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Varieties, exports and production: Turkish focus in USDA report

Production

12 Sep 2024

Turkey’s cherry production for the 2024/25 marketing year (MY) is expected to decrease compared to last year's record, but it will still be the third-largest ever. Despite the decline in production, cherry exports are projected to reach an all-time high.

Climate, profitability and Chinese demand: focus on Chile in USDA report

Production

11 Sep 2024

The demand for Chilean cherries is high from the Chinese market, which receives over 91% of Chile’s cherry export volume. Post estimates that cherry production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 will reach 500,000 metric tons (MT), an increase of 6.8% compared to MY2023/24.

Here is the balance of the German market in the latest USDA report

Production

05 Sep 2024

Germany is the third-largest importer of fresh cherries worldwide, after China/Hong Kong and Russia. From 2010 to 2022, between 52% and 77% of the cherries consumed in Germany were imported, with most imports coming from other EU member states

The challenges of Italy’s sweet cherry season: a complex year amid rains and decreasing consumption

Production

02 Sep 2024

The sweet cherry supply for 2024 remained in line with the average of the last five seasons, which saw an average production of about 100,000 tons per year. However, 2023 stood out as a negative year, with a production of only 93,000 tons, the lowest value in the last five years.

Frutas de Chile reveals Chile's top 10 exporters in the 2023-2024 season

Press review

26 Feb 2024

Up to the sixth week, 82,452,392 five-kilo cases of cherries were exported in the 2023/2024 season, and although this figure is lower than the 83,220,842 cases exported in the 2022/2023 season, the figures are predictable after a difficult year for producers.

Export focus: 63% of Tasmanian cherry exports will go to Asia

Markets Press review

10 Jan 2024

For the 2023/24 season project the total production of Tasmanian cherries to hit approximately 4,300 tons, with an anticipated export volume of around 2,000 tons. Growers express confidence in a 15-20% upswing in export volume compared to the preceding season.

Germany is the third largest importer of cherries

Consumption Markets

09 May 2023

Germany is the third-largest importer of cherries in the world after China/Hong Kong and Russia. From 2010 to 2021, between 52 and 77 percent of the cherries consumed in Germany were imported, with the majority of imports originating in other EU member states.