The Chinese market has diversified demands, not only primary fruit, but secondary and tertiary fruit. There is also considerable demand for Zimbabwean citrus in China. These different grades of citrus are generally divided by size. The citrus grader can replace manual, accurate and fast sorting of citrus. Of course, the citrus waxer can further improve the quality of citrus, such as more gloss and longer storage time.
According to local media reports in Zimbabwe, with the recent completion of the signing of relevant plant inspection and quarantine agreements between China and Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean citrus can now have more opportunities to export to China, including sweet oranges, oranges, grapefruits, lemons and limes.
According to the report, Zimbabwe citrus obtained the qualification to export to China as early as 2015, but China and Zimbabwe continued to negotiate on inspection and quarantine requirements in the following years, and finally reached a consensus recently. The agreement requires fresh citrus to be exported to China through the cold chain, but allows the cold chain to start from the port of shipment, canceling the requirement in the earlier version of the agreement that cooling must start on farms in the producing area.
The report pointed out that China's opening up will bring a wider market for the country's citrus growers (previously, it mainly supplied South Africa and Europe), and the Chinese market has diversified needs, not only the first-grade fruit, but also the second- and third-grade fruit citrus in the market. China also has considerable demand. The country also hopes that the development of this trade will bring new possibilities for more Zimbabwean agricultural products and successfully enter the Chinese market in the future.