Gansu sees 40% increase in seed exports in H1

With a value of $140,000, the tomato and cucumber seeds produced by Jiuquan Tuoyuan Agriculture Co Ltd passed quarantine inspection by Jiuquan Customs and were successfully exported to Latvia, according to Lanzhou Customs on Friday.

The Hexi Corridor area of Northwest China's Gansu province is the largest seed production base of vegetables and flowers in China, and each year a large number of imported original species are bred and re-exported.

According to statistics, Gansu exported 1,233 tons of seeds with a total value of $20.3 million in the first half of this year, up by 44 percent and 43.7 percent year-on-year, respectively.