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China News Service, Zunhua, September 12 (Reporter Chen Su) "The epidemic has a serious impact on Chinese chestnut exports." Cao Derong, Chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Food, Native Produce and Animal Import and Export, said on the 12th. The 2020 China International Chestnut held in Zunhua, Hebei that day At the conference, Cao Derong said that affected by the epidemic, global trade this year is expected to decrease by more than 30%. In the first half of 2020, China's agricultural exports were US$35.42 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%, of which chestnut exports were 7631.38 tons, worth US$20,363,100, a year-on-year decrease of 18.27. %. China is the origin of chestnut, and chestnut has been cultivated for more than 3000 years. Chestnut is also one of the earliest fruit trees domesticated and used in China and spread to all parts of the world. According to the World Food and Agriculture Organization database statistics, the world's total output of chestnut in 2018 was 1.96 million tons China’s output accounted for 83.5% of the world’s production. The data released by the conference showed that in 2019, China’s chestnut exports increased by 10.4% year-on-year and exported to 43 countries and regions. From September to September, China also entered the chestnut harvest season. For For the production and sales of chestnuts this year, Cao Derong said that the harvest market in China's major chestnut producing areas is optimistic, but due to the impact of the post-epidemic period, there was still a small amount of chestnut stocks last year. In addition, some companies are worried that the epidemic will still occur this winter, which has affected it to a certain extent. Receiving enthusiasm. "In the 2019 season, chestnut unsalable sales are mainly due to the backlog in the hands of enterprises, while in the 2020 season, chestnut backlogs may be in the hands of chestnut farmers.