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Avocado imports soar as Chinese develop taste for ‘butter fruit’

China’s soaring appetite for avocados, driven by demand from its burgeoning health-conscious middle class, has made the “butter fruit” — unheard of a few years ago — the country’s star performer in the imported fruit market.

Exports from Latin American nations such as Mexico and Chile are rising by about 250 per cent a year, leaping from just 154 tonnes in 2012 to more than 25,000 tonnes in 2016.

“More people are paying attention to healthy lifestyles and avocados meet that need,” said Zhang Hui, a sales manager at Fruitday, an online food delivery company.

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