Tongxiang Chrysanthemum exports will exceed one thousand tons throughout the year

It is reported that as of the end of August, Tongxiang Chrysanthemum export volume has reached 777 tons, sales of 7.08 million US dollars, is expected to exceed the annual export of more than 1,000 tons, accounting for one-fifth of Tongxiang Chrysanthemum total production.

Chrysanthemum exports account for more than sixty percent nationwide <br> <br> as medicinal and edible chrysanthemum, daisy-fresh general technology made by dried and then dried chrysanthemum tea drink or medicine. Fei Feijin, director of the inspection and quarantine bureau of Jiaxing City, said that at present, the annual output of dried chrysanthemums in the country is about 15,000 tons, of which nearly 2,000 tons are exported, mainly used as drinking tea or raw materials for food processing.

Tongxiang, named by the Ministry of Agriculture as "the hometown of China's Hangzhou Chrysanthemum," is the main producing area for medicinal and dual-purpose Chrysanthemum morifolium. It has a history of more than 370 years, and exports of dried chrysanthemum account for more than 60% of the country's total exports.

“Currently, the annual planting area of ​​Chrysanthemum morifolium in Tongxiang City is nearly 60,000 mu and the total output of dry chrysanthemum is about 6,000 tons,” said Cao Jianqing, chairman of Tongxiang Chrysanthemum Industry Association and chairman of Tongxiang Xinhe Health Care Products Co., Ltd.

"Before the 1990s, Tongxiang Chrysanthemum was either kept in the depths of the people's ignorance, and only a small amount of cakes was sold to tea markets in Guangdong and other places through sporadic sales of local pharmaceutical companies and specialty products companies." Fei Feijin Said that at present, Tongxiang Chrysanthemum products have been sold to Southeast Asia, the United States, the European Union, Japan and other countries as well as China's Hong Kong and Taiwan regions.

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“Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum is a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family and is one of the famous “Zhejiang Eight Flavors”. The export volume accounts for the first of eight flavors. It has the effects of pure heart and thirst-quenching, and moistening the throat and producing fluid.” Cao Jianqing said that now, except for medicinal use, In addition to tea, other ingredients are also used to make herbal tea beverages. The chrysanthemum-flavored sweet-sweet glycols have a strong aroma and are very popular.

A slogan "Fear of getting angry and drinking Wanglaoji" made Wanglaoji herbal tea quickly popular in China. For Tongxiang people, it is more intimacy. Because of the flavoring ingredients of chamomile contained in Wong Lo Kat herbal tea, Chrysanthemum from Tongxiang is used.

"Now Tongxiang has several chrysanthemum processing plants for Wang Laoji and Jiaduobao for Chrysanthemum." Cao Jianqing said that the two companies have sent special personnel stationed in Tongxiang to snap up Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemi and Tongxiang has acquired at least 3,000 tons of Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum each year by these two companies. .

Chrysanthemum tire Ju is in the boutique <br> <br> an annual output of more than 6,000 tons of Chrysanthemum, remove export more than 1,000 tons, coupled with the acquisition of Wong Lo Kat JDB and more than 3000 tons, true to the domestic market has not much Chrysanthemum Now.

"However, the real good Chrysanthemum is still circulated in the domestic market, such as Chrysanthemum in the boutique - fetal Chrysanthemum, are basically sold in the domestic market." Cao Jianqing said, now on the market the most high-end Chrysanthemum focused on fetal Chrysanthemum At the same time, the quality tires can be sold for four or five hundred yuan per kilogram, which is comparable to the high-end tea, while the ordinary white chrysanthemums sell for more than 200 yuan per kilogram.

Why does the boutique of Chrysanthemum not go abroad?

Fei Feijin is the first witness to the export of Tongxiang Chrysanthemum. “The consumption of Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum has been very mature in Southeast Asia. The pursuit of quality is not very high, and the purchase of Chrysanthemum in Europe and America is not a direct brew. White chrysanthemum is used as an extract for cosmetics, so the quality requirements are not high."