c hina raised its profile in the global market for vegetables and fruits 1990s as one of world s top exporters china increased export value those products from 2 3 billion to 1 between 1992 94 1998 2000 a rise 33 percent with improvements produc tion marketing transportation tech nologies has strengthened com petitive position par ticularly though rela tively low volume importer also expanded import more than fourfold reach 413 million during same period large net exporter exports ranked eighth vegeta bles including pulses tree nuts amounted nearly eight times level imports had trade sur pluses all groups except relatively small deficit fresh processed canned frozen dehydrated represented largest component surplus composition substantial growth vegetable fruit came changes
