News / US cherries may hit the jackpot again, despite a slow start to China

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The cherry season has kicked off in California with the customary shipments to Asia, but uncertainties are prompting growers, packers and distributors to focus more on the domestic market this year.

Further up the west coast, however, exporters are more gung-ho on Asian markets.

The California Cherry Board (CCB) reports a good crop, a welcome change from 2019, when adverse weather hit yields both in California and in the Pacific north-west, resulting in a 20% drop from 2018 volumes in the latter ...