Beijing, China
June, 2008
USDA/FAS GAIN report CH 8041
Tomatoes and products, China, annual report
Report highlights:
In marketing year 2008/09,
China's total tomato production is forecast at 37.5 million
MT, a three-percent increase over the previous year and
represents a recovery from MY 2007/08, when an estimated 0.3
million MT of Inner Mongolia’s processing tomato plants were
lost as a result of a blight outbreak, almost half of the
expected harvest. Production of processing tomato is
expected to reach 5.2 million MT in MY 2008/09, an increase
of 15 percent over MY 2007/08. China’s exports of tomato
paste continue to grow and account for about 90 percent of
China’s total tomato and tomato product exports. MY 2008/09
exports of tomato paste are forecast at 700,000 MT, an
increase of 14 percent over the previous year.
Full report:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200808/146295439.pdf
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