General Administration of Customs: Uzbekistan pomegranate approved to be exported to China

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　　Uzbekistan is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in Central Asia, while China is one of the important directions for Uzbekistan's exports of fruits and vegetables and agricultural products.
Prior to this, cherries and melons from Wuguo have successively obtained access qualifications for the Chinese market.
In recent years, pomegranate cultivation in Uzbekistan has developed rapidly, and this fruit has become one of the best fresh fruit varieties for development in the country.

 

　　Although pomegranate accounts for a very small proportion of the global fruit and vegetable trade volume, its global consumption has been increasing year by year.
From 2014 to 2018, global imports of this fruit increased by 24%, and many experts even compared this growth momentum with avocados.
In addition to the consumption of pomegranates in the food industries such as fresh food, fruit juice, syrup and jam, 20% of the world's pomegranate consumption comes from the cosmetics industry, and another 15% comes from the pharmaceutical industry.

 

　　According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, India, Iran and China are the world's major pomegranate producers, and the former two are net exporters of pomegranate.
China's demand for pomegranates far exceeds its own production and is the world's largest importer of pomegranates.
In 2018, China's imports of pomegranate reached 857 million U.
S.
dollars.
If the imports from Hong Kong are included, the sum of the two exceeded 1 billion U.
S.
dollars.
India is the world's largest pomegranate producer and exporter.
Its pomegranate production is increasing at an annual rate of 20%-25%, and its export destinations are all over 35 countries around the world.
Due to the unique geographical and climatic conditions, the supply period of pomegranate in India is as long as 11 months per year, which has obvious advantages compared with other supplier countries.

 

　　Although one has a market, one has production, and the two are neighbors to each other, Indian pomegranate has not yet obtained the qualifications for access to the Chinese market.
This is also considered to be a great business opportunity for Uzbekistan's pomegranate.
After all, Uzbekistan enjoys the geographical advantage of being close to China compared to other major suppliers.

 

　　At present, almost all of Uzbekistan’s pomegranate exports go to the member states of the former Soviet Union.
In these markets, Uzbek pomegranate has to face fierce competition from Turkey, Tunisia, Israel and Azerbaijani pomegranate.
Uzbekistan's pomegranate strains are mainly local varieties, and their global competitiveness is slightly insufficient.
At the same time, the pomegranate harvesting season in Uzbekistan is from September to November, while the pomegranate harvesting season in China is from July to November, which partially overlaps.

 

　　The text of the announcement can be viewed on the website of the General Administration of Customs:

 

　　http://xian.
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