Avocados and honey imports a sign of China’s growing agricultural engagement with Africa

Published 2024년 9월 2일

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China is expanding its agricultural cooperation with Africa, with plans to import avocados from South Africa and honey from Tanzania as part of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit next week. The summit is expected to focus on agricultural modernisation and duty-free access to Chinese markets for African products. China is diversifying its agricultural imports to reduce reliance on traditional suppliers and to support Africa's agricultural modernisation. Initiatives like the Alibaba eWTP and 'green lanes' for African produce aim to facilitate easier exports to China and support African agriculture. However, these initiatives are currently on a small scale and are more about aiding African agriculture to thrive rather than making Africa China's food basket.

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The list of China’s food imports from Africa now includes avocados, soybeans, pineapples, chillies, cashew nuts, sesame seeds and spices. Photo: Xinhua Avocados and honey imports a sign of China’s growing agricultural engagement with Africa Agricultural cooperation to be high on the agenda when Beijing hosts the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit next week. South Africa is preparing to ship its first avocados to China and Tanzania has won a deal to export honey there as agriculture becomes a new focus of China-Africa engagement. The deals come as Beijing prepares to host the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit next week, with agricultural cooperation expected to be high on the agenda. Apart from avocados, China’s food imports from Africa now include soybeans, pineapples, chillies, cashew nuts, sesame seeds and spices. The September 4-6 FOCAC Summit is expected to see African countries seek duty-free access to China for their products. In Beijing on Friday, ...

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