昨日，我會會長綦宜龍先生和副秘書長譚雯意女士熱情接待了智利駐廣州總領(lǐng)事館商務(wù)領(lǐng)事Santiago Lecaros Edwards先生一行，雙方就進一步促進智利食品出口行業(yè)在華發(fā)展等方面進行深入交流。

Yesterday, President Wolfgang Qi and Deputy Secretary-General Wency Tan of IFA warmly received Mr. Santiago Lecaros Edwards, Commercial Consul, Consulate General of Chile in Guangzhou. Both parties will discuss ways to promote the development of Chilean food in China.

Santiago Lecaros Edwards先生一行在綦會長和譚秘書長的陪同下，首先參觀了廣州（中國）進口食品交易中心.萬國食坊（以下簡稱“交易中心”）。我方向代表們介紹了交易中心項目的定位與目前的運營情況，以及接下來將進行的發(fā)展計劃。

President Qi introduced the Food2China Trading Center to Chilean representatives. Then, Ms. Tan explained the positioning and current operation of the trading center, as well as the future plans to be carried out.

隨后，譚秘書長在會談中向智利代表們闡述了華南地區(qū)進口食品市場，尤其是廣東省進口水果行業(yè)的發(fā)展優(yōu)勢并詳細(xì)介紹了Food2China一站式服務(wù)。Santiago Lecaros Edwards先生十分看好華南市場的發(fā)展?jié)摿?，并表示交易中心和Food2China服務(wù)平臺是優(yōu)質(zhì)的合作平臺。

In the following conference, Ms. Tan explained the development advantages of the imported food market in South China, especially the Guangdong imported fruit industry, as well as introduced Food2China one-stop service in details.Mr. Santiago Lecaros Edwards is very optimistic about the potential of South China market and said that the Food2hina Trading Center and Food2China services are high-quality cooperation platform.

今年12月13日，智利與中國簽署了《冷凍水果議定書》。獲準(zhǔn)進入中國的智利冷凍水果從3種大幅增加到了17種，其中8種（冷凍樹莓、蘋果、釋迦、葡萄、獼猴桃、桃子、木瓜和石榴）是中國首次批準(zhǔn)從外國進口的冷凍水果。目前中國是智利冷凍水果第五大出口目的地，2020年智利共出口冷凍水果17.1萬噸，出口金額達(dá)4.35億美元，其中出口到中國共計1.1萬噸，價值2300萬美元。本次議定書的簽署，預(yù)計會大幅帶動中國進口智利冷凍水果份額，將成為智利農(nóng)業(yè)對華出口的重要里程碑。

December 13 this year, a protocol of frozen fruits signed between Chile and China, which will allow expand from 3 to 17 the Chilean frozen fruit species authorized to enter China. Eight of them (Raspberries, apples, sugar-apples, grapes, kiwis, peaches, papayas and pomegranates) are first-time approved for import from foreign countries by China. China is currently in fifth place as a destination for fruit sales, with 11 thousand tons and USD 23 million among 171 thousand tons, USD 435 million total Chilean frozen fruits export in 2020.The signing of this protocol is expected to significantly drive the share of Chilean frozen fruit imports into China, and will be an important milestone for Chilean agricultural exports to China.

Santiago Lecaros Edwards先生衷心希望未來能加強與協(xié)會和FOOD2CHINA交易中心的合作，幫助更多優(yōu)質(zhì)的智利水果與智利食品品牌進入中國市場，共同推動智利食品在華南乃至全國地區(qū)的發(fā)展。

 Mr. Santiago Lecaros Edwards sincerely wish to strengthen the cooperation with IFA and FOOD2CHINA Trading Center in the future. Helping more high-quality Chilean fruits and Chilean food brands to enter China, and jointly promote the development of Chilean food in South China and National Market.