The Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) quoted statistics from the Chinese Customs Administration as saying that the import value of processed fruit and vegetable products (HS code 20) in April 2022 reached $121 million, up 11.2% compared to April 2021. In the first four months of 2022, China's import value of processed fruit and vegetables reached US$434.7 million, down 2% over the same period in 2021.

The Chinese market increases imports of processed fruits and vegetables from Vietnam

In the first 4 months of 2022, the Chinese market imported processed fruits and vegetables mainly from the following markets: the United States, Brazil, Vietnam and Thailand. Import value from these four markets accounted for 52% of China's total import value of processed fruit and vegetables.

In which, China sharply reduced imports from the largest supplying market, the United States, and sharply increased imports from the remaining 3 markets. The highest growth rate in imports of processed fruit and vegetables was from Brazil, reaching US$58.4 million, up 37.2% over the same period in 2021; Followed by Thailand with 43.4 million USD, up 18.2%; Vietnam reached 55.5 million USD, up 12.8%.

HS Code 2008 is the most imported processed fruit and vegetable product category to China in the first 4 months of 2022, reaching US$184 million, down 24% over the same period in 2021, accounting for 42.3% of the total import value. processed vegetables. The United States and Vietnam are the two largest suppliers of this product to China.

Next is the HS code category 2009 accounting for 34.2% of the total import value of China's processed fruit and vegetables in the first 4 months of 2022, reaching 148.5 million USD, up 35% over the same period in 2021. China sharply increased the import of HS code 2009 from markets such as: Brazil reached 45.6 million USD, up 63.6%; Thailand reached 19.3 million USD, up 128.1%; Spain reached 16.4 million USD, up 48.3%; Vietnam reached 16.2 million USD, up 115.3% over the same period in 2021.