China opens market for import of frozen fruit

China recently established the procedures and removed the quarantine for the import of frozen fruit from any state. Producers, processors and storers will still have to register with the Chinese state company for the import of food, before exporting the goods to that market. Still, the new importing policy of that country will make it easier for big producers to export frozen berries and soft fruit, including raspberries – among which is Serbia.

Dr. Aleksandar Leposavic, one of the leading experts in fruit farming from the Cacak Fruit Research Institute, has confirmed that, so far, there has practically been no legal possibility for frozen raspberries and mixed soft fruit to enter the Chinese market.

– With the increase of the life standard and the increased demand for raspberries and frozen soft fruit during and after the coronavirus epidemic in China, the awareness and the need for the presence of such goods in the market has also grown – says Leposavic.

According to him, it should be noted that China previously did not have the culture of using frozen fruit of this type and that the majority of its populace was not familiar with its dietary benefits. The situation is now drastically different and raspberries are increasingly in demand – says Leposavic.

Institut za voćarstvo Čačak

Čačak Fruit Research Institute

Aleksandar Leposavić

import of frozen fruit to China

export of Serbian raspberries

Free Trade Agreement of Serbia and China