More than 60 million boxes of Chilean cherries are destined for China this season, as the fruit becomes a symbol of growing trade ties between the two countries, according to Chilean Agriculture Minister Antonio Walker.
Cherry is the third-most planted fruit in Chile, and is poised to take the first place as it becomes increasingly popular on the Chinese market, he said.
Chile signed a bilateral free trade agreement with China in 2005, the first among Latin American countries. The two sides upgraded the agreement in March 2019. So far this year, 37 percent of Chile's exports have gone to China reports www.china.org.cn
For Chile's agricultural sector, this relationship is of fundamental importance as the Chinese market has been open to Chilean products like citrus fruits, frozen fruits, cattle and, most recently, horses, Walker said.
