Demand rises for Chinese fruits in Central Asia, other countries before New Year

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Refrigerated trucks ferrying fruits pass through the China-Kazakhstan "green channel" for the markets in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 As New Year's Day nears, a flurry of activity can be seen at the Horgauth Highway Port.

00:06 Refrigerated trucks brimming with a variety of fruits swiftly pass through the China-Kazakhstan Green Channel

00:13 destined for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia.

00:17 Remarkably, these exports can reach empty markets in just a few hours.

00:22 The recent mutual visa exemption agreement between China and Kazakhstan has facilitated visits for Central Asian businessmen

00:29 seeking business opportunities in China.

00:32 Kazakh businessman Lias Kabaev can't wait to visit the Horgauth fruit and vegetable export base in Xinjiang upon entering China.

00:41 This is an orange.

00:43 The whole apple is from Xinjiang.

00:48 This is an apple from Yili, Xinjiang.

01:09 This orange is from Chenggu, Shaanxi.

01:13 And this is from Guangxi.

01:15 This is from Hubei.

01:19 And this is from Guangxi.

01:23 We'll put 10,000 tons of oranges, apples and tangerines in the bag.

01:30 If possible, please.

01:32 China is developing rapidly.

01:37 We believe that Kazakhstan will cooperate with China in a large number of export and import products.

01:45 We have a large number of Chinese products on the Almaty Bazaar.

01:51 We are happy to cooperate with China.

01:56 Recently, our fruit and vegetable exports have reached 1,500 tons per day, or nearly 70 trucks.

02:04 We expect to export nearly 40,000 tons of fruit and vegetable throughout the Spring Festival.

02:08 This is about 60% of the total export volume in the past year.

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