Source: China AGLOOK!

On May 27, 2017 (Beijing Time), the 24th delegation visits to Africa organized by China AGLOOK arrived in Tanzania after series of delegations in Ethiopia. After a short break, the delegation group started a business negotiation with Tanzania’s deputy minister for agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the permanent secretary, the secretary - general of Tanzania Private Sector Foundation(TPSF) and the the main director of Epoch Group (T) Limited.

Tanzania’s deputy minister for agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the secretary - general of Tanzania Private Sector Foundation(TPSF) gave a detailed explanation of Tanzania’s main export policies for agricultural products and the international cooperation, making the delegation group have a full understanding of the current import and export situation of Tanzania’s agricultural products.

The delegation group focused on knowing about Tanzania’s cassava chips exclusive right to import and export and also the beef and mutton project. The head of the delegation group Mr. Zhuang Liang gave a detailed introduction of the operation mode of DECX platform to all the participants. The companies present at the meeting expressed their wishes to join the global standardized platform for small - scale agricultural products built by DECX, hoping that by relying on DECX platform, the domestic bonded warehouse can be built quickly, so the cassava chips can be exported to foreign countries through DECX platform as soon as possible, and also in the future the beef and mutton can be exported to other countries through DECX platform, thus well promoting the business.

The delegation group had a negotiation with Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture

Harmonious atmosphere during the discussion

Taking a group photo after the business negotiation

On May 29th(Beijing time), the delegation group had a visit to ETG’s company in Tanzania, aiming at knowing about its warehouse & logistics mode and small - scale agricultural products business including fertilizer, coffee, sesame, pulses, etc.

Inside the warehouse of ETG, Tanzania

The bagged finished products are laying orderly

The delegation group were communicating with the workers

Taking a group photo after the delegation visit finished

On the afternoon of May 29th(Beijing), the delegation group went to the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania and visited the ambassador of China in Tanzania Lu Youqing. Ambassador Lu introduced Tanzania’s local customs and practices, as well as the situations of small - scale agricultural products to the delegation group.

Mr. Lu Youqing also mainly talked about the Cassava Chips project:”On January 13th, 2017, I witnessed the signing ceremony of cassava pilot program between Tanzania Agricultural Export Processing Zone Co., LTD and Tanzania government. The cassava is of great strategic importance. When the project is fully operated, there will be 500,000 more employments to be created, which will completely change the situation of Tanzania’s cassava industry.”

Mr. Zhuang Liang, the head of the delegation group, introduced to Mr. Lu Youqing about the operation mode and global layout situation of DECX platform. Mr. Lu Youqing highly commended DECX’s global layout of building a global standardized trading platform and pricing center of small - scale agricultural products, its active participation in the construction of “Belt and Road” and its promotion to the development of Tanzania. He also gave a full affirmation to DECX’s contribution to the economy development of China and Tanzania.

Ambassador Lu witnessed the signing ceremony of cassava project

The delegation group are talking with Mr. Lu Youqing

Introduction about Tanzania’s cassava project:

Tanzania, with abundant products and diligent people, possesses unlimited business opportunities. Many enterprises form a consortium to invest the cassava industrial parks in Tanzania, thus promoting Tanzania’s cassava planting in farms and the large - scale order agriculture. Tanzania’s government will provide the infrastructure, land allocation and policy supports. After the landing of the project, Tanzania’s cassava production will increase from the current 5,000,000 tons/year to 20,000,000 tons/year within 5 years and within 10 years will be 40,000,000 tons/year. When the project is put into full operation, there will be 500,000 more employments to be created, which will completely change the cassava industry layout in Tanzania. The planted cassava and cassava products can not only meet the demands of domestic market, but also be exported to the surrounding market including Chinese market, making Tanzania become the third countries besides Nigeria and Ghana that export cassava to China. The cassava and cassava products can be applied in many fields including food, textile, paper making, and even a great medicinal value. In China, cassava chips are the most demanded products, mainly being used as industrial raw materials to produce alcohol, starch, etc. The company plans to build 4 industrial parks in all over Tanzania and the first one will be in Lindi Province, Tanzania.