Cost and Benefit Analysis of Apple Planting in China
The cost and profit change trends in apple planting in China from 2002 to 2013 were ana-lyzed,then those of 6 major apple planting areas were contrasted.The results showed that the apple industry in China had gradually entered into a stage of high -investment and high -profit.The national average total cost of apple planting presented a linear rising tendency,while the growth range was still lower than that of net profit,and the cost -profit ratio showed a M-type fluctuation trend.We could improve the healthy develop-ment of apple industry from aspects of reasonably decreasing planting cost,expanding markets and marketing channels,and intensifying policy supports.