As the Spring Festival approaches, the flower market in Hong Kong and Macao is in high demand
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge gives away 1.37 million flowers in the New Year
Guangzhou Daily (All Media Reporter Chen Zhijia, Correspondent Chen Qixi) The Spring Festival is approaching, and the New Year flower market is booming. At around 7 o'clock in the morning on February 1, trucks loaded with New Year oranges, phalaenopsis, chrysanthemums and other flowers slowly drove into the outbound cargo inspection site at the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. This batch of New Year flowers will be released after customs supervision. Quickly ship to the Macau market to grab "fresh" products for sale. It is understood that since January this year, more than 1.37 million annual flowers have been exported under customs supervision of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, with a value of more than 5.6 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of nearly 10%.
"Please park your vehicle at Route 3 and inspect it immediately." The instructions from the customs officer came over the radio. On the inspection platform, Dong Zhengsong, inspection officer of the fourth section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs Supervision, and his colleagues were checking the types and quantities of the batch of New Year flowers, while asking the company about the cultivation status of the flowers, "There were more than 2,000 Phalaenopsis orchids on the truck just now. , this car has 1,800 Phalaenopsis and 168 Cymbidium orchids... This year's annual flowers for Macao are more than in previous years." "The demand for annual flowers in Macao is high, not only the market needs, but also the annual flowers of some government departments in Macao. The decoration is also contracted by us," said Lin Genrui, the person in charge of Zhuhai Xiangjin Trading Co., Ltd. Driven by consumption during the New Year, the market demand for flowers with special meanings such as Phalaenopsis, Oncidium, and New Year's Oranges has increased significantly. Every day, several trucks loaded with New Year flowers pass through customs at the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and are transported to Hong Kong. ,Macao. In about 15 minutes, customs officers completed the inspection of this batch of New Year flowers, and the New Year flowers vehicles quickly left the inspection site and rushed to Macau.
The most important thing for flower exports is the word "fresh". It is understood that in order to ensure efficient customs clearance of annual flowers, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs has set up dedicated personnel to provide one-on-one guidance to enterprises on how to make good use of customs clearance facilitation measures such as the "advance declaration" model. Create a “green channel” for customs clearance.
(Guangzhou Daily)