Yunnan Enterprises to build Asia's largest Coffee Base in Laos

Zhang Yue, deputy general manager of Chongqing Neng Investment Group, said that Chongqing Neng Tou, a key state-owned enterprise in Chongqing, has formulated a coffee development strategy to promote enterprise transformation and upgrading, and its Chongqing Coffee Trading Center was officially listed on June 17, 2016. With the support of the governments of China and Laos, the company will cooperate with Changshengda in Yunnan to jointly invest in building the largest original coffee base and industrial park in Asia, carry out coffee cultivation and deep processing, equipment manufacturing, international trade, warehousing and logistics and market promotion, achieve win-win results, and set a new benchmark of "Belt and Road Initiative", "opium poppy alternative cultivation" and "Laos-China agricultural cooperation" in Fengsari Province, Laos.

On behalf of the Fengsari provincial government, Kampen extended a warm welcome to the cooperation between the two companies. He said that since 2011, Changshengda in Yunnan Province has signed coffee planting and processing contracts with Punuo and other counties in the province. As of December 2015, more than 7000 farmers in Fengsari province had grown coffee, covering an area of more than 3000 hectares, helping local farmers to shake off poverty and become rich.

At present, the Fengsari Coffee Project is within the framework of the "Yunnan-Laos Northern Cooperation Mechanism" and is one of the "opium poppy alternative cultivation projects" jointly implemented by Laos and China. He expressed the hope that the two companies will cooperate amicably to make the Fengsari coffee industry bigger and stronger, contribute to the economic development and local poverty reduction in Fengsari, promote the development of Laos coffee industry, agriculture, science and technology, and promote friendly cooperation between Laos and China.

Fonsari province of Laos is the northernmost province of Laos, bordering Yunnan Province of China, with a border of more than 400km, covering an area of 16000 square kilometers and a population of about 170000. It is one of the red base areas of Laos and is once the worst-hit area of opium poppy cultivation.

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Coffee has become a "tall man" in the export of agricultural products in Yunnan.

Exports reached 245 million US dollars in the first half of the year.

Our reporter Liao Xingyang reported that although Tricholoma matsutake and tea are advantageous agricultural products with Yunnan plateau characteristics, their annual exports are generally within tens of millions of US dollars, while coffee has grown into a 'tall man' earning foreign exchange in just a few years, reaching more than 240 million US dollars in the first half of this year alone. " Xu Zizhong, deputy director of the Yunnan entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau at the press briefing for the first half of 2016 held on July 26, said that in view of Yunnan's rich advantages in agricultural products, the bureau continued to promote the reform and innovation of supervision methods and customs clearance mode. to help expand the export of products with Yunnan characteristics.

Over the years, the advantages of characteristic agricultural products in Yunnan Province have been expanding, which has become a strong support for the province's foreign trade. According to statistics, from January to June, Yunnan's agricultural exports totaled 1.56 billion US dollars, an increase of 32.2 percent over the same period last year, accounting for 29.1 percent of the province's total exports, second only to mechanical and electrical products, and became Yunnan's second largest export commodity. Among all kinds of exported agricultural products, exports of vegetables, fruits and other major varieties have increased significantly, of which vegetable exports reached 470 million US dollars, an increase of 27.9 percent over the same period last year, accounting for 30.2 percent of agricultural exports. Tricholoma matsutake, tea, spices and tobacco in the small category, although they have always been the traditional export agricultural products of Yunnan Province, are mostly exported within tens of millions of US dollars a year. Take Tricholoma matsutake as an example, it is one of the important incomes of people in mountainous areas and agricultural and pastoral areas. after years of cultivation and development, the export value in 2015 is about 50 million US dollars, with a maximum of more than 70 million US dollars a year.

How to make Yunnan characteristic agricultural products continue to expand the advantages at the same time, the volume and price rise? Xu Zizhong said: as far as agricultural products are concerned, the first thing is to strengthen the management of the first kind of base, the field. That is, to promote the construction of demonstration areas for the quality and safety of export food and agricultural products, international standard agricultural products production demonstration areas, and ecological origin product protection demonstration areas. Take coffee as an example, in order to expand the export of coffee, the Yunnan entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has successively promoted the construction of China's first national coffee testing key laboratory, and the formulation and release of China's first coffee bean inspection and quarantine industry standards. the certification of China's first batch of "Fair Trade Coffee" enterprises provide strong technical support for the promotion of Yunnan coffee industry and foreign trade. Statistics show that in the first half of this year alone, Yunnan exported 822 batches of coffee, 59477.4 tons and 245 million US dollars, an increase of 43.4%, 65.5% and 92.3% respectively over the same period last year.