Since last winter and this spring, Bayannaoer's characteristic agricultural and livestock products have welcomed the peak season of production and marketing. A batch of special products, such as Ziren and ketchup, have gone abroad by freighter and train to enter the international market.
In recent years, Bayannaoer City, based on its natural resources, has actively integrated into the national strategy and vigorously promoted the export of characteristic agricultural and livestock products. There are more than 220 agricultural products export enterprises in the city, and two large industrial clusters, Hetao sunflower and mutton sheep, have been cultivated. Among them, Hetao sunflower industrial cluster has built two foreign trade comprehensive service platforms, settled in more than 50 small, medium and micro enterprises, and built six automatic production lines with an annual production capacity of 300000 tons. According to a preliminary estimate, under the "group" effect, more than 12 million yuan of foreign trade costs can be saved for enterprises every year.
According to the statistics of Ulat customs, in 2020, Bayannaoer exported 436000 tons of agricultural and livestock products, with a trade value of 3.85 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% and 9.7% year on year. Among them, the export of sunflower seed kernel was 339000 tons, an increase of 4.5%; the export of tomato products was 58000 tons, an increase of 60%. The export volume ranked the first in the autonomous region for 12 consecutive years.
Source: Inner Mongolia Daily