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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Shanghai, October 16 (Xinhua) — On Wednesday, China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) signed documents granting market access to 15 categories of food products from 10 countries, including South Africa and Belarus. This move will allow more food products from countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative to reach Chinese consumers more quickly.
This was announced at a conference on customs cooperation in food safety within the Belt and Road Initiative, which took place in Shanghai on Wednesday. More than 100 participants from China and other Belt and Road Initiative countries attended.
In recent years, food trade has become a new important area of China's trade with Belt and Road countries. According to customs data, in the first three quarters of 2025, China's food trade volume with these countries reached 915.24 billion yuan (approximately $128.92 billion), an increase of 2.5 percent year-on-year.
Since the establishment of the food import and export security cooperation mechanism for countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative in 2023, significant progress has been made, Sun Meijun, head of the General Administration of Customs, said at the conference.
"Thanks to green channels for fresh and perishable products, Thai durians now reach Chinese markets in just 13 hours, and Chinese salmon can reach the Indonesian market in just 39 hours," Sun Meijun added.
According to Zhao Zenglian, Deputy Director General of the National Customs Union of China, since the mechanism's establishment in 2023, the National Customs Union has signed 197 cooperation agreements with relevant countries on access to agricultural and food products. Following this conference, the number of member states of this mechanism has grown to 18. -0-
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