"We saw opportunities in Ningbo and the possibility of achieving more business exchanges," said by Mattev Frangiz, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Slovenia. On the afternoon of May 22nd, the signing event for CEEC commodity procurement was successfully held at the Ningbo International Conference Center. Nearly 200 people from over 60 enterprises across the country and CEECs attended the conference.
The total amount of the 24 signed projects this time is 2.49 billion yuan. Among them, 10 import procurement projects including minerals, alcoholic beverages and dairy products were signed on the spot.
Ningbo Free Trade Zone 82 International Trade Co., LTD has just signed a three-year purchase order for pet health products with a total amount of over 200 million yuan with the Serbian enterprise Vet Planet.
"The domestic pet industry has been growing year-by-year. As the first batch of pet owners' pets enter an aging age, we have found that pet health products are gradually becoming a market necessity, while imported pet health products from abroad are relatively scarce." Gao Jianfeng, the chairman of Ningbo Free Trade Zone 82 International Trade Co., LTD, believes that the signing of this order to introduce related products is very timely.
"Since reaching a cooperation intention last year, we have conducted a in-depth research on the pet product market in China, including product import policies, regulations and etc., and have made corresponding formula improvements and upgrades in response to the demands of the Chinese market," said Aleksandar Brankov DVM, the CEO of Vet Planet. This is the first time that pet health products originally produced in Serbia have entered into Chinese market, and the starting point of the cooperation between two sides.
The friendly cooperation and exchanges between two enterprises have also brought new business opportunities. 82 International Trade Co., LTD has also obtained an order for raw materials of pet products exported to Serbia from Vet Planet.
One by one, the orders have sketched out a picture of cooperation between Ningbo and CEE. As the first China-CEEC economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone in the country, since the construction was launched in 2018, the average annual growth rate of trade volume between Ningbo and CEECs has reached 18.3%. Ningbo Zhoushan Port has opened container shipping routes with five ports in CEECs. The transportation volume is expected to reach 786,000 TEUs in 2024. Since the opening of the Ningbo-Budapest route, more than 27,000 passengers have been transported cumulatively...
In recent years, Ningbo has been actively expanding economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges with CEECs by taking successful hosting of expos and construction of demonstration zones.
Statistics show that in the first quarter of this year, Ningbo achieved a total import and export volume of 15.29 billion yuan with CEECs, an increase of 19.8% year-on-year.
Disclaimer：The above content is translated from Chinese version of Ningbo Daily. The Ningbo Daily version shall prevail.
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