A good start to foreign trade
At about 3:00 p.m. on January 2, the truck of Xuan'en Yihong Company arrived at Khorgos Port (photo provided by respondents)
Hubei Daily reported that "the grade of tea exported this year has increased, and the comprehensive unit price has increased by about 9%." At about 3:00 p.m. on January 2, a large truck loaded with 24 tons of refined Hubei tea arrived at Khorgos Port in Ili, Xinjiang, and was transported to Central Asia by truck. Due to the upgrading of customer consumption, the average price of tea ordered from Xuan'en Yihong Gongcha Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Xuan'en Yihong Company") has slightly increased.
A large truck loaded with 24 tons of Hubei premium tea (photo provided by the interviewee)
"The Spring Festival is early this year. In December, there is no wagon for railway transportation. Customers need goods urgently, so they can only transport them by car. Although the single transport volume is 2 tons less than the railway, the total transport time is about the same." Zeng Qingjia, manager of Xuan'en Yihong Company, said that the company's tea for export before was transported by railway. Tea was sent to Central Asia by China Europe train, passing through the customs at Alashankou port, and then sent to Central Asia by railway along the "the Belt and Road"; This time, in order to ensure timely delivery, we chose to transport by car. Khorgos Port is the largest land channel for automobile export in China, with a limit of 24 tons for outbound trucks. From here, customs clearance will be completed and then transported by truck. The batch of 20 tons of refined green tea and 4 tons of refined black tea from Xuan'en Yihong Company will arrive in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in one week.
The next batch will be shipped on January 12, 2025, with 25 tons of refined green tea to be sent to Uzbekistan, "said Zeng Qingjia. Xuan En Company's new year foreign trade orders have increased by 10%, and it plans to send 65 tons of refined green tea to Tajikistan and 25 tons of refined green tea to Uzbekistan in February 2025, a year-on-year increase of 50.30%.
Foreign trucks are waiting to load Hubei tea (photo provided by interviewee)
As the foreign trade base of Hubei Tea Group, Xuan'en Yihong Company has an annual production line of 5000 tons of refined tea, with an export volume of one-quarter of the import volume of Hubei green tea from Central Asia. Since the official launch of the bulk tea export business in 2016, we have obtained relevant certifications such as "Tea Export Base Certification", "SGS Certification", and "ISO22000 Food Safety Management System Certification" to ensure product quality. With the support of high-quality natural resources in Enshi, we produce and blend "green, organic, and selenium rich" tea products, which are highly favored by consumers in Central Asian countries.
"We will go abroad to visit customers in five Central Asian countries and visit the Russian market in April." Zeng Qingjia introduced that, focusing on promoting the high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road", the company will take the initiative to "go out" to explore the international market, and plans to increase the foreign trade export volume by 50% in 2025 compared with that in 2024.
Workers are unloading and transporting goods (Image provided by interviewee)
