China News Service, Xining, March 17th: Qinghai cold vegetable exports continue to expand the "circle of friends"
China News Service reporter Sun Rui
"Huzhu Tu Autonomous County in Haidong City, Qinghai Province is the only Tu Autonomous County in the country, and its foreign trade development is relatively lagging behind. We provide 'one-on-one' guidance to enterprises to apply for customs electronic port IC cards, conduct base registration, and help establish 'company + base + standardization' The production management model builds a 'digital vegetable basket' traceability supervision and quality safety self-inspection and self-control system, which solves the problems of disconnected planting bases, poor information exchange between related enterprises, and high cold chain transportation costs. The company finally passed the registration of export vegetable base. Get the exit 'ticket'".
said Ren Qingcuo, chief of the Customs Supervision Section of Caojiabao Airport under Xining Customs.
On August 7, 2023, 8 kinds of vegetables including "Qingzihao" purple leaf lettuce and cabbage were packed and sent to Hong Kong, achieving a "zero" breakthrough in Qinghai's cold vegetable exports.
The picture shows Xining Customs staff inspecting exported vegetables.
Photo provided by Xining Customs
Ren Qingcuo said that driven by the success of the pilot units, many vegetable production companies in Xining and Haidong cities in Qinghai Province have joined the ranks of supplying vegetables to Hong Kong.
Through the continuous promotion of Xining Customs, 11 vegetable planting bases in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities in Qinghai have obtained customs export registration qualifications. The total registered area reaches 24,100 acres, and the production capacity of plateau cold vegetables exceeds 40,000 tons.
At the same time, Xining Customs guides enterprises to establish a vegetable industry cluster development model of "leading enterprises + growers + standardization", supports the introduction of high-quality vegetable varieties, cultivates dehydrated vegetables and other deep processing enterprises, and agricultural areas such as "Colorful Agriculture" and "Hehuang Pastoral" Public brands have appeared overseas.
"Customs staff have come to our door many times to teach us how to standardize the entire process from drug selection, application, planting, and picking. The quality of vegetables has finally met the export requirements. Nowadays, the quality of vegetables is better and the price is higher. Cucumbers and other vegetables are grown in the base. From one crop to two to three crops, the average yield per mu has increased by about 3,000 kilograms, and we are working more energetically." Liu Laohan, a vegetable farmer who had just obtained a registered export vegetable planting base, said happily.
"In the past, growing vegetables could only earn enough to live on, and I couldn't save money. Now that vegetables can be exported, I don't have to worry about sales. The average export price is nearly twice as high as the domestic price. Net profit has increased by 30%, and my annual income can be 30,000 yuan (RMB) more. Being able to work at home and take care of the family at the same time can really increase our income and make us rich." said Lei Yan, a farmer in Leijiabao Village, Tangchuan Town, Huzhu County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province.
The picture shows Xining Customs staff inspecting exported colored peppers.
Photo provided by Xining Customs
Ren Qingcuo said that based on the initial export of more than 500 tons, the current export varieties of Qinghai cold vegetables have increased to 13 types such as potatoes and colored peppers. The export "circle of friends" has expanded from the original Hong Kong, China to Russia, driving farmers in the producing areas to pass Increase income through research and development of vegetable products and nearby employment, and "truly turn the vegetable basket" into a "money bag" for farmers and herdsmen in ethnic areas to get rich.