Chinanews.com, Jinan, March 4th (Sun Tingting) "Online business negotiation, no need to meet, I signed a $220,000 garlic order with a Dubai customer through the platform, which was far beyond my expectations." As a company stationed in Weifang City An enterprise of the Nongchuanggang cross-border e-commerce platform in Anqiu City talked about the feeling of signing a cross-border order for the first time. Liu Jisheng, the person in charge of Anqiu Shanshuiyuan Company, still couldn't hide his excitement.

  Anqiu Nongchuanggang cross-border e-commerce platform is the only cross-border e-commerce export platform in Shandong that mainly focuses on agricultural products. Relying on the industrial advantages of Anqiu's characteristic agricultural products such as ginger, green onions, fruits and vegetables, 378 companies have entered the platform so far. , covering 87 countries and regions around the world.

"The cross-border e-commerce industrial park provides preferential policies such as rent reduction and incubation support for the resident enterprises, and provides preferential policies of 'one case, one discussion' for outstanding enterprises." Ma Yuyou, general manager of the cross-border e-commerce industrial park, said.

(Data map) The train slowly drove out of Linyi Logistics Park towards the Eurasian market.

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  "A batch of eucalyptus veneers worth US$153,900 has been shipped from Kenya to Qingdao Port and is undergoing customs clearance procedures. This is the company's first business completed in the form of 'barter trade'." Hong Kong, Qihe County, Shandong Province Liu Ming, chairman of Express International Logistics Co., Ltd., said that in the early stage, a batch of galvanized coils worth 154,000 US dollars had been exported through the company and shipped to the port of Mombasa, Kenya. Closed loop of border barter trade.

This is also the first cross-border barter trade business in Shandong Province, opening up a new channel for international trade.

(Data map) Workers are loading organic cauliflower at the Tianyuanhui Agricultural Complex in Xiaojiazhuang Town, Chiping District, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, for sale to Russia.

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  Liu Ming said that the realization of this trade model is due to the overseas warehouses established by the company's deep cultivation of overseas markets.

With the credit endorsement of overseas warehouses, enterprises can exchange their own assets for the needs of the enterprise, which can avoid the risks caused by currency settlement to a certain extent, and also help enterprises expand sales channels and reduce operating costs.

  In Tianyuanhui Agricultural Complex in Chiping District, Liaocheng City, five workers are moving 15 tons of frozen organic cauliflower vegetables to a large cold chain transport vehicle.

"This batch of vegetables will be shipped to Russia. According to the order agreement, we export 50 tons of organic cauliflower to Russia every month." Li Yungang, head of Tianyuanhui Agricultural Complex, said that in 2022, the company will accumulatively export primary processed agricultural products such as cauliflower, asparagus, More than 600 tons of spinach and shepherd's purse went to Russia, South Korea and other countries.

(Data map) Workers are loading organic cauliflower at the Tianyuanhui Agricultural Complex in Xiaojiazhuang Town, Chiping District, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, for sale to Russia.

Photo by Ma Hongkun

  To get overseas orders, Tianyuanhui Agricultural Complex relies on the help of Liaocheng Hairong E-Commerce Co., Ltd.

The company connects with more than 100 agricultural product cooperatives in surrounding districts and counties, searches for local demand for foreign markets, and sells famous and high-quality agricultural products such as hand-woven storage boxes and frozen pre-made vegetables in Luxi to more than 30 overseas markets.

"We exchange resources with more than 10 cross-border e-commerce companies inside and outside the province in the Shandong Cross-Border E-Commerce Association, and Hairong, which has first-hand overseas market resources, helps companies 'group to receive orders'." Manager of Hairong E-Commerce Co., Ltd. Liu Qingyuan said.

  Haizhugou (Shandong) Supply Chain Co., Ltd. is a local cross-border e-commerce platform in Rizhao City. It mainly provides enterprises with comprehensive services such as store product display, cross-border e-commerce transactions, logistics warehousing, and business training.

Huang Tao, the person in charge of the Haizhugou cross-border e-commerce platform, said that since 2022, the platform has helped 76 traditional foreign trade companies transform into cross-border e-commerce businesses, with a cumulative import and export of more than 600 million yuan, driving the vegetable planting and processing industry. Development and increase of farmers' income.

  With the help of the Haizhugou cross-border e-commerce platform, the business of Shandong Dongfangxin Food Co., Ltd., which is engaged in the production and sales of ginger, spinach and other vegetables, has achieved rapid growth.

"The platform provides us with new choices and new opportunities, reduces the cost of customs clearance, improves the timeliness of customs clearance, and can also enjoy the policy dividends related to cross-border e-commerce." Ding Xiaoqing, the foreign trade manager of the food company, said that in 2022, the vegetable products produced by the company will be far away. It is exported to 15 countries including Japan and the United States, and the export volume increased by 40% year-on-year.

  "No matter how good the product is, it doesn't work without a suitable sales platform. We signed an order of US$1.28 million with a Jordanian customer through online business negotiations." Zhang Lei, head of Shandong Daum Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd., said that the company relied on cross-border The e-commerce platform realizes the "going overseas" of products.

In Daiyue District of Tai'an City, there are still many companies like Daum Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. They rely on cross-border e-commerce to give more local products the opportunity to "go global".

  In recent years, Daiyue District has guided cross-border e-commerce companies to "leverage" international platforms to promote their own development. More than 40 enterprises in the district have completed the export of the 9710 cross-border e-commerce supervision model through the Alibaba International Station platform.

While carrying out "one-to-one" guidance for cross-border e-commerce companies to handle filing and registration, system docking, and information declaration, the district uses the Internet, information technology, and smart technology to create smart overseas warehousing.

At present, six companies including Jinhui Garment, Hengze New Materials, Sijifengli, and Hongjian Machinery have deployed overseas warehouses in the United States, Australia, and the Netherlands, providing cross-border services for more than 40 small and medium-sized enterprises.

In Linyi Jitie Logistics Park, containers full of goods from Linyi Mall are being hoisted.

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  The cross-border e-commerce platform has realized "buy the world and sell the world" of high-quality products at the doorstep.

Linyi Imported Commodities City, located in the hometown of Shusheng and the capital of logistics, has collected imported commodities from more than 80 countries around the world, including Russia, Germany, and France, and is the largest and most influential one-stop shop for imported commodities in the Jiangbei region. One of the wholesale distribution centers.

"We have signed long-term cooperation agreements with more than 10 factories and brand agents in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, etc. More than 5,000 kinds of products in 9 series, including beauty and make-up, maternal and child products, global food, and European drinks, are available online. Purchase." Ma Shihu, the person in charge of a cross-border e-commerce platform in Linyi, said.

  It is understood that Shandong has promoted the approval of 7 cities including Zaozhuang, Tai'an, Dezhou, Liaocheng, and Heze as national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas, achieving full coverage of 16 cities in the comprehensive test area, cultivating 85 provincial-level cross-border e-commerce entities, cross-border There are 13 pilot units of e-commerce incubation institutions.

In addition, the province will also guide the province's cross-border e-commerce platforms, market procurement trade entities, public overseas warehouses, overseas economic and trade cooperation parks, etc. to jointly participate in the exhibition with foreign trade companies, and expand the export of new formats and models such as cross-border e-commerce.

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