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    How much do you know about China's garlic trade at present?

    • Last Update: 2022-12-29
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    More than 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions to bring garlic back to China, which was well received by the people, and the people began to cultivate and grow garlic
    .
    Garlic is not only a common edible vegetable and condiment, but also has medicinal effects
    such as detoxification, swelling reduction, and diarrhea.
    Today, China has become the world's largest producer of garlic, with 20.
    757 million tons in 2020, accounting for 74.
    0%
    of the world's total production.
     
    What is the current situation of China's garlic exports?
     
    China is currently the world's largest exporter
    of garlic products.
    China's garlic exports mainly include primary processed products such as garlic, dried garlic and processed garlic flakes, and there are fewer
    intensive processed products.
    In 2021, China exported 2.
    16 million tons of garlic products, of which 1.
    916 million tons of garlic was exported, accounting for 71.
    1% of the total global exports, and 230,000 tons of dried garlic was exported, accounting for 78.
    8% of the total global exports; Processed garlic flakes exported 14,000 tons, accounting for 66.
    7%
    of the total global exports.
     
    Chinese garlic is mainly exported to Southeast Asian countries
    .
    The top five export markets in 2021 were Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
    .
    Among them, Indonesia 563,000 tons, accounting for 29.
    4% of the total exports; Vietnam 229,000 tons, accounting for 12.
    0% of total exports; Malaysia 141,000 tons, accounting for 7.
    4% of total exports; 91,000 tons of the Philippines, accounting for 4.
    7% of total exports; Thailand 81,000 tons, accounting for 4.
    2%
    of total exports.
     
    Garlic is one of
    China's single agricultural products with the most export earning ability.
    In 2021, China's exports of garlic products earned US$2.
    66 billion
    .
    As the main garlic producing area and export area in China, Shandong Jinxiang, Henan Qixian and Jiangsu Pizhou regard the garlic industry as an important channel
    for rural population to increase income and become rich.
    Among them, Shandong Jinxiang, as the largest production area, has driven the surrounding areas to plant more than 2 million mu of garlic, and the output value of the whole industrial chain of Jinxiang garlic has reached 40.
    33 billion yuan, providing 124,000 jobs for local farmers and an increase of 3,400 yuan
    per capita.
     
    What are the main problems facing China's garlic trade?
     
    First, the lack of international pricing discourse
    .
    China is rich in garlic resources, but the pricing power of exports is in the hands of foreign importers, and the export price is significantly lower than the world's average garlic export price
    .
    From this point of view, China has not fully transformed its abundant garlic resources into a market advantage
    .
    China's garlic export enterprises have scattered production capacity and weak bargaining power, unable to form a unified price
    .
    At the same time, some enterprises have lowered prices to open up the market, and there is a certain vicious competition
    .
     
    Second, the added value of export products is low
    .
    Chinese garlic products are mainly processed by raw materials and primary products, garlic processing is mainly fresh-keeping garlic, garlic flakes, dehydrated garlic products, pickled products and other garlic primary products, garlic processing chain is too simple, scientific and technological content, added value, by-products utilization rate is low
    .
    The proportion of highly processed products such as garlic oil and allicin is low, and the deep processing of biopharmaceuticals, health foods and cosmetics is almost not involved, so it cannot occupy a competitive advantage
    in the international market.
     
    How to turn the resource advantage of garlic into an economic advantage?
     
    Increasing the export price of garlic and driving farmers to increase income is of great significance
    for achieving industrial prosperity and promoting rural revitalization.
     
    The first is to establish an authoritative and unified information release system
    .
    Accelerate the construction of a garlic big data release platform covering the entire industrial chain, establish a garlic market information collection, research and judgment and release mechanism with the market as the core, release the export reference price of garlic products according to the actual supply and demand situation, form a joint force with the outside world, improve corporate profits, and enhance the discourse power and competitiveness
    of China's garlic industry in the world.
     
    The second is to fully tap the potential value
    of garlic.
    Garlic has rich nutritional value and medicinal value, allicin, garlic oil, deodorized allicin health drinks, garlic polysaccharides, garlic capsules, fermented black garlic and other functional foods are the development direction
    of garlic deep processing.
    Enhance the technological innovation ability of garlic deep processing, lengthen the industrial chain, enhance the added value of garlic products, and promote high-quality garlic products to the world
    .
     
    Source: China Customs
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