required report public distribution date 9 15 2003 gain number ch3121 china peoples republic of fresh deciduous fruit annual approved by casey e bean us embassy beijing prepared adam branson and wu bugang highlights cultivation remains a key sector s rural economy off season imports continue growing but the window opportunity is narrowing as expands apple production during my forecast down 3 percent at 18 5 million mt while exports are 600 000 an increase 20 from previous year quality variety rapidly improves government officials aggressively negotiating access to new overseas markets pricing data for cultivars illustrates how increasingly becoming competitor both within across region retail marketing in more sophisticated imported domestic includes psd changes yes trade matrix ch1 ch usda foreign agricultural service global agriculture information network template version 2 08 page 33 unclassified table contents executive
