允许进口！中国海关连发三则通告

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近日，海关总署发布三则公告。允许进口符合相关要求的委内瑞拉鲜食鳄梨、柬埔寨鲜食椰子和赞比亚鲜食蓝莓。

Chinese customs authorized imports of fresh coconuts from Cambodia, fresh avocados from Venezuela and fresh blueberries from Zambia starting on Monday, according to a notice by China's General Administration of Customs (GAC).

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet paid an official visit to China from September 14 to 16.

China and Cambodia have further consolidated their decades-long friendship and pledged further efforts to build a community with a shared future, with a series of consensuses reached during the prime minister's recent visit to Beijing. 

The two countries agreed to promote cooperation based on the 'Diamond Hexagon' cooperation framework, which covers political cooperation, production capacity, agriculture, energy, security and people-to-people exchanges, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

▲A view of Cambodian coconuts. Photo: VCG

According to Cambodian customs data, in the first eight months of 2023, bilateral trade stood at $8.09 billion, up 1.1 percent year-on-year. Cambodia's exports to China rose 16.8 percent to reach $940 million.

With more Cambodian agricultural products being exported to Chinese market, China has become the main export market for Cambodian rice, fresh bananas, mangoes and longan.

According to China's Ministry of Commerce, trade between China and ASEAN members rose from more than $100 billion in 2004 to $975.3 billion in 2022. The two nations have been each other's largest trading partners for three years in a row.

The visit by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to China followed the visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros, who paid a state visit to China from Sept 8 to 14.

▲A view of Venezuelan avocados. Photo: VCG

China and Venezuela signed a number of cooperation agreements, and they reached a consensus on Belt and Road cooperation and closer partnership in trade, education, tourism, space, civil aviation, sci-tech and the media, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Sept 14.

During the first eight months of the year, bilateral trade rose 17.6 percent year-on-year to reach 18.27 billion yuan ($2.5 billion), according to data from the GAC.

▲Source：CFP

On Sept 19, Chinese Customs announced relaxed import rules for fresh Zambian blueberries, allowing for cold treatment during transportation.

Zambia is now the first Southern African nation to export blueberries to China. The protocol for phytosanitary requirements was signed between China and Zambia on Sept 7, 2020. However, earlier exports faced challenges meeting cold treatment requirements due to local production conditions.

Source: Global Times, China Youth News, Produce Report