of Chinese apple products. The vast majority of cultivated Fuji apples. Farmers simply cultivate what they are accustomed to in the absence of any market mechanisms that would stimulate them to expand the range of products.
The quality of Chinese apples. It is much inferior to an imported product.
Outdated production and supply management methods. The use of modern equipment for packaging and storage in refrigeration units allows foreign suppliers, despite the long-term process of collecting, sorting and transporting to the Chinese market, to offer apples of high quality, without external and internal defects. Alas, in China there are almost no such innovative technologies and, therefore, local apples are mainly used for processing, and not for sale in fresh markets.
