China News Service, Shijiazhuang, November 4 (Hao Ye Ju Ningbo) Every morning, Fanzhuang Town, located in the Pear District in the eastern part of Zhao County, Hebei Province, will be awakened by the even and powerful sound of the pear slice dryer and the production conveyor. .
Walking into the workshop of Hebei Jiahua Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., 20 tons of pears are packed and transported here. One month later, they will be placed on the shelves of major supermarkets in Canada to moisturize the taste buds of diners from across the ocean. .
Cut off the pear handle, blow off the impurities with an air gun, put on wrapping paper and netting... After a series of operations, the selected high-quality pears are put into cartons by workers one by one.
"Since 2000, we have purchased Snow Pear, Crown Pear, Yapear and other varieties in accordance with export standards. Fresh fruits have been sold to Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other places." The company's production manager Song Baoliang picked up a pear and said After checking it repeatedly in his hand, he said: "With a good taste and good appearance, you can open up overseas markets."
Zhao County, Hebei Province, is an ancient county with a thousand years of age, and has rich historical and cultural relics and profound cultural heritage such as Zhaozhou Bridge and Berlin Temple.
Pear fruit has been cultivated for more than a thousand years. The pear fruit is as famous in the world as "Zhaozhou Bridge" because of its round shape, thin skin and thick flesh, juicy and fragrant flavor.
Pear fruit economy covers primary, secondary and tertiary industries and is the backbone of the county economy.
Among them, the total annual output of Snow Pear is about 600,000 tons, which is known as the "Hometown of Snow Pear in China".
Determine the amount of pear pollen to be purchased, negotiate pricing, and mail packaged products... Liang Wangwei, manager of Zhaoxian Sanhua Pear Industry Cooperative, skillfully conducts "cloud negotiation" with foreign businessmen.
"The company has stable customers in Japan, South Korea and other places. Now it only takes a week to confirm an export order." Liang Wangwei said, relying on Zhao County's sound and complete pear fruit industry system and mechanism, the company's "pollen economy" is in the ascendant. Since this year, the company has exported nearly 300 kilograms of pear pollen, with an export value of 2.4 million yuan (RMB, the same below).
According to the data, Zhaoxian County has 250,000 mu of pear orchards. Through the production of standardized pear fruit production bases, the management of pear fruit primary processing, deep processing production and flower picking, etc., a large-scale integrated production, supply and marketing tour, integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries has been formed. Pear fruit industry cluster.
It has driven more than 140,000 employees in the industry, with an added value of more than 500 million yuan in the industry, and successfully deciphered the "revitalization code".
Why do Zhaoxian pears become popular in overseas markets?
Gao Huanwei, the sales manager of Hebei Lunuo Food Co., Ltd., who has a large number of customers in the United States, Canada, South Africa and other places, gave the answer: Zhao County has a long history of pear cultivation, a solid foundation for the development of characteristic industries, and a high level of scientific and technological support.
In addition to fresh fruits, the processed products of pear fruit in Zhaoxian County cover Sydney juice, dried pears, pear syrup, and perry wine. There is a huge potential for overseas markets.
Li Shujiang, secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Zhao County Bureau of Commerce, stated that at present, Zhao County has more than 1,300 cold storages with a storage capacity of 400 million kilograms. The pattern of one-stop industrial development, with direct foreign exchange earnings of more than 6 million U.S. dollars each year.
At the moment when the concentrated pear juice "goes to the sea" peak season, Gao Huanwei keeps receiving calls from overseas customers, "Since 2012, we have been actively expanding overseas markets and participating in relevant international standard certifications 4-5 times a year, thus forming a stable Overseas customers. Every year before the peak production season in July, the products are sold out by overseas customers. The annual export volume of concentrated pear juice alone reaches 2,500 tons, with a total output value of 40 million yuan." (End)