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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
KUNMING, May 17 (Xinhua) — Russian businesswoman Ekaterina Savelyeva recently signed a contract to supply 240,000 carnations to Russia at the Deruyer flower base in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province.
“Yunnan flowers are popular in the Russian market due to their excellent quality and rich variety of varieties,” said E. Savelyeva. During her nearly month-long stay in Yunnan Province, she systematically familiarized herself with more than 100 varieties of flowers, which laid the foundation for long-term cooperation in the future.
Yunnan Province, a major flower supplier in southwest China, is experiencing a boom in flower exports. In the first four months of this year, the province’s total export value of fresh-cut flowers reached 360 million yuan (about $50.04 million), up 51.4 percent year on year, according to Kunming Customs data.
Among them, Dounan Flower Market, located in Chenggong District, Kunming, is the largest fresh-cut flower market in Asia and the second largest in the world. Flowers from this bustling market are shipped to more than 50 countries and regions around the world, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia, Singapore, etc.
Since 2024, Russia and Kazakhstan’s demand for China’s fresh cut flowers has continued to grow. Zhou Tianyi, a representative of the aforementioned base, said that in addition to the Russian market, 60,000 fresh cut flowers are currently sent to Kazakhstan every week, and demand in the Central Asian market is also increasing significantly.
In order to facilitate the export of flowers from Yunnan Province, Kunming Customs has been continuously optimizing its services, improving the efficiency of customs clearance and reducing customs costs for enterprises. -0-