"Green threshold" hinders the export of China's agricultural products

Introduction: half a year after China's accession to the world trade organization, agricultural products have been exported one after another From tea to honey, from frozen chicken to white orchid, one of China's top products has been rejected by importing countries The reporter found in the investigation that after the tariff barrier was gradually eliminated, the green barrier has become the biggest "roadblock" for China's agricultural exports The export of agricultural products has been repeatedly blocked Shandong Province, as a major province of agricultural products export, has been repeatedly "injured" in trade friction in the past two years, and the half year after China's accession to the WTO has been "suffering" Mr Tang of Qingdao Customs foreign publicity section said that not long ago, the 124 tons of rabbit meat exported by Shandong Sishui Shengchang meat products Co., Ltd to the Netherlands was seized due to the implementation of new quarantine standards by the Netherlands, more than 20 tons of goods were returned, more than 300 tons of goods were detained in Rotterdam port, and 3 million yuan was thrown into the sea in an instant A person in charge of the company said that Shengchang company still had more than 600 tons of exported rabbit meat in the warehouse, which caused the company to suffer economic losses of 12.6 million yuan If this batch of rabbit meat is converted into domestic sales, the economic losses will reach 9 million US dollars, the foreign exchange earning will be reduced by 1.6 million US dollars, and the direct economic losses to enterprises and farmers will be about 20 million yuan According to the statistics of Qingdao Customs, in the first quarter of this year, the frozen chicken exported to the European Union alone in Shandong Province was returned 505.4 tons, worth 927000 US dollars, 9.2 times and 12.6 times higher than the same period last year In addition, the EU's restrictions on aquatic products also have a serious impact on the export earnings of aquatic product processing enterprises in Shandong Province, and lead to the increase of inspection efforts in Japan, South Korea, the United States and other countries, and further pressure on prices As a result of the EU move, the export losses caused by Qingdao alone reached at least US $170 million At present, it is the purchase season of raw materials for aquatic products processing The length of EU "customs clearance" has become the biggest problem for enterprises to decide whether to purchase raw materials, how many raw materials to purchase and how to arrange production this year and later The export of vegetables is also "doomed" As soon as the storm of onion in Anqiu subsided, Japan proposed to test the relevant indicators of pesticide residues in every batch of garlic and other plant-based products exported to China after March 1 on the basis of the excessive pesticide residues in garlic Li Huiting of Shandong Shouguang branch of Guangdong Yixin Rural Industry Development Corporation said that Japan's move will make the vegetables exported from China to Japan pass the customs longer due to inspection, which is unfavorable to the export of fresh-keeping and frozen vegetables in particular; in addition, due to the lack of relevant technology in some inspection and quarantine institutions in Shandong Province, which is unable to complete the inspection of all indicators of pesticide residues locally, enterprises can only The second inspection in Qingdao, Jinan and other places affected the efficiency of trade and increased the burden on enterprises Authorities estimate that China's annual export to the EU is about 15 billion US dollars, while the estimated export that has been affected is about 700-1 billion US dollars, and the annual impact is about 10%, which cannot be underestimated It is understood that since December last year, the export of agricultural products has been returned to almost all aspects, mainly concentrated in vegetables, fruits, traditional Chinese medicine, natural honey and so on 5xa importing countries have also strengthened the inspection and Quarantine of China's export agricultural products, and even launched a comprehensive investigation of such agricultural products because a certain batch of goods failed to meet their standards For example, due to the excessive chemical residues of a batch of vegetables exported to Japan, Japan launched a comprehensive investigation of all Chinese vegetables exported to Japan Although the results show that the chemical residues of vegetables exported by China do not exceed the upper limit of the Japanese standard, it is undoubtedly a wake-up call for the export of Chinese agricultural products   5xA     Xu Xiaoqing, Vice Minister of the Rural Department of the development research center of the State Council, said that China's accession to the WTO has made us move from a semi open state to a full open state, which has put a lot of pressure on the corresponding industries of various countries Therefore, other countries have paid unprecedented attention to China's products