Dan Siekman

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In First Ever Store Closing, YH Super Species Shutters Shanghai Wujiaochang Branch On July 4, Super Species marked an inevitable but inglorious new milestone: the first closing of one of its stores. The Super Species Shanghai Wujiaochang store had originally opened in November of 2017.	July 07, 2019 Dan Siekman
Domestic Air Freight and Hema Bring Fresh Apricots to Chinese Consumers The popularity and success in major Chinese cities of this season’s apricots from northwestern China’s Xinjiang region demonstrates the increasing viability in China of domestic air freight as a means of getting fresh fruit to market.	July 03, 2019 Dan Siekman
China Announces Pilot Tariff Relief Program for Importers of US Goods The Tax Policy Department of China’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced the launch of a trial program that will let Chinese importers of certain American products apply for temporary relief of additional tariffs added to those products by China during the trade conflict that has been ongoing between the US and China since March of last year—as well as to apply for refund of added tariffs the importer has already paid during that period.	July 02, 2019 Dan Siekman
Cold Treatment No Longer Required for Turkish Cherries Imported to China With the recent removal of a Chinese requirement that cherries exported from Turkey to China undergo a 16-day cold treatment period, the China market is now open to the large majority of the Turkish cherry crop, and exports are expected to rise significantly over coming seasons.	July 01, 2019 Dan Siekman
Suning Announces RMB 4.8b Deal for 80% Stake in Carrefour China Nanjing, China-based retailer Suning.com announced on June 23 that it intends to purchase an 80% stake in French hypermarket retailer Carrefour’s China operations for a sum of RMB 4.8 billion ($698 million). Carrefour will retain the remaining 20% share.	June 25, 2019 Dan Siekman
Global Retailers Aldi and Costco Test the Waters in China with New Outlets Aldi recently celebrated the opening of two outlets in Shanghai, while Costco has announced it will complete its first mainland store by August.	June 17, 2019 Dan Siekman
Plant & Food Research: Inside New Zealand's Premier Kiwifruit Breeding Program Produce Report recently traveled to New Zealand to take a firsthand look at the country’s kiwifruit industry and accepted an invitation to visit Plant & Food Research’s breeding and R&D center in Te Puke to see the kiwifruit breeding program up close.	April 07, 2019 Dan Siekman
Here Are Five African Countries That May Someday Supply Avocados to China Aside from Kenya, the African countries to pay attention to in relation to potentially exporting avocados to China are South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, says Zac Bard, Executive Manager of Westfalia Fruit Africa.	March 28, 2019 Dan Siekman	Packing Westfalia avocados in South Africa. Image: Westfalia Fruit
A Hit With Consumers, Chilean Sugar Plums Drive Chile’s Stone Fruit Growth in China Demand for high brix fruit surely is a large part of the runaway success of Chilean sugar plums in the China market in recent years, where export volumes rose more than 70-fold in four years from 165 tons in the 2014/15 season to 10,584 tons in the 2017/18 season. This season is also seeing an in-store promotional campaign by the Chilean Stone Fruit Committee of ASOEX dedicated specifically to sugar plums.	March 27, 2019 Dan Siekman	Sugar plums. Image courtesy of ASOEX.
First Shipment to China of 2019 Season Zespri NZ Kiwifruit is en Route Zespri’s first shipment to China of New Zealand kiwifruit for the 2019 season set sail on March 24 and is expected to reach Nangang Port in Shanghai on April 8.	March 24, 2019 Dan Siekman	The Southampton Star departed from Tauranga Harbour on March 24, bound for Shanghai. Image courtesy of Zespri