STORY: China's Shanghai welcomes first imports of South African avocados
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 9, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:07
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of South African avocados arriving at Shanghai's Yangshan Port
2. various of avocados
3. various of Shanghai Port

STORYLINE:

China's first imports of avocados grown in South Africa have arrived in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai Customs said on Thursday.
   
A total of 22 tonnes of avocados passed entry quarantine on Tuesday, customs officials said, noting that the produce benefited from streamlined customs clearance procedures for agricultural imports from Africa.
   
Some of the avocados will be exhibited at the upcoming seventh China International Import Expo, which is scheduled to be held from Nov. 5 to 10.
   
In August, South Africa followed Kenya and Tanzania to become the third African country to secure market access to China for its fresh avocados.
   
In the first eight months of this year, China imported African agricultural products valued at a total of 28.47 billion yuan (about 4.02 billion U.S. dollars), up 4.8 percent year on year, according to the General Administration of Customs.
   
Shanghai alone accounted for 6.12 billion yuan of those imports, reflecting year-on-year growth of 15.5 percent.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China.
(XHTV)