However, many agricultural products in China have strong competitiveness, and their competitors are not right in price When making policy, we can only consider setting up technical barriers The occurrence of these events also tells us a fact: there are some problems in the standards and process control of agricultural products in China Experts analyzed that before China's accession to the WTO, the main barriers to the export of agricultural products were tariffs, quantitative restrictions and foreign exchange restrictions However, with the gradual reduction of tariffs and the gradual elimination of quantitative restrictions, importing countries increased the setting of non-tariff barriers in order to protect the needs and security of their own industry As a matter of fact, complex and harsh technical regulations, standards and quality certification systems, as well as various requirements for import and export commodity packaging, signs, check of health and environmental protection, have formed more hidden and more difficult to deal with green barriers, and the impact on China's agricultural exports is increasing Wen Junkai, who is in charge of food safety at the State Administration of import and export inspection and quarantine, said that many technical standards of agricultural products in China could not be "up to standard" according to international standards For example, in terms of animal quarantine, China has not yet joined the international anti epidemic organization, which makes the export of live pigs, chickens and frozen meat very difficult The European Union, Japan and other developed countries have very strict standards for pesticide residues, food processing conditions, technology and packaging There are 397 agricultural product standards in Japan The frequent events of export agricultural products being returned and claimed in China, as well as rough processing, poor packaging, poor preservation and packaging level of export agricultural products, are just a threshold that must be crossed for the export of agricultural products "Green threshold" how to cross the reporter learned in the interview that enterprises and farmers have actively learned lessons In Shandong Shouguang Luocheng vegetable base reporter saw that there was a big sign erected at the entrance with "production standard of pollution-free vegetables" In the greenhouses of vegetable farmers Ge Shusheng, nectarines are hanging on the peach trees more than one meter high Each peach is covered with a plastic bag The reporter asked him how to control it so as to make it free of pesticide residues Lao Ge said that the base management is strict There are regulations on what medicine to use If the vegetable test exceeds the standard, it is not allowed to use biological fertilizer or organic fertilizer 5xa in the pesticide residue detection room of the base management office, technicians are carrying out spot check on the vegetables delivered by the vegetable farmers Zhang Chengsheng, the head of the base, said that Luocheng town has a production area of nearly 10000 mu of vegetables Most of these vegetables are sold by the base, and some of them directly enter the wholesale market Vegetables sent by vegetable farmers shall be tested and classified first Those exceeding the standard shall not be allowed to enter the market Shouguang's Xiufeng food company has simply built its own factory vegetable base The farmers are only responsible for planting vegetables according to the standard, going to work on time and getting paid every month It is understood that Shandong foreign trade enterprises have introduced testing equipment one after another to strengthen food safety testing, so as to win the initiative for the export of agricultural products According to the statistics of Qingdao Liuting Airport Customs, in the first quarter of this year, more than 20 foreign trade enterprises in Shandong Province imported 28 gas / liquid chromatographs from Qingdao airport port, with a total value of 958000 US dollars, equivalent to about 7.93 million yuan These foreign trade export enterprises mainly involve food, tobacco, beer, medicine, chemical industry and other industries It is the first time that such a centralized import of expensive food testing equipment has been carried out at Shandong port Xu Xiaoqing said that it is imperative for domestic agricultural product processing enterprises to quickly familiarize themselves with and master WTO rules; the government and industry associations should seize the time to build our own standard system, testing institutions, personnel training, etc.; for livestock and poultry products, efforts should be made to strengthen process control At present, the construction of "no regulated epidemic area" is a good measure It is necessary to determine the standard system of livestock and poultry products in China, and connect with the international standards as soon as possible In addition, the veterinary management system should be reformed as soon as possible, especially the official veterinary officer system, which will guarantee the prevention and management of epidemic diseases 5xa (author:) to feed Weibo to: