China opens new vegetable and fruit export channel to Mongolia

China has launched a new export channel of vegetables and fruits to Mongolia with 18.5 tons of fresh produce transported via Ganqmod Port, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Monday. Trucks carrying 18 types of vegetables and fruits, including apples, pears, tomatoes and cucumbers, went through the land port in Bayan Nur City, heading for Mongolia's South Gobi province where the demand for agricultural products keeps rising due to a growing population in its area. In the past, fruits, vegetables, and other daily necessities were transported to Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, via Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, and then to South Gobi, said Lyu Xiaojun, deputy director of the port management office of Bayan Nur. The new transportation ...