The export of fair trade coffee in our province is off to a good start

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The Pu'er Inspection and Quarantine Bureau said that after being tested by the Pu'er Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, a batch of Fairtrade coffee with a quantity of 79.2 tons and a value of 279800 US dollars was successfully exported overseas a few days ago, with a quantity and value exceeding 300% compared with the same period last year, effectively promoting Yunnan coffee foreign trade.

Fairtrade coffee refers to trading directly with local coffee farmers at a fair price, providing local coffee farmers with appropriate production technology and training, and building bridges, schools, hospitals and other facilities with part of the profits. The aim is for sustainable development and poverty alleviation, similar to direct marketing. Coffee is not only the leading industry with characteristics and advantages in Yunnan, but also a beautiful "business card" introduced to the world by Pu'er City. In recent years, in order to continuously improve the quality of Pu'er coffee and promote the expansion of Pu'er coffee export, Pu'er entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau actively gives full play to its functional and technical advantages and strengthens its daily supervision over coffee export enterprises. regularly and irregularly dispatch supervisors to go deep into the coffee planting base and production workshop to provide on-site guidance for coffee from planting, management, picking, processing, warehousing and packaging. Help enterprises to establish and improve quality management and control system to improve the quality of coffee. In particular, strong measures have been taken to promote a number of local enterprises, such as Yunnan Simao Beigui Coffee Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beigui Company"), to obtain international fair trade certification in January 2016, so as to enhance the competitiveness of Pu'er coffee in the international trade market.

This year, after passing the test of Pu'er entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and issuing the relevant certificate, "Beigui Company" once again entered the world fair trade coffee market. Compared with the same period last year, Beigui Company's Fairtrade coffee exports this year increased by 312.5%, and the value of goods increased by 313.3% compared with the same period last year (repayment of US $34900). The repayment will be used for charitable activities such as improving the production and living conditions of local farmers, building roads and bridges in rural areas, and helping the poor. (transferred from people's Daily online)