Yangzhou's agricultural product exports have achieved a "good start". At the mushroom planting base of Yangzhou Aojite Biotechnology Co., Ltd., rows of aluminum alloy mushroom bed frames are neatly arranged, and steak mushrooms with full mushroom caps are emerging from the soil. Workers are busy picking, basket, and packaging them. This batch of steak mushrooms with a value of about 30,000 yuan has passed the inspection of Yangzhou Customs under Nanjing Customs and will be sent overseas soon. This is the 10th batch of fresh edible mushrooms exported by the company this year, and also marks the beginning of a new year for high-quality agricultural products from Yangzhou to go global.

Beef mushroom is a rare edible mushroom with a rich and juicy aroma, known as the "vegetarian steak" and highly favored by consumers. These mushrooms are not only popular in the domestic catering market, but now they are also being served on tables in overseas markets, "said Ding Xijun, the general manager of Yangzhou Aojite Biotechnology Co., Ltd." With the help of customs, our products have successively expanded into multiple markets such as Singapore

In order to assist enterprises in steadily expanding overseas, Yangzhou Customs has innovatively established the "One Page Communication Studio for Agricultural and Food Products Going Overseas", systematically sorting out the target market access standards, conducting multiple visits to planting bases, optimizing the factory environment, verifying raw materials at the source, and conducting pesticide residue testing, implementing targeted measures against export standards one by one, and guiding enterprises to establish a full chain quality control system. Last year, Ogier Company exported a total of 82.34 tons of mushrooms and related products, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%.

In the lotus root processing workshop in Baoying County, the production line is also busy. In response to the high preservation requirements and strong export timeliness of lotus root products, Yangzhou Customs has guided enterprises to establish a food safety control system from the field to the workshop and then to the tip of the tongue, and specially added a "green channel" for the export of fresh and perishable agricultural and food products, implementing "inspection and release at any time, fast inspection and release" to ensure that products reach overseas markets as quickly as possible. In 2025, the export value of lotus root products from the group will exceed 34 million yuan, and the current foreign trade orders in hand have been scheduled until the second quarter of this year.

At the same time, in the intelligent production workshop of Yuehai Yongshun Tai (Baoying) Malt Co., Ltd., golden barley is undergoing more than ten processes such as screening, soaking, germination, and drying, transforming into beer raw malt with a strong malt aroma. The malt produced by this enterprise not only meets the domestic market demand, but also is sold to Southeast Asia, Central and South America, Africa and other regions, requiring a large amount of imported high-quality barley raw materials every year.

Guided by the needs of enterprises, Yangzhou Customs has formulated a refined import grain inspection and quarantine supervision plan, coordinated with port customs for supervision, guided enterprises to efficiently handle procedures such as transportation and unloading, and ensured stable supply of raw materials while ensuring national biosafety. At the same time, in response to the high requirements for malt export storage and transportation, as well as tight shipping schedules, we have launched models such as "7 × 24 hour" scheduled inspections and "cloud issuance" of plant quarantine certificates to continuously improve customs clearance efficiency. In 2025, not only will the company's export business grow significantly, but it will also achieve good results in the sales of special malt in the domestic craft beer market, "said Tang Wenqing, Deputy General Manager of Yuehai Yongshun Tai (Baoying) Company. In 2025, the company's cumulative export of malt will increase by 39.5% year-on-year, achieving high growth against the trend.

Helping enterprises enhance the added value of their products and allowing more high-quality local agricultural products to go abroad with higher 'value' is our focus of work, "said Yang Binghui, head of the Inspection and Quarantine Department of Yangzhou Customs. In 2025, the export value of agricultural products in Yangzhou region will be 975 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.2%, leading the growth rate in Jiangsu Province. Among them, the export of traditional advantageous agricultural products such as egg products, soy products, malt, and edible mushrooms has reached a historic high, with an export compliance rate of 100%. In addition, Yangzhou's agricultural products have made new breakthroughs in enhancing their competitiveness in the international market. The first aquatic animal farm has successfully obtained external recommended registration, and six animal product production enterprises have successfully obtained market access qualifications in the European Union, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and other markets.

With the continued release of dividends from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and the in-depth development of cooperation in jointly building the "Belt and Road", agricultural exports are ushering in new development opportunities. It is reported that Yangzhou Customs will continue to deepen service mechanisms such as the "Half Month Service Enterprise Talks", and make precise efforts in customs clearance facilitation, international standard docking, etc. By optimizing the business environment at the port, it will help more local high-quality agricultural products expand into the international market.