China is Chile's main cherry buyer
During the season, Chile has exported 83,298 tons to various international markets. 84% of the total has been shipped to China, the largest buyer by far. Amongst all import ports, Shenzhen took the biggest share. Total export to China amounted to 70,051 tons, 97% of total cherry exports shipped to Asian markets. Export to the US decreased from 8.5% to to 6.7% of the total and export to Europe only reached 2%.
Chile’s cherry production is expected to increase, and could potentially hit 130,000 tons in 2017.