"Green barriers" hurt China's agricultural products

Introduction: Before joining the WTO, tariff and quantity restriction were the main barriers affecting the export of China's agricultural products Now, strict technical standards, complex quality certification, and various requirements in packaging, marking, health and environmental protection constitute new technical barriers, which are more hidden and more difficult to deal with Some people call them "green barriers" The impact of these "green barriers" on China's agricultural exports is increasingly exposed In Tianjin Donggang customs, Ren Guoquan, the chief of inspection section II, specially transferred out the list of agricultural and sideline products returned in the first quarter of this year for reporters It can be compared with the returned goods in the first quarter of last year: there are 80 returned agricultural products worth US $1.34 million, involving 96 standard containers; this year, there are 92 returned agricultural products worth US $1.38 million, involving 129 standard containers A3n reporter saw that on the day of our interview, there were also honeysuckle and chestnut products returned So what are the specific reasons for the return of these products? According to the shipping instructions, the 1375 bags of beans exported to South Korea were returned because of dust on the surface of the beans, and the diameter of the beans was two millimeters less The reason why one batch of Yali pears was returned to the United States was that the surface of Yali pears detected some bacteria; the reason why another batch of traditional Chinese medicine was returned was that the color of the goods was too light, and the shapes and sizes were different It is understood that the main products returned are vegetables, fruits, traditional Chinese medicine and some natural honey The first reason is that the production conditions and sanitary conditions of some domestic products are not up to standard The second is that the importing country can meet some technical barriers by improving its technical requirements The third is that there are differences between the quality inspection and quarantine standards in China and those in the importing countries and the international certification Among the agricultural and sideline products returned to Tianjin Customs in the near future, the most typical one is honey exported from China to EU countries The reason for the other party's return is that the EU detects that China's honey does not meet the requirement of "No 1 gram of chloramphenicol in 100000 tons" The reporter noted that the agreement on the return of 136 barrels of honey shows that Chinese enterprises have fully undertaken the costs and responsibilities So, what's the view of these enterprises that have encountered the return of shipment? We interviewed a honey export dealer by phone A3n honey export dealers said that the batch of more than 30 tons of honey has been sold, and the estimated loss is about 3000 US dollars for the round-trip freight of a container It is reported that at that time, more than that was pulled back from Bremen There was a boat in COSCO with 1000 tons and 2000 tons of honey pulled back The dealer stressed that there are technical barriers in it So like these information as an export enterprise did not grasp in advance? No, he said Didn't the trade association provide you with this information? They don't know, he said A3n it is understood that the export price of honey in China has been reduced from more than 900 US dollars to more than 600 US dollars due to the obstruction of export to the EU In addition, according to the information provided by Qingdao Customs, the frozen chicken products returned by Qingdao Customs from January to March 2002 were 505.4 tons, 9.2 times higher than that of the same period last year, mainly due to the implementation of new quarantine standards in the importing countries; Dalian Customs provides information: from the end of last year to the end of February this year, the export of agricultural products was returned by 1.59 million US dollars, an increase of 174% over the same period last year However, the total export volume of agricultural products of these two customs did not increase significantly It seems that technical standards are forming a certain barrier for the export of Chinese agricultural products A3n technology standard is gradually becoming a new barrier for China's agricultural products export For example, for tea, the EU announced that the number of banned pesticides has increased from 29 in the old standard to 62 in the new standard, and some pesticide standards have increased by more than 100 times compared with the original standard For honey, the EU proposed that the chloramphenicol content in honey should not exceed 0.1 ppb, that is to say, there should not be 1 gram of chloramphenicol in 100000 tons A3n (author:) to feed Weibo to: