Chestnut stagnant how to do? China 2020 International Chestnut Congress

"There could be a backlog of chestnuts in the hands of chestnut farmers during the 2020 season." Cao Delong, President of the China Chamber of Commerce for The Import and Export of Food, Land and Livestock, gave an early warning at the China 2020 International Chestnut Conference in Zunhua, Hebei, on Thursday.

Since the beginning of this year, China's chestnut industry has also been severely affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. Global trade is expected to fall by more than 30 percent this year, Cao said the same day. In the first half of 2020, China's agricultural exports reached us $35.42 billion, down 3.8% compared with the same period last year, among which chestnut exports amounted to US $20,363,100, down 18.27% from the same period last year.

China is the origin of chestnut, chestnut cultivation has a history of more than 3,000 years, Chinese chestnut production accounted for more than 80% of the world. In addition to Chinese people eating chestnut, in recent years, with the development of globalization, chestnut has also entered more and more countries. Data released by the conference shows that In 2019, Chinese chestnuts exported 39,778 tons, worth us $86.66 million, up 10.44 percent year on year, to 43 countries and regions.

"Today, the harvest market in China's major chestnut production areas is good, but due to the impact of the post-epidemic period, there are still a small amount of chestnuts in stock last year, and some enterprises worry that the epidemic will still occur in the winter, which to some extent affects the enthusiasm of receiving goods." In the 2019 season, the unsold chestnuts are mainly in the hands of enterprises, while the 2020 season may see chestnut stocks in the hands of chestnut farmers, Cao said.

At this year's outbreak of adverse circumstances, 2020 China international congress on Chinese chestnut chestnut harvest season held as scheduled, through the platform structures, gather all industries related resources, communication, domestic trade and foreign trade series cultivation, production, processing, trade and consumption of each link, create more effective trade channel for Chinese chestnut enterprises, for the Chinese chestnut sales "action".

Beijing agronomy professor qinling, said Chinese chestnut industry should give priority to with one from next to the 123 industry development, combining the promotion of Chinese chestnut deep processing and comprehensive utilization of by-product, increases quickly with the percentage of Internet sales, should promote the Chinese chestnut sales forms of transformation, and comply with the electrical contractor need to promote the adjustment of product upgrades.

Faced with the adverse impact of the epidemic on foreign trade, Cao said That China will continue to pay close attention to the implementation of foreign trade policies, promote the diversification of export markets, actively expand imports, and promote the stability and quality of foreign trade. At the same time, we will take a number of measures to promote the export of Chinese chestnuts and other agricultural products facing difficulties in export to domestic market, and strengthen the docking with domestic buyers. "It is hoped that this conference will promote the internationalization of Chinese chestnut industry, improve Chinese chestnut planting, processing, R&D innovation and international competitiveness, accelerate industrial upgrading, standardize industrial order, and create more business opportunities for enterprises."

On the same day, more than 300 enterprises from major chestnut production areas participated in the conference, which also established contacts with major foreign chestnut export trade and consumer countries. Many international participants from Japan, Italy, Kazakhstan, South Korea, South Africa and The UK and Thailand expressed their congratulations on the opening of the conference through video clips, saying that Chinese chestnut is deeply loved by the Chinese people and they hope to further strengthen cooperation with Chinese chestnut enterprises in the future.