Fresh avocados reflect the new momentum of China-Africa cooperation

Recently, a batch of fresh avocados full of four containers arrived in China from Kenya and sold to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities. This is the first time that fresh avocados from Africa have been exported to China on a large scale.

David Osiani, Secretary of State for Kenya's Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, said happily that the export of fresh avocados to China is a milestone, which will increase Kenya's foreign exchange earnings, boost economic vitality, and allow local related industry players, especially avocados growers benefit.

The small avocado reflects the vigorous vitality of China-Africa agricultural cooperation in recent years. According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2018, 25 kinds of agricultural and food products from 14 African countries including Kenya, South Africa, Benin, and Egypt have been allowed to export to China. In recent years, the average annual growth rate of African agricultural exports to China has reached 11.4%. In 2021, Africa's agricultural exports to China will increase by 18.2% year-on-year.

Sesame seeds from Tanzania, peanuts from Senegal, fresh pears from South Africa, stevia (甜叶菊) from Rwanda... More and more African agricultural products have entered the Chinese market and are loved by Chinese consumers.

China-Africa agricultural trade can cross mountains and seas and achieve rapid growth in scale, and the policy support of China and Africa has provided important support.

At the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in November last year, China announced the establishment of a "green channel" for African agricultural products to be exported to China. The General Administration of Customs of China has actively implemented and formulated practical access facilitation measures: First, give priority to the agricultural product access applications submitted by African countries, immediately start risk analysis after receiving relevant technical information, and speed up the promotion of quarantine access Second, for some agricultural products from the same country with similar processing techniques, or the same kind of agricultural products from different countries, under the premise of controllable risks, the risk assessment will be combined to speed up the access process; Producers of agricultural products approved to export to China will facilitate registration, adopt flexible methods such as video inspection or document review, and speed up evaluation and registration.

The efforts of Chinese and African companies are also indispensable. Take avocado as an example, in order to realize the large-scale export of Kenyan fresh avocados to China, the main partner of the Kenyan government’s avocado project, Shanghai Guorui Technology Information Co., Ltd., introduced fumigation technology from the Netherlands, and worked with agricultural experts to formulate the entire fumigation process standard. Introduce standards to Kenya. The "Report on Chinese Enterprises Investing in Africa (2022) - China-Africa Enterprise Cooperation from the Perspective of Supply Chain" recently released by the China-Africa Private Chamber of Commerce pointed out that in recent years, Chinese enterprises have been committed to investing in the construction of supply chains in Africa, and are helping Africa to cope with supply chain challenges. role is growing.

The vigorous development of China-Africa agricultural cooperation has benefited from the continuous deepening of China-Africa cooperation over the years. Driven by China-Africa cooperation, Africa's infrastructure has improved significantly. Since 2000, Chinese companies have helped African countries to add and upgrade more than 10,000 kilometers of railways, nearly 100,000 kilometers of highways, nearly 1,000 bridges, nearly 100 ports, and network services covering nearly 700 million user terminals; , China-Africa e-commerce and other new trade formats are booming. Some China-Africa cross-border e-commerce platforms have now built thousands of terminal logistics and distribution points in Africa... These achievements and measures have helped African agricultural products enter the Chinese market and Chinese goods directly to Africa. Community provides more opportunities.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China will also hold the China-Africa Sanitary and Phytosanitary Cooperation Forum to support and facilitate the entry of more high-quality and characteristic African agricultural and food products into the Chinese market. Undoubtedly, with the joint efforts of both sides, the prospect of China-Africa agricultural cooperation will be even broader.

How much does the largest avocado in the world weigh?

 Avocado can be regarded as the hottest fruit in recent years, and its nutritional value is constantly being dug deep and praised. There are endless ways to eat, salty, sweet, hot and cold, you can eat it, and it will come soon if you can't think of it. The main reason for the sudden popularity of avocado is that its nutritional content is super comprehensive and healthy. How much do people value its nutrition?

​​The University of Pennsylvania School of Health and Human Development, in order to study the effect of eating avocado on belly fat and cardiovascular disease, is even willing to pay $300 to recruit research subjects and let them eat one a day for 6 months. Avocado to observe changes. It is really nice to make money while eating.

The Biggest Avocado in the World

However, avocado fans, do you know what the largest and longest avocados in the world look like? Immediately tell you the picture and text. I saw on the Internet that a small private farm in Queensland, Australia has grown a "giant avocado" that is about five times larger than ordinary avocados. They shared a comparison chart on social networking sites. Pu Fu said that this variety originated in South Africa, but because the production of these giant avocados is limited by the season, the production will not be many. The largest avocado from their farm so far weighs 1.8kg.

Although the size of 1.8 kg is enough to surprise netizens. But in fact, the world's largest avocado weighs more than three times this... The largest avocado in the picture, this giant avocado weighs 6 pounds and 11 ounces, about 3 kilograms. A new Guinness World Record. After talking about the biggest and heaviest avocado, let's talk about how long is the longest one?

The avocado in the picture of the longest avocado comes from an online fruit shop with its own farm in Florida, USA. They have launched a new type of avocado, the whole fruit is 90cm long! That's a full 10 times the size of a common avocado! Some netizens call it the "giraffe" of the avocado world.

