The development trend of border trade between cattle and sheep in Tibet is good

Introduction: after China's successful accession to the world trade organization, farmers and herdsmen in Tibet's border counties seized the opportunity and set off a wave of cattle and sheep going abroad Zhongba and saga counties, which are located in the western border of Tibet, make full use of the advantages of the border line, enliven the trade with Nepalese businessmen, gradually develop from the export of cattle and sheep meat to the export of live animals today, and open up a feasible way for herdsmen to increase their cash income Zhongba county is the only pure animal husbandry County in Xigaze, Tibet, and also the largest border county in the whole region Zhongba County, with a total area of 4.59 million square meters and a natural grassland area of 49.85 million mu, actively uses the advantages of long border lines and many trade outlets, aims at the Nepalese market and vigorously develops the export-oriented animal husbandry economy According to statistics, in 2001, the total output value of agriculture and animal husbandry in the county reached 5092.41 million yuan Among them, the total output value of animal husbandry is 5044.23 million yuan, the per capita net income of herdsmen in the county is 2190.35 yuan, and the export of live animals in border trade accounts for 40% of the total income of animal products "Grassland animal husbandry is the pillar industry and advantageous industry of our county, and the good prospect of foreign market is the advantage of our county to vigorously develop the export-oriented animal husbandry economy," ciwangluobu, head of Zhongba County, told reporters Only by controlling the stock, increasing the export, optimizing the structure, improving the efficiency and increasing the commodity rate of livestock products can herdsmen increase their cash income " "In the past, the traditional concept of herdsmen was that the more livestock there were, the richer they would be, so there was a serious phenomenon of sparing killing and selling," he said In the past two years, we have strengthened the organization and leadership of live animal export, encouraged herdsmen to actively participate in border trade transactions, and established commodity awareness, market awareness and benefit awareness On the premise of ensuring national security and stability of border situation, we have discussed with Nigeria to increase the number of times and extend the opening time of border trade market as much as possible The number of live animal exports has increased year by year, and herdsmen's cash income has increased Year by year " According to reports, in 2001, 13 towns in the county exported 103887 live animals (pieces, pieces) through five border markets and Pulan port Among them, 1047 yaks, 81868 sheep and 20970 goats are exported The number of live animals exported accounted for 415% of the total number of livestock in the whole county In 2001, the county's net export income of live animals reached more than 20 million yuan A herdsman in Zhongba County calculated an account for the reporter: the average price of exported Yaks in Nepal is 1500-1600 yuan per head, 220-270 yuan per adult ram and 150-200 yuan per ewe, all of which are more than 30% higher than the domestic price In this way, a yak export can earn at least 450-480 yuan more than selling in China, and a ram can earn 66-81 yuan more Ciwangluobu told reporters that at present, the export trade of live animals in Zhongba county is among the best in Tibet In order to adapt to the more fierce border trade competition in the future, Zhongba county will establish animal husbandry circulation center in the county economic and Trade Bureau, become an intermediary service organization, and strengthen the construction of soft environment in order to remain invincible in the competition and further let herdsmen move to a broader market And encourage herdsmen, self-employed, enterprises, institutions and other circulation organizations to enter the border trade market Finally, he said, we should make full use of the preferential policies of the state to the border areas, increase the opening and invigorating efforts, take effective measures to increase the research on the market of Nigeria, and establish a permanent private or official trading partnership with Nigeria According to the market demand, increase the trade form, scale and quantity, develop from simple livestock export to diversified raw salt, building materials, agricultural machinery, general merchandise export, etc.; increase the export strength, and strive to use 3 to 4 years to make the county's border trade export livestock quantity reach 150000 It is understood that in 2001, the development of border trade in Xigaze region of Tibet was in good shape, with the annual trade volume reaching 200 million yuan.