Recently, Australia`s Agriculture Minister announced that China and Australia have reached new market access priorities for horticulture, which means that in the future, Australian blueberries and apples can be exported to China!
This is great news for Australian fruit farmers and Chinese foodies.
On the one hand, China`s demand for blueberries is expected to grow at a rate of 20% a year, while China is Australia`s largest agricultural export market. On the other hand, Australia`s blueberry overcapacity is in urgent need of developing a new export market, while at the same time rushing to buy. There was a rush to sell, but there was only a rush on both sides, as China had not previously allowed Australian blueberries to enter the mainland market.
As a result, Australia`s blueberry farmers have been calling on Australia`s goverment to negotiate blueberry exports with China.
Australia`s Deputy Minister of Agriculture said, "as a major exporter of agricultural products and fiber, exports are the key to ensuring our country`s economic development and agricultural profitability. Federal goverment has been working closely with China`s goverment to accelerate access to the horticultural market, and through this agreement we have facilitated the export of Australian apples and blueberries to China.
The new agreement will begin after the current summer fruit export agreement expires.
Prior to that, Australian grapes, cherries and nectarines had been granted permission to export to China, and negotiations were under way to export peaches, plums and apricots to China.
I believe that in the near future, Chinese friends will be able to eat more kinds of Australian fruit!