​​Is such a "weird" avocado all natural? In other words, I just want to ask if it is genetically modified? According to the merchant, this kind of avocado is completely 100% non-genetically modified and can be eaten with peace of mind.

The smallest avocado 

What is the smallest avocado in the world? That's it - "Finger Avocado". This finger avocado, native to Spain, is also known as the "cocktail avocado". This avocado is characterized by being seedless, and its skin is so thin that it can be eaten with the skin on. Needless to say, it is most suitable for people who like to eat avocados but are too lazy to peel and core them~

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Avocado is a popular weight loss gift for many people. It is deeply loved by the public because it contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids and a variety of nutrients, and it often appears in the menus of many star POs. And it really tastes like butter, so it's really suitable to use it instead of butter for rubbing toast. Also because of its sweet and fragrant taste, it is a bit like salmon belly, so I don’t know who has invented the method of dipping in mustard soy sauce, the taste is really super delicious.

What Benefits Avocado Has

Avocado is a tropical fruit with high nutritional value. In the past when the transportation was inconvenient, friends in the north rarely saw this kind of fruit. However, the current social development is very fast. We can see it anywhere in China. Avocado figure too. The flesh of avocado is very rich in taste and high in nutritional value. Let's take a look at the benefits of avocado for our body.

What nutrients do avocados have?

High-energy, low-sugar and multi-nutrition: Many fitness people add avocados to their diets. This is because avocados are rich in vitamins and minerals, which can help us lose weight while ensuring adequate intake of vitamins, and Balance of mineral elements. Although avocados are rich in fat, most of these fats are unsaturated fatty acids, which can provide us with sufficient energy without making us fat. The sugar content in avocado is very low, so diabetics can also eat it properly.

What are the benefits of beef nuts for the body?

1. Breast enhancement

Avocados are very rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can help female friends increase the elasticity of breast tissue and can play a role in breast enhancement. In addition, the vitamins rich in avocado can also help female friends, promote breast development and prevent breast deformation.

2. Prevent prostate cancer

Avocados are rich in a very unique nutrient that can help us inhibit the growth and progression of prostate cancer. Avocados are also rich in lutein, which is an excellent antioxidant that can effectively help us prevent and treat prostate cancer.

3. Lower cholesterol

Although avocados are high in fat and protein, these are some high-quality fats and proteins, which not only do not make us fat, but also help us lower blood cholesterol levels. Obese people eat some avocados, which can effectively reduce blood lipids.

4. Beauty

Recently, a new type of facial mask has become popular, which is rich in avocado ingredients. This is because the vegetable oil contained in avocado is very similar to the structure of natural sebum membrane. Therefore, it can help us repair damaged parts of the skin. Help us prevent moisture loss. Dig out the pulp of the avocado, use a juicer or a wall breaker to make a puree, and apply it on the skin to achieve a good moisturizing and softening effect. Moreover, the nature of avocado is very mild and moist, but it does not make people feel particularly greasy, and it is very easy to be absorbed by our skin. It can even be used on the more sensitive parts of the eyes and lips.

Tips

Avocados have many benefits for our bodies, but the price of avocados on the market is relatively expensive, and many people do not take them into account when choosing fruits. But in fact, we don't need to eat too many avocados every day, just one avocado can play a very good role in health care.

First Batch of Kenyan Avocados Arrives in China

 In the early morning of August 26, 45 tons of fresh avocados were transported to Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port on the freighter Pirkaya, marking the smooth arrival of the first batch of large-scale imported African and Kenyan fresh avocados to China.

"Before the batch of avocados arrived in Hong Kong, we used the customs-enterprise liaison mechanism to connect with importers in advance, grasp the arrival information, and implement customs clearance facilitation measures such as advance declaration and unaccompanied inspection, and open up green channels to ensure that the goods arrive at the port. The inspection will be carried out as soon as possible." Luo Kaiming, chief of the tenth inspection department of Shanghai Overseas Port Customs, introduced that the customs clearance procedures for avocados after arriving in Hong Kong are strict. It is important to check whether there are quarantine pests such as Mediterranean fruit flies. After ensuring compliance with inspection and quarantine requirements, the batch of avocados was released smoothly that afternoon.

Kenya is the largest exporter of avocados in Africa. In January this year, China and Kenya signed the protocol for the export of Kenyan fresh avocados (avocados) to China. On June 1, the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement allowing Kenyan fresh avocados that meet the quarantine requirements to be exported to China. On July 27, a small batch of Kenyan fresh avocado samples entered through the Shanghai Pudong International Airport port and passed the customs inspection and quarantine.

According to the import phytosanitary requirements of China Customs, fresh avocados must be soaked, cleaned, brushed, picked and removed before export, and must not have branches, leaves, roots, soil, etc., to ensure that exported avocados do not carry Live pests. The importer of this batch of avocados is Shanghai Niuguo Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. Liu Mosu, the general manager of the company, revealed that after customs clearance, the avocados will be uniformly inspected and processed according to the strict standards of the enterprise, and it is expected to be sold in retail channels in early September. "At present, we have established cooperation with three large orchards in Kenya, and we plan to import 200 tons of avocados this year. With the experience and cooperation of this season, we will have a weekly import plan from next year, and the annual import volume is expected to exceed 9,000 tons. "