China News Service, Chengdu, April 9th (Chen Xuanbin) On the morning of the 9th, the Central Asia special train loaded with 1,250 tons of tea leaves from the Qingbaijiang International Railway Port in Chengdu, and will follow the ancient Silk Road to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is also the first tea train in Sichuan.
The scene of the launching ceremony.
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It is reported that the first tea train has a total of 50 containers, carrying 1,250 tons of refined green tea from Jiajiang County, Leshan City, and is expected to arrive in Tashkent, Uzbekistan at the end of April.
"The first trip to Sichuan Jiajiang tea export to Central Asia is the first tea special train to go abroad in the history of our province. It is of great significance and far-reaching influence." Zhu Chunxiu, vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Political Consultative Conference and the provincial leader of the refined Sichuan tea industry mechanism The speech at the opening ceremony stated that Sichuan is a major tea province in China but a small foreign trade province, and its share in the national tea export pattern is still very small.
It is necessary to take Sichuan tea, especially green tea export, as an important focus to promote the internationalization of refined Sichuan tea and realize the high-quality development of Sichuan tea, and actively integrate into the new domestic and international dual-cycle development pattern.
The first tea train in Sichuan carried 1,250 tons of green tea to Uzbekistan.
Photo by Chen Xuanbin
In 2020, the export volume and value of Sichuan tea will increase by 150% and 70.6% respectively year-on-year.
Especially from January to March this year, export volume and value of goods increased by 224% and 71% respectively year-on-year.
At present, Sichuan tea is mainly exported to Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Mali, Ghana and other countries.
Zhu Chunxiu said that the opening of the special tea train will help Sichuan tea companies expand the markets of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries, further promote and expand the scale of Sichuan tea exports, and play a positive exemplary and leading role in the export of Sichuan agricultural products.
Jiajiang County is the largest county-level producing area for exporting green tea in Sichuan.
In recent years, Jiajiang refined green tea has won the recognition of overseas markets in Central Asia. The market share has accounted for 20% of the market share of imported green tea from the four Central Asian countries, and the brand has been further radiated to Russia.
It is estimated that in 2021, Jiajiang County will produce 6,000 tons of tea for export, and the foreign exchange earnings from exports are expected to reach 8 million U.S. dollars, doubling the 2020 level.
The harvest of summer and autumn tea is imminent.
It is reported that in the next step, Sichuan will make more use of the advantages of international trains and rail transportation, guide the role of the Sichuan Agricultural Products Export Alliance, tailor overseas market development plans for Sichuan tea exports, strengthen resource integration, and promote more "Sichuan brand names". "Agricultural products go out through international trains.
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