(ECNS)-- Agricultural exports from China’s Heilongjiang province rose 8.3% year on year to 8.61 billion yuan ($1.19 billion) in the first nine months of the year.
The province, China’s top grain producer, posted total foreign trade of 257.42 billion yuan ($35.52 billion) over the period, with exports of 79.5 billion yuan.
Qiqihar Longjiang Fufeng Biotech shipped 1,546 consignments, or 139,400 metric tons, of dextrose monohydrate overseas from January to September, up 10.82% in consignments and 8.7% in volume. The firm has an annual crystalline sugar capacity of 600,000 metric tons, supplying food supply chains across Europe and America.
Heilongjiang Latitude 47 Green Organic Food exported 845 consignments of fresh sweet corn totaling 870.37 metric tons, up 79.03% in consignments and 17.12% in volume.
Once fully operational, its base will have an annual processing capacity of more than 1.57 billion ears of sweet corn. The company has built a quality assurance system and won the Monde Selection Gold Award for four consecutive years.
Scallion crisps made by Hailun Zhongji Agricultural Products Processing have been exported to Southeast Asia for 16 straight years.
"We hold four national authorized patents covering breeding, processing techniques and product development," said Jing Hongbo, a manager of the company.
Yao Jingyu, chief of the First Supervision Section at Qiqihar Customs, said authorities have rolled out measures to ease exports, opened a "green channel" for specialty food exports and offered round-the-clock inspection reservations and emergency clearance services.
(By Helen Mo & intern Xu Wenda)
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