Hainan has created a new pattern of export-oriented agriculture

About 80% of Hainan's land is in rural areas, about 60% of the registered population are farmers, and 20% of GDP comes from agriculture
.
Vigorously developing export-oriented agriculture is not only an important part of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, but also an important path
to promote the high-quality development of Hainan's agriculture.

In recent years, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hainan Province has taken high-efficiency agriculture with tropical characteristics as one of the leading industries in the free trade port, and vigorously developed the import and export trade of
agricultural products.
The province's agricultural trade volume increased from 4.
8 billion yuan in 2018 to 10.
1 billion yuan in 2021; In the first three quarters of 2022, the trade volume was 10.
7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 59%, ranking among the top in the country and hitting a record high
.

Plan first: do a good job in top-level design and build an international trade base

With the implementation of the international free trade port policy and the entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Hainan has become the only region in the country where the domestic supply chain, the RCEP regional supply chain, and the supply chain outside the region can achieve "zero tariff", and agricultural trade has ushered in unprecedented major opportunities
.

To this end, since 2022, Hainan has successively formulated and issued a series of policies such as the "Hainan Province Three-year (2022-2024) Action Plan for the Cultivation and Development of the Whole Industrial Chain of Tropical Characteristics and Efficient Agriculture", "Hainan Tropical Excellent Fruit and Vegetable Resources Development and Utilization Plan (2022-2030)", "Notice on Issuing and Distributing the Eight Action Plans of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement", and "Measures for the Administration of Seed Import and Export Production and Operation Licenses in Hainan Free Trade Port" to seize opportunities, do a good job in top-level design, and lay a solid foundation.
Improve the mechanism and deeply plan to promote the development of
export-oriented agriculture.

On October 28, the Information Office of Hainan Province held the "Press Conference on Promoting the Development of Foreign Trade in Hainan's Tropical Characteristic Agriculture", and released the "Several Measures on Promoting the Development of Foreign Trade in Hainan Tropical Characteristic Agriculture" jointly formulated by the Hainan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Haikou Customs (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"
).
The Measures will further enhance the level of international trade facilitation of Hainan's agricultural products from four aspects: supporting key advantageous industries to improve quality and efficiency, promoting the excellent entry and export of characteristic agricultural products, enhancing the export competitiveness of agricultural product enterprises, and strengthening departmental cooperation to improve the level of
service guarantee.

According to reports, the "Measures" will clearly support the development of the seed industry, fully support the construction of a transit base for the introduction of global animal and plant germplasm resources, and serve the introduction of
excellent germplasm resources such as crops, shrimp, livestock and poultry.
Support the development of fisheries, continue to do a good job in the export of aquatic products "border inspection and release", support the expansion of exports of tilapia products and aquatic fry, accelerate the examination and approval of aquatic animals entering the country, and support the expansion of imports
of aquatic animals.
Support the development of key industries such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, livestock and poultry, implement the project of expanding the export of high-quality agricultural products, promote the expansion of exports of high-quality agricultural products such as lychee, chrysanthemum, and Wenchang chicken, support the import of resource agricultural products, and support the development of
coconut processing, coffee, grain and oil processing and other industries.

Since the beginning of this year, Hainan Province has responded to the construction and recognition of the high-quality development base for agricultural international trade (hereinafter referred to as the "international trade base") of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, organized a number of enterprises to apply, and simultaneously carried out the construction of
provincial-level international trade bases.
Among them, two enterprises, Hainan Qinfu Food Co.
, Ltd.
and Hainan Xiangtai Fishery Co.
, Ltd.
, were finally recognized as a national-level international trade base
.

Hainan Qinfu Food Co.
, Ltd.
has been engaged in tilapia breeding and processing for more than 20 years, and its products are exported to large supermarkets in Europe and the United States, and are well received
by consumers.
"Being recognized as a national-level international trade base has a good role
in promoting the brand of enterprises.
We also hope to use our quality, standards and excellent products to establish a good image
of Chinese production and Chinese manufacturing in overseas markets.
Zhou Yunfeng, general manager of Hainan Qinfu Food Co.
, Ltd.
, who is responsible for foreign trade business, told reporters
.

