Chile has maintained its position as the largest source of cherry imports to China for over a decade, according to data published by China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC).
According to information published by Xinhua, the official news agency of the Chinese government, in the first four months, the country imported cherries worth 17.540 billion yuan (about 2.440 billion dollars) from Chile, representing 16.2 percent of its total imports from the Latin American country during that period, the GAC data showed.
Total bilateral trade reached 163.190 billion yuan between January and April, a 5.4% increase from the previous year, setting a new record for the period. The growth rate surpassed China’s overall foreign trade by 3 percentage points, according to the GAC.
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1970. Chile was the first Latin American country to sign a free trade agreement with China and is currently China’s third most important trading partner in Latin America, as well as Chile’s main trading partner worldwide.
Trade between the two countries has grown rapidly, from 70.850 billion yuan in 2006 to 437.950 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth rate of 11.2 percent.
Source: Chilean Fruits.
