China reports rise in apple exports to Russia

China's apple exports to Russia via Manzhouli, the leading landway port of China, reached 21,300 tons in the first two months this year, up 34.8 percent year-on-year, according to the latest customs statistics.

The involved export value totaled over 7 million U.S. dollars, 62 percent more than that for last year's same period, according to the Customs of Manzhouli, a port city in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Apple exports via Manzhouli ranked second in China in the January-February period. Russia is the leading import market of China's apples.

Private businesses took the lead in apple exports to Russia, with a total export volume of 20,400 tons in the two-month period, accounting for 95.77 percent of the total exports to Russia for the same period.

Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Shaanxi provinces are the major apple exporters.

Source: Xinhua