recent developments in the chinese fruit industry implications for us by hongqi shi and thomas i wahl impact center information series 83 may 1996 adjunct assistant professor associate respectively department of agricultural economics washington state university pullman table contents executive summary list tables figures introduction production cost structure management supply sector processing storage facilities distribution marketing channels newly emerging markets imported trade government policy regulations consumption behavior quantitative demand elasticities market opportunities conclusions references has undergone significant structural changes since economic reform late 1970s especially after liberalization 1984 increased significantly reaching a record 35 million metric tons 1994 increasingly become popular food item diet per capita total tripled last ten years due to rapidly increasing family incomes consumers urban residents have purchases
