Brief Report on the Destinations of China's Vegetable Exports (January 2018)

Ji Chengming, Han Yijun

National Agricultural Market Research Center, China Agricultural University

From the perspective of export destinations, Japan is China's largest vegetable market, but the ASEAN market is growing relatively fast.

From January to November 2017, China exported vegetables to a total of 192 countries and regions, among which the top ten destinations by export value were: Japan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, South Korea, the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, and the Netherlands. The top ten countries and regions together accounted for 7.03 million tons of vegetable exports, 71.9% of total vegetable export volume; the total vegetable export value was 10.62395 billion USD, 76% of total vegetable export value.

Japan is China's largest vegetable market, accounting for more than 14% of China's total vegetable export value. From January to November 2017, China exported a total of 1.328 million tons of vegetables to Japan, with an export value of 2.009 billion USD, up 0.99% year on year. Calculated by export value, the second-largest export destination was Hong Kong, China, with an export value of 1.925 billion USD, accounting for nearly 14% of China's total vegetable export value. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth export destinations were Vietnam, South Korea, the United States and Malaysia, accounting for 12%, 9%, 7% and 6% of China's total vegetable export value respectively. It should be noted that some ASEAN countries and Russia have become new growth points for China's vegetable exports in recent years.

Figure 1 Proportion of export volume by destination

Figure 2 Proportion of export value by destination