Chinese chestnuts are exported to more than 40 countries and regions

On the 15th, Rong Weidong, vice chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal Husbandry, stated that in 2020, China will export nearly 40,000 tons of chestnuts, worth over 80 million U.S. dollars, to more than 40 countries and regions. On the same day, the 2021 China International Chestnut Conference was held in Zunhua City, Hebei Province. More than 100 experts and scholars, chestnut roasted seeds and nuts enterprises, processing plants and related industry representatives from all over the world attended the meeting. China is the origin of chestnut, and chestnut cultivation has a history of more than 3,000 years. According to the World Food and Agriculture Organization database, the total output of chestnut in the world in 2019 was 2.4 million tons. Among them, China ranked first in the world, accounting for 76.8% of the world, followed by They are Spain, Bolivia, Turkey, South Korea, Italy and other countries. Rong Weidong said that ...