"The hot garlic sales market in 2016 has triggered a big expansion of the garlic farmers in jinxiang, which is expected to grow to at least 30 percent.
In addition, the weather in the whole of this year has generally been better than last year, with no extreme weather. Garlic has a higher yield per mu and better quality.
These two main factors decided, jinxiang garlic farmers ushered in a bumper harvest year.
Jinxiang's Mr. Li of Jinxiang's Imp & Exp. Co., LTD.
Garlic processing plant
"In jinxiang county, the home of garlic in China, there are more than 1 million acres of garlic planted in its surrounding area. We have contracted for about 5,000 mu, and we have also bought garlic from farmers.
The high quality garlic is exported to southeast Asia, the Middle East and South Africa.
High quality garlic after packing
"The sharp increase in production has greatly reduced the export price of garlic, which has fallen by more than 20 per cent compared with the same period last year.
But in terms of quality, this year's garlic is big, the garlic is thick, the quality is very good, the volume of exports has increased a lot."
"From may to early August, it is the period of the concentration of fresh garlic and the peak of the export season. In other months, the garlic is cold and the amount of garlic is relatively small.
For now, the competitive advantage of Chinese garlic in overseas markets is quite obvious, although the price of garlic in Egypt and India is cheaper, but the quality is inferior to that of Chinese garlic.
(source: global fruit and vegetable network) [original title: cheap high quality garlic brings bumper harvest to jinxiang garlic farmers]
