"The price of Chinese garlic showed various degrees of increase in different production areas after the Chinese Spring Festival [February 5th, 2019] finished. The export price of our garlic, however, did not show large fluctuations around Spring Festival. This was not only the case for garlic, but for fresh ginger as well." This is according to Mr. Liu.
"We have our own garlic plantations as well as cooperative farms in Shandong and Anhui. The product varieties include regular white garlic and pure white garlic. The product quality of our garlic is stable and we have sufficient storage, which means that the export price of our garlic is quite stable as well. We currently export our garlic mainly to Dubai and other Middle Eastern markets, as well as the Ukraine, and Southeast Asian markets."
"Chinese garlic has a strong competitive advantage in the international garlic market. This is mainly because Chinese garlic quality is great and the garlic looks good as well. Second, the production volume is stable and supply is therefore reliable. The Chinese garlic industry satisfies the demand of high-end markets, such as the European markets, for high-quality garlic products."
"In addition to garlic, we also sell fresh ginger. We mainly transport fresh ginger to Southeast Asia and Europe, while a small volume is exported to South Africa. We also sell sweet potatoes, but that market is currently bleak. We have more than 10 thousand tons of sweet potatoes ready for retail because we expanded the overall surface area devoted to sweet potato plantation and the production volume per hectare also increased. We hope to find buyers in overseas markets in the next 2-3 months, in particular in Europe."
