The tradition of planting citrus fruits and making dried tangerine peel has a history of over 700 years in Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. Nowadays, Xinhui has formed a complete industrial chain integrating citrus seedling breeding, fruit production, deep processing and development of dried tangerine peel. Xinhui dried tangerine peel has become an important pillar in promoting rural revitalization strategy in Jiangmen City and even the whole province.
According to data from Jiangmen Customs, in the process of promoting the development of Xinhui dried tangerine peel industry, Xinhui Customs has always adhered to the service tenet of "solving people's worries and warming people's hearts", continuously optimized the business environment, and promoted the vigorous development of dried tangerine peel industry. This year, 11 new enterprises mainly engaged in exporting dried tangerine peel were registered, and the total export value of dried tangerine peel and its products in Xinhui increased by 56.9% year-on-year from January to November.
Xinhui District has over 9800 citrus growers and about 3000 tangerine peel related enterprises, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises. These enterprises generally lack export experience, pay little attention to foreign trade policies, and are not familiar with customs filing, registration, and clearance processes, resulting in a weak willingness to export dried orange peel and its products. Many companies have concerns about export regulatory requirements and customs clearance difficulties.
To address this issue, Xinhui Customs has focused on key links such as the protection of the geographical indication of "Xinhui dried orange peel" and the qualification filing for the export of Ganpu tea. They have specially compiled a manual titled "Notice for Exporting Xinhui Citrus, dried orange peel, Ganpu tea and other Products", providing hands-on guidance to orchards and factories, helping enterprises handle filing and registration work, and proactively reminding enterprises to standardize management and improve operations. At the same time, Xinhui Customs actively cultivates corporate credit, supports qualified leading enterprises to apply for AEO certification, enhances their industry demonstration role, and provides assistance for enterprises to expand exports.
With the diversified development of Xinhui tangerine peel industry, Xinhui not only focuses on citrus and tangerine peel as the core, but also develops more than 100 products around six major fields including medicine, food, tea, and health. With the help of the "bridge economy", Xinhui also promotes product innovation and export. In the first eight months of this year, the total export value of Xinhui tangerine peel and its products has exceeded the annual level of 2023.
Qiu Jintang, the head of the Enterprise Management Department of Xinhui Customs, said, "With the diversification of exported products, we have responded to the needs of enterprises in the first time, improved the export filing guidelines for products such as tangerine peel, fresh fruits, and citrus tea, and jointly organized policy propaganda activities with local governments to interpret customs policies and help enterprises solve difficult problems in exports." At the same time, Xinhui Customs has also launched a full chain management model from filing to export inspection and daily tracking, providing convenient and efficient customs clearance services for the export of tangerine peel and its products through measures such as "advance declaration" and "appointment clearance".
We will continue to play a protective role and promote the Xinhui tangerine peel brand to further enter the international market. Through high-quality services, we will drive the improvement of industry quality and efficiency, promote the revitalization of the industry to improve people's livelihoods, and strive to achieve greater results in promoting the high-quality development of Xinhui tangerine peel, "concluded Liu Xiangdong, the director of Xinhui Customs. This series of measures not only injects new vitality into the Chenpi industry in Xinhui, but also provides strong support for rural revitalization and local economic development.
Post time: Sep-03-2025
