The trade value of agricultural products between China and Africa has jumped from 33.3 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in 2012 to 58.6 billion yuan in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 5.8 percent. But in an attempt to boost trade even more, China and a number of African countries including Madagascar, Zimbabwe, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia, jointly proposed the establishment of a liaison mechanism for sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) cooperation in late June. The initiative aims to align inspection and quarantine standards and rules, facilitating the export of agricultural food products from Africa to China.
Wang Lingjun, deputy minister of the GAC, said the government will deepen inspection and quarantine cooperation with relevant government departments of African countries, and optimize market access assessment procedures for African agricultural and food products exported to China. "This will contribute toward a win-win cooperation between China and Africa, and maintain the stability of global industrial and supply chains," he said.
Girma Amente, Ethiopian minister of agriculture, said his country welcomes more Chinese companies to invest in its agricultural sector and hopes to export more Ethiopian agricultural products, such as coffee, tea, spices and fruit, to China.
Source: chinadaily.com.cn