Yingjiang exports nuts to 5 BRI countries

A macadamia planting area in west Yunnan’s Yingjiang county

"While holding tight the domestic market, our company has exported 98.5 tons of macadamia nuts to the United Arab Emirates as of May,” said Su Shengbu, deputy general manager of the Shusen Agricultural and Sideline Products Company based in west Yunnan’s Yingjiang county.

A macadamia tree bears fruits in west Yunnan’s Yingjiang county.

According to customs statistics, Yingjiang exported a total of 121.5 tons of macadamia nuts in the first five months of this year, and the exports went to five countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), including Kuwait.

 

Farmers harvest macadamia nuts in west Yunnan’s Yingjiang county. 

Reporting by Liu Ziyu (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue