Yunnan's agricultural products earned 7.3 billion U.S. dollars in 7 months

According to customs statistics, from January to July, the province’s cumulative export of agricultural products totaled 348,000 tons, an increase of 9.9% over the same period of the previous year, and realized foreign exchange earnings of US$730 million. Pomegranates, grapes, peaches, plums, plums, cabbages, cauliflowers and seven kinds of agricultural products earned the largest amount in the country.

Data show that from January to July the province's total exports of 147,000 tons of vegetables, foreign exchange earned 210 million US dollars, an increase of 78.3%; fruit exports showed a gratifying trend, the province's fruit exports 28,600,000 US dollars, an increase of 10.5%.

Export enterprises of agricultural products have also obtained very good results. According to Li Yunhua, vice chairman of Kunming Chennong Green Products Co., Ltd., from January to June, the company exported 4,500 tons of vegetables and earned 4.6 million US dollars. Among them, lettuces exported to South Korea are sold at RMB 7 to 8 per kilogram in the Korean market, and only 2.5 to 3 per kilogram in Kunming; broccoli exported to Singapore is sold at RMB 6 to 7 per kilogram, while the local price in Kunming is approximately 2 ~ 3 yuan / kg. Li Yunhua told reporters that the shipping cost per kilogram of sea food exports is about 2.78 yuan to 3 yuan, while the air transport cost per kilogram is about 9 yuan; at present, most companies choose sea shipping. Another vegetable export company official told reporters that to do agricultural exports must establish a reputation through product quality, and second, when doing export business, we must understand the buyer's financial strength, so as to avoid the situation that the purchase price can not be paid.