On May 12, reporters learned that in recent years, Anhui Province has relied closely on its tea foreign trade transformation and upgrading base, fully leveraging foreign trade policy effects to promote tea enterprises to optimize product structures and vigorously explore international markets, thereby promoting the quality improvement, efficiency enhancement, and steady development of tea exports across the province.

Data shows that in 2024, Anhui Province’s tea exports reached 240 million USD, ranking second among provinces, regions, and cities in mainland China for green tea export value. From January to March this year, the province exported 18,000 tons of tea, a year-on-year increase of 10.9%. The main export markets for Anhui’s tea are concentrated in the European Union, Eastern Europe, Africa, and countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. Exports to these regions grew by 42%, 14.9%, 6.3%, and 5.9%, respectively, in the first quarter. Among them, exports to Germany, Uzbekistan, and Algeria increased by 41.6%, 46.4%, and 14.9%, respectively.

To help tea enterprises expand their markets, the province utilizes export credit insurance, providing support for tea companies’ export credit insurance premiums and credit investigation fees. Every year, more than 20 tea companies are supported to vigorously expand international markets by participating in domestic and overseas exhibitions. Enterprises participating in key overseas exhibitions receive about 1.5 million yuan in support for booth fees and other expenses. Benefiting from foreign trade policies, a number of companies such as Huangshan Wang Guangxi Songluo Tea and Anhui Xin’anyuan Tea have continuously expanded their export scale.

In addition, the province continuously strengthens service guarantees and smooths tea export channels. It supports Huangshan City in operating tea special trains on routes such as “Huangshan-Hefei-Tashkent,” “Huangshan-Jinhua-Tashkent,” and sea-rail intermodal service on the “Huangshan-Xuancheng-Ningbo Zhoushan Port” route, opening new channels for tea export. Since their launch, China-Europe-Central Asia freight trains and sea-rail intermodal services have transported over 3,000 TEUs of export tea, saving tea enterprises more than 20% in logistics costs. Increasingly more Huangshan teas are reaching overseas markets directly.

Source: Hefei Evening News