Why Are Cherries So Expensive? A Full Analysis of the Domestic Cherry Industry Chain
Do you like eating cherries? In our country's market, the price of cherries has always been very high. Why is that? Today I'll tell you about the cherry industry chain, so you can understand the reasons why cherries are expensive. Generally, cherries are imported, though there are domestic ones too.
Most cherries in our country are imported. Chinese people love eating cherries, favoring large cherries so dark purple they look black; the darker the color and the larger the fruit diameter, the better. This way, Chinese food lovers support 500,000 people in Chile, and this spring Chile's cherry exports to China may rise another 17%. According to the Chilean fruit company COPEFRUT, in recent years nearly 100% of COPEFRUT's fruit has been sold to the Chinese market. “The profit margin on fruit sold to China is very considerable. The best cherries all go to China; this is determined by the market and price.” In Chile, fruit has become a pillar industry. Of the country's 18 million people, 8.7% depend on the upstream and downstream supply chain of the fruit industry chain for their livelihood, and among them the largest proportion, 1/3, or about 500,000 people, make their living from cherries. Growing cherries can yield an income 5 times higher than that of general fruits such as apples.
Netizen: Small cherries and large cherries are different. Small cherries have a stronger fruit flavor and are a bit more sweet-and-sour. Large cherries have more water content and a different mouthfeel. I like both. Factors such as climate and soil determine that South American cherries are still the best. This is like the example of watermelon: watermelon is available everywhere, but climate and soil determine that Xinjiang watermelon is still the best.
Netizen: It seems this is definitely a huge profit; otherwise how could it support so many people? Is it that in Chile these cherries only cost a few yuan per jin? By the time they reach us, they are at least several dozen yuan.