voluntary report public distribution date 11 15 2005 gain number ch5083 ch5000 china peoples republic of strawberries annual approved by maurice house us embassy beijing office agricultural affairs prepared james butterworth & zhang lei highlights s fresh production is forecast to decrease 30 percent 646 000 metric tons in 2006 due the decreased planted area frozen 10 82 500 because europe union safeguard investigation and rising price imports are increase 20 local resultant higher fruit includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled ch1 ch table contents 3 consumption 4 marketing 5 statistic tables 6 1 2 7 exports volume quarter 8 industry sources indicate that strawberry year begins january about from 2004
