Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau released its security report for food imports and exports in the first half of 2015.

 

According to the report, the ports of Tianjin shipped a total of 41,479 batches of food, weighing 2.1 million tons with a value of 2.9 billion USD. There are 1.86 percent more batches of food than last year and the total weight is 4.53 percent higher. The value declined 0.79 percent.

 

In the first half of 2015, a total of 119 countries and regions exported food to the country through Tianjin. The top ten by trade value were New Zealand, the European Union (EU), Australia, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Canada, the US, Uruguay, Chile, Taiwan, and Japan.

 

Butter and oil, meat, and dairy were the top three types of food with the highest import volume, with 808,810 tons, 328,000 tons, and 174,000 tons respectively. The total value reached 690 million USD, 753 million USD, and 531 million USD respectively.

 

The country exported 7,942 batches of food through Tianjin in the first half of 2015 with a total weight of 229,700 tons and worth 477 million USD.The number of exported batches declined 0.87 percent since last year, while the total weight and value experienced growth with rate of 15.98 percent and 3.57 percent respectively.

 

The top ten exporters by trade volume were Japan, EU, Ghana, the US, Nigeria, ASEAN, Iran, South Korea, Russian, and Saudi Arabia.

 

The Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau found 2,044 batches of disqualified food as of June 1, comprising 4.93 percent of the total. Of these, 1,975 batches were imports. 

The vast majority of these were disqualified due to the package labels. Only 69 disqualified batches were exports, which are mainly due to disqualified packages, tags, registrations, or quality. 

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