On Sept. 27, 2022 ZHEJIANG AGRI-FOOD ONLINE EXPO(Middle East and Africa) Business Matching was held in Hangzhou. There are more than 70 agricultural products import and export enterprises in Zhejiang province showing up on the meeting, building business connection with international purchasers in Middle East and Africa, and helping the high-quality promotion of Zhejiang's international agricultural products trade. Shen Suqin, the deputy director of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Areas, attended the event and delivered a speech. Leaders of government departments and business associations from the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Egypt and other countries delivered online speeches.
The responsible person of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Areas said that Zhejiang, the Middle East and Africa have a long-term cooperation, close trade, in agricultural production.
The agricultural products import and export enterprises from Zhejiang actively participate in international agricultural exhibitions, contributing to the construction of high-quality development of international agricultural trade in a steadily rising speed, the perfection of agricultural import and export monitoring and early warning system agricultural products import and export monitoring and early warning system, and the expansion of international market for agricultural products.
Zhejiang province is willing to work together with friends in the Middle East and Africa to promote the development of bilateral trade in agriculture, the internationalization of agricultural products in our province and global economic integration, providing more high-quality agricultural products with Zhejiang characteristics for people in the Middle East and Africa and the world, and contributing to the recovery of the world economy.
Samah Abraya, the head of the Food Industry Export Bureau of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, said in his speech that China and Egypt have a long history of friendly relations in economy and trade, and China is Egypt's number one trading partner with an annual trade scale of over $10 billion.
In the field of agriculture, Chinese tea, fungi, vegetables and fruits are exported to Egypt in large quantities. The online trade fair is expected to create more chances for agricultural economic and trade exchanges, carrying out more cooperation in the areas such as agricultural science, technology and late production.
It is well-known that Zhejiang province is a famous export and import province in agricultural products, which organizes more than 10 online and offline international agricultural products exhibitions every year, with the connection with more than 200 countries (regions) in the world in agricultural products trade.
In 2021, total export-import volume of agricultural products in the Zhejiang province reached 180.67 billion yuan, among which, the import and export trade of agricultural products with more than 70 countries in Central and East Africa reached 8.86 billion yuan.
During the meeting, representatives of relevant governments and enterprises held online communication conference,Cangnan County, Xinchang County as the representatives gave a speech in front us. Meanwhile, there are about 40 representatives from Zhejiang Tea Group, HANGZHOU FUYANG HANGFU CANNED FOOD CO.,LTD , Wenzhou Fanfan Food company and other agricultural products import and export enterprises, and related government representatives attended this meeting.
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