On March 22, a total of 25.8 tons of fresh navel oranges produced in Baojing County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Prefecture, were inspected and released by Xiangxi Customs. The navel oranges will be exported to Southeast Asian countries by sea via Shenzhen port. This was the first export of Xiangxi navel oranges, and Hunan navel oranges made its initial entrance into the Philippine market. Xiangxi Customs is under the jurisdiction of Changsha Customs.

A person in charge of the navel orange export company introduced that the exported navel orange this time is new variety introduced in recent years. They are not easy to spoil and have high added value and high acceptance in the international market. Both price and gross profits are more than 100% higher than that in domestic market. The company has stable customer channels and will expand the exports in the future.

Citrus is one of the important pillar agricultural industries in the Prefecture. Xiangxi Customs provides “one-stop” assessment and registration for orchards and processing plan, instructs them in quality management system improvement and importers’ relevant technical standards, so as to promote Xiangxi citrus abroad.

Before the Spring Festival this year, two fruit companies in Xiangxi had obtained export registration qualification. Xiangxi Customs requires the submission of declaration in advance and provides zero-delay customs clearance when handling exported fruits. This time the authority also promptly issued China-ASEAN certificate of origin for the exported navel oranges, which could enjoy zero tariff.

Hunan Province’s fruit exports have shown a growing trend. According to statistics from the Changsha Customs, Hunan Province exported 28,700 tons of tangerines and grapes in 2020 and raked in a value of 288 million yuan, an increase of 17.5% and 16.2% year-on-year respectively.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn