Persimmon belongs to Diospyros kakiL. F; Ebenaceae persimmon. It is drought resistant, barren resistant and has good water and soil conservation benefits. It has been cultivated in China for more than 3000 years. It is one of the specialty fruit trees in China. The output has accounted for more than 70% of the total output of persimmons in the world for a long time.

Persimmons are native to China, mainly astringent persimmons. Since its introduction into China, Japan has improved and cultivated sweet persimmons, which have gradually spread to South Korea, China, Europe and the United States and other countries and regions. Up to now, there are more than 1000 varieties of persimmons in the world, mainly distributed in China, Japan, South Korea, the United States and other countries, and a small amount of persimmons are also cultivated in Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Spain and other countries. The processing of persimmon is most developed in South Korea and Japan in East Asia, with more than 100 kinds of related products. However, the processing methods of most countries are mainly persimmon and persimmon vinegar, and the popular products in the market are very single. Different from the planting areas, the international trade volume of Persimmon in the world is not large. The main exporting countries of persimmons are Spain, Uzbekistan, China and other Asian and European countries; Imports are mainly from Russia, Germany, France, Britain and other European countries. According to the statistics of FAO, the global persimmon trade volume in 2020 is about 5 billion tons, and its trade volume is only about 500 million US dollars.

In view of the development and utilization of various practical functions of persimmon, today, with the upgrading of consumption in the Chinese market, China’s persimmon industry still has great room for development. Persimmon planting in the world is on the rise. Due to the improvement of the consumption capacity of the Chinese market and the improvement of the fresh supply chain, the prices of fresh persimmons and related persimmon products around the world still have a large room for rise.

Based on the global persimmon planting area, output, import and export and brand data accumulated by Yunguo industry brain in the process of operation, this report provides a reference for enterprises and units engaged in persimmon scientific research, breeding, planting, processing, warehousing, packaging, preservation, transportation, marketing and other activities from the perspective of persimmon production, import and export scale.

Core perspectives

Persimmon planting areas in the world mainly come from Asia, especially Chinese mainland, Japan and Korea in East Asia, accounting for more than half of the global persimmon output. As persimmon production power, it is also the most consumed country of persimmon. In Asia, in addition to the above-mentioned countries, Iran, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Israel are all countries with large persimmon production. In addition, the United States, Brazil and Chile in the Americas and Australia and New Zealand in Oceania also have considerable production.

Only 10% of the world’s persimmon production will be exported. The exporting countries are mainly distributed in Asia and Europe, and some in the Americas. Mainly Spain, Azerbaijan, China, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Poland and other Asian and European countries, especially Spain. Persimmons are mainly imported from European countries, especially Russia. Since the relatively complete statistics of persimmon imports in 2012, Russia has always been the first and often about three times the second. China’s total persimmon output has accounted for more than half of the global persimmon output for a long time, and China’s persimmon export volume is very small compared with the output, which makes China not the largest persimmon exporter in the world.

In recent years, with the improvement of people’s living standards and the transformation and upgrading of consumption structure, China’s fruit has become a trillion level industry. The state has issued a number of policies to continuously boost the development of the industry. However, many national laws “prohibit any unit or individual from occupying basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry and dig ponds to raise fish”. And take the protection of basic farmland as an important part of assessing the political achievements of leading cadres, which will hinder the further expansion of persimmon planting area in China.

In terms of import, because China’s persimmon output is far greater than the demand, the overall supply exceeds demand, the import demand is less, which is far lower than the export volume. In terms of export, at present, the export volume and export amount of fresh persimmons in China are greater than that of import, and the whole is on the rise. Compared with other key export products, the export of persimmon products still has great room for growth.