"In order to accelerate the construction of the international trade base, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hainan Province has continuously increased policy support
.
" The relevant person in charge of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hainan Province introduced that first, the main body that won the national and provincial international trade bases will be given 500,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan respectively
.
The second is to strengthen export public services with the help of cross-departmental service mechanisms, provide fast, effective and accurate services in a timely manner, and help enterprises solve difficulties
.
The third is to use agricultural foreign affairs activities, Expo, Consumer Expos and other large-scale festival and exhibition platforms to organize trade matchmaking, group participation and special publicity and promotion, and constantly strengthen the brand influence of Hainan International Trade Base and enhance the competitiveness
of the international market.

Advance services: promote the quality of agricultural exports and import facilitation

The rapid development of high-efficiency agriculture with tropical characteristics in Hainan has laid a solid foundation
for expanding agricultural foreign trade.
After decades of development, Hainan has formed a dominant industrial cluster dominated by aquatic products, and the international market has been continuously expanded
.
Agricultural exports overcame adverse factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic and achieved a rise
in exports.
In the first three quarters of 2022, Hainan's total agricultural exports reached 2.
98 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.
2%.

In addition to traditional aquatic products, agricultural products such as honeydew melons, mangoes, pigs, chilled chickens, and fresh eggs have also begun to go abroad
.

In recent years, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hainan Province, the Department of Commerce, Customs and other departments have actively carried out the certification and promotion of "Hainan sea bream", the direct supply of chilled Wenchang chicken to Hong Kong, the export of yellowtail fry to Japan, and the export of mango to Canada
.
After RCEP came into effect at the beginning of the year, RCEP agriculture-related policy training was organized to guide agricultural enterprises to identify the points of RCEP's agriculture-related preferential policies, and effectively transform RCEP's agriculture-related preferential policies into practical results
in promoting agricultural development and increasing farmers' income.

On October 27, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hainan Province convened a symposium for agricultural product export enterprises, while understanding the development demands of enterprises, invited two enterprises approved as national-level international trade bases to introduce their experience, and encouraged more enterprises to actively carry out export base filing and carry out international standard certification
.

Zhou Yunfeng, who participated in the sharing, said that participating in this symposium had a "feeling of returning home": "The Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Department of Commerce, Customs and other departments work on the spot, solve the problems that can be solved on the spot, and follow up services for the problems that cannot be solved, and truly feel the strong support
of the government departments to our enterprises.
" Zhou Yunfeng also said that the current international situation is not optimistic due to the influence of all aspects, but their products are in short supply, mainly due to excellent quality and brand assurance, "Through the seminar, I hope everyone will share experience and lessons and work together
.
" ”

While increasing the "going out" of agriculture, Hainan has also continuously enriched the import of agricultural product planting resources, introduced deep processing enterprises, and promoted agricultural transformation and upgrading
.

With the facilitation of trade in the free trade port and the implementation of the 30% tariff-free policy of processing value-added, the speed of agricultural product trade and processing enterprises gathering in Hainan is also accelerating
.
In July 2021, the first duty-free business with a 30% value-added value added for imported grain and oil processing settled in Yangpu Bonded Port Area; In September 2021, the first legume crop seed import business settled in Sanya Yacheng; In September 2022, the first imported meat processing value-added duty-free business settled in Haikou Comprehensive Bonded Zone.
.
.

Taking Hainan Aoska International Grain and Oil Co.
, Ltd.
settled in Yangpu as an example, the total investment of the project reached 3.
5 billion yuan, and the factory took only 6 and a half months from the start of construction to completion and production, setting the fastest speed in the same industry, and is the first grain and oil enterprise in Hainan with an annual processing capacity of more than one million tons.

Geng Feng, executive deputy general manager of Hainan Aoska International Grain and Oil Co.
, Ltd.
, said, "The 'simplified approval' implemented by government departments minimizes administrative approval matters, simplifies the administrative approval process, reduces the institutional transaction costs of enterprises, and wins time and benefits
for enterprises.
”

The relevant person in charge of the Exchange and Cooperation Department of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hainan Province introduced that in the future, Hainan will accelerate the construction of a transit base for the introduction of global animal and plant germplasm resources, actively introduce global high-quality germplasm resources, and build a global seed industry Silicon Valley; Give full play to the superimposed effect of the free trade port and RCEP, increase the cultivation of export-oriented agriculture, actively integrate into the global supply chain, industrial chain and value chain, and help the construction of
the Hainan free trade port.
(Editor Li Chuang)