On December 9, the first shipment of seaborne Chilean cherries of this season, which all fruit merchants are eagerly awaiting, arrived in the domestic market and has been opened to the market, thus kicking off the 2023/2024 season of Chilean seaborne cherries.
Then on December 10, another batch of seaborne cherries arrived in Hong Kong, China. The entire ship was loaded with 126 containers, of which 43 containers were made by San Francisco Garces Fruit, and the rest were from brands such as Copefrut, Dole, and Hailang. The varieties of this ship include Royal Dawn, Santina, Glen Red, Black Rock, Frisco and other niche varieties.
The price of the first batch of sea-freighted cherries is only ¥20-30 cheaper than that of air-freighted cherries. The price of high-quality products is even higher than that of air-freighted cherries, but the freshness of sea-freighted ones cannot be compared with that of air-freighted fruits. The first shipment of sea-shipped cherries had a small volume, which has little impact on the market price of air-shipped cherries.
According to relevant reports, the quality of air-shipped cherries this year is uneven. Because the Chilean production areas had a lot of rain before the cherries were picked, the taste of many varieties is not as good as in previous years.
Recently, the wholesale markets have been dominated by products transported by air, and then gradually turned to sea-freighted ones. The peak period of sea-borne cherries is expected to last from mid-December this year to early February 2024, and begin to decline after the Chinese New Year.
On December 9, buyers from all over the world, secondary wholesalers and many attracted merchants gathered at the opening of the container. The overall quality and hardness of the first container of Chilean sea-shipped cherries remained good. All the new products were sold out after the container was opened, and enthusiasm for cherries remains unabated.
Source: FreshSaga