The total import and export value of Shanghai Port to Africa in the first seven months of this year was 218.53 billion yuan, ranking first in the country in terms of scale

According to statistics from Shanghai Customs, in the first seven months of this year, the total import and export value of Shanghai Port to Africa was 218.53 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%, accounting for 18.4% of the country's total, and the scale of foreign trade ranked first in the country

In recent years, African characteristic agricultural products have become popular in China, becoming a new highlight of China Africa import and export foreign trade cooperation. African fruits such as Benin pineapple, South African citrus, and Kenyan avocado are popular among domestic consumers, while local agricultural products such as South African flowers, Ethiopian coffee beans, and Tanzanian sesame are gradually opening up the domestic market. In the first seven months of this year, Shanghai Port imported and exported 5.43 billion yuan of agricultural products from Africa, a year-on-year increase of 18%.

Customs officers from foreign ports conducted inspections on imported grapefruits from South Africa.

South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, with unique climatic conditions nurturing a wide variety of tropical fruits, making it the world's second-largest exporter of citrus. Every summer, the sales of citrus fruits in China gradually come to an end, while citrus fruits, oranges, and grapefruits produced in South Africa begin to mature and enter the market, filling the gap period for citrus fruits in China. Recently, at the designated supervision site for imported fruits in the Waigaoqiao Port Area of Shanghai, a batch of 46 tons of fresh grapefruits from South Africa were successfully released after customs inspection.

To assist in the safe and efficient customs clearance of high-quality agricultural products from Africa, we have established a 'Green Channel for African Agricultural Products Imported to China', providing a series of convenient customs clearance measures such as priority inspection, fast inspection and release. On the premise of strictly implementing plant quarantine and supervision requirements, we will conduct immediate and fast inspection to ensure that qualified imported fruit products from Africa are released into the market as soon as possible. "Luo Zhen, Deputy Director of the Inspection Department of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs, the regulatory department of this batch of South African citrus, introduced. In the first eight months of this year, a total of 6366 tons of imported fruits from South Africa were inspected and released by the import and export customs, mainly including grapefruit, orange, pear, apple, etc.

Yangshan Customs officers carry out supervision work on imported mineral products from Africa. The facilitation measures of customs clearance continue to release policy benefits, promoting the acceleration and increase of African mineral product imports. In the first seven months of this year, Yangshan Customs, a subsidiary of Shanghai Customs, supervised a total of 33000 tons of imported mineral products in containers produced and sold by African countries, a year-on-year increase of 169.7%.

While a large number of African products are imported, mechanical and electrical products are also one of the main commodities exported by Shanghai Port to Africa. It is reported that in the first seven months of this year, the cumulative export of mechanical and electrical products at Shanghai Port was 68.39 billion yuan, accounting for 57.4% of the total export value.