Why does the import and export of agricultural products float red against the market?

In the first half of the year, the import and export of agricultural products in Hunan increased strongly by 10.3%.

On August 2, the reporter learned from Changsha Customs that from January to June, the total value of imports and exports of agricultural products in our province was 4.14 billion yuan, of which exports were 2.9 billion yuan and imports were 1.24 billion yuan.

The demonstration area has become a "great hero" in promoting the export of agricultural products.

In the first half of the year, the export of most of our province's traditional agricultural products increased. Statistics show that about 30% of the growth share of export agricultural products is contributed by the province's 11 demonstration areas for the quality and safety of export food and agricultural products.

"in Jianghua Yao Township, Hunan Province, there is a kind of Yaoshan snow pear, which used to be difficult to sell in catties, but now it is still very popular for more than 10 yuan. this is the effect of the local demonstration zone for the quality and safety of export food and agricultural products." Wang Xinwu, deputy director of the Hunan entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, analyzed that as a major agricultural province, Hunan's output of grain, cotton, oil, and meat ranks in the forefront of the country, but its export share is relatively low, mainly because the quality of agricultural products is not high, and the demonstration area has solved this problem.

Through the construction of demonstration zones, tea in our province has passed as many as 475 stringent tests by the European Union, breaking through the technical barriers of the European Union market; vegetables supplied to Hong Kong meet the requirements of the new regulations on Pesticide residues in Food issued in Hong Kong, achieving official zero notification. "the qualified rate of food and agricultural products exported by the province reached 99.98%, which is much higher than that before the construction of the demonstration zone." Wang Xinwu said.

"Zero tariff" causes a surge in imports of agricultural products

In the first half of the year, the import of agricultural products in our province increased by 43.4% compared with the same period last year. According to the analysis of Changsha Customs, this is mainly because China and ASEAN have achieved "zero tariff" on agricultural products, as well as the rapid improvement of residents' living standards.

According to the "early harvest" agreement signed between China and ASEAN, from January 1, 2016, all agricultural products under the agreement between China and ASEAN have achieved zero tariff, which has greatly reduced import costs. The export of traditional superior agricultural products from ASEAN, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries and regions has expanded rapidly to China, and a large number of tropical fruits and grains and other products have entered the Hunan market. In the first half of the year, the province imported 460 million yuan of agricultural products from ASEAN, an increase of 3.8 times over the same period last year, accounting for 37.2% of the province's total agricultural imports. ASEAN has become the largest importer of agricultural products in our province.

In addition, Hunan residents' demand for high-quality agricultural products is also growing rapidly. in the first half of the year, our province imported 380 million yuan of agricultural products from the European Union, an increase of 25 percent over the same period last year, accounting for 30.7 percent of the total value of agricultural imports in our province.

It is very important to cultivate internationally competitive brands

Changsha Customs pointed out that in the first half of the year, the province's exports of agricultural products to ASEAN increased by 51.2 percent, but imports of agricultural products from ASEAN increased by 3.8 times. The value of agricultural products imported and exported to the European Union was the same, but exports increased by 4.7 percent and imports increased by 25 percent. "the growth rate of agricultural exports in our province is lower than that of imports. Our survey found that competition in the fruit and grain markets in the province has obviously intensified, and some agricultural enterprises have been greatly affected."

In view of this situation, Changsha Customs believes that our province should vigorously train a number of key enterprises of agricultural products, vigorously encourage enterprises to develop deep processing of agricultural products, and improve the added value of agricultural products. "it is very important to cultivate a number of internationally competitive agricultural export enterprises and brands."

It is understood that at present, our province is further promoting the construction of quality and safety demonstration zones for export food and agricultural products. "all the main producing areas of food and agricultural products in the province will establish demonstration zones for export quality and safety. By 2020, the number of self-owned brands of food and agricultural products exported in Hunan will exceed 30." Wang Xinwu said that promoting the export of agricultural products in this way is the most effective.