China News Service, Xi'an, April 7 (Reporter Alina Correspondent Liu Guohua Li Yan) The reporter learned from Xi'an Customs on the 7th that 1,000 boxes of 25 tons of Dahongpao pepper powder in Shaanxi Hancheng worth US $ 437,500 have recently gone abroad for the first time and exported to the UAE Dubai. Weinan Customs, a subsidiary of Xi’an Customs, uses video methods to check the export process of the manufacturing process, production process, product quality, etc., and adopts a “zero-contact method” for rapid inspection. At the same time, it adopts the third-party test results for comprehensive research and judgment, and issues the “Phytosanitary Certificate” "Health Certificate" and "Certificate of Origin" to ensure quick clearance of pepper powder.
According to reports, Hancheng is one of the largest pepper production bases in the country. Hancheng pepper has a long history and has been planted for thousands of years. The unique geographical climate of the seven mountains, one water and two fields has given birth to Hancheng Dahongpao pepper. "Delicious meat, fresh color, rich aroma, pure linen" unique quality.
In recent years, with the development of international trade, more and more Chinese cuisines have crossed the ocean and been accepted by foreign friends. Various condiments have also entered the "foreign kitchen", and pepper is no exception. In 2018, Weinan Customs helped Hancheng peppers to be exported to South Korea for the first time, breaking the dilemma that Weinan peppers have never been exported. However, due to the limitation of the scale of enterprises, Hancheng peppers are mainly processing companies.
In December 2019, after the city of Weinan South Korea was awarded a national-level foreign trade transformation and upgrading base, Weinan Customs and the local commercial bureau actively participated in the cultivation of the city's independent export of pepper products. He has gone to Hancheng for many times to carry out research and technical guidance on Zanthoxylum bungeanum and other products, benchmarking the main intentions of exporting countries' laws and standards, helping enterprises establish and improve export standard systems, clarify the direction of product quality improvement, and improve the level of product quality self-control. At the same time, guide enterprises to carry out the filing of export food production enterprises, so that enterprises can obtain export qualifications. Up to now, Weinan Hancheng has exported 50 tons of pepper powder, with a value of 850,000 US dollars.
Zhao Yilin, director of Weinan Customs, said that Weinan Customs will further strengthen supervision and optimization services, support the development of new foreign trade formats and new models, help enterprises expand exports, continue to increase international market share, and allow more pepper and its products to go abroad. . (Finish)