On February 22, the Southern Financial All Media reporter learned from the Guangdong branch of the General Administration of Customs that the import and export scale of Guangdong agricultural products reached a new record high, ranking first in the country. In 2022, Guangdong imported and exported 330.18 billion yuan of agricultural products, an increase of 28.1% over 2021, accounting for 14.8% of the total import and export value of national agricultural products. Of this total, exports totaled 115.77 billion yuan, up by 69.1 percent; Imports reached 214.41 billion yuan, up 13.3 percent. In 2022, Guangdong's import and export of agricultural products to major trading partners achieved positive growth, citrus, bananas, lychee and other specialty fruits exports increased significantly, imported grain, dry and fresh fruits and nuts are also positive growth, future agricultural imports continue to improve. From the perspective of major trading partners, Guangdong's import and export of agricultural products to ASEAN increased by 32.5%, to the United States increased by 63.8%, to the European Union increased by 4.3%, to Hong Kong, China increased by 13.4%, and to Brazil increased by 20.9%. In addition, the increase is 32.6% for countries along the Belt and Road and 26.7% for other RCEP members. In terms of the types of agricultural products exported, the export of special fruits increased significantly. In 2022, Guangdong's export of citrus fruits was 780 million yuan, an increase of 18.2%; Bananas were 37.867 million yuan, up 196.1%; Longan was 29.864 million yuan, up 32.9%. Guangdong lychee exports led the country, the annual export of lychee 170 million yuan, accounting for 59.4% of the country's lychee exports. During this year's Spring Festival, citrus has become one of the most popular New Year goods at home and abroad. Last year, Guangdong issued the Implementation Plan for the Construction of the 2022 Guangdong Citrus "12221" market System, which promoted the high-quality development of Guangdong citrus industry, and actively promoted the "export" of citrus, and the international influence of Guangdong citrus brands was gradually highlighted. It is worth noting that Lianjiang Red Orange will be exported to Canada in 2022, achieving its first export. During the Spring Festival, Maoming's sugar orange and tangerine were successfully exported overseas after supervision by Maoming Customs, becoming the first batch of fruits exported by Maoming in 2023. In 2022, Guangdong's exports of fruits and vegetables to Hong Kong have achieved rapid growth, thanks to the strong guarantee of customs logistics for Hong Kong. In 2022, Guangdong's exports of fruits and vegetables to Hong Kong totaled 3.59 billion yuan, an increase of 145.6%. Among them, the export volume of fruits and vegetables transported to Hong Kong by water increased by 46 times. During the period of poor logistics on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong highways affected by the epidemic, the customs in Guangdong Province strongly supported the "land to water" to ensure that the fruits and vegetables supplied to Hong Kong were "formed on the same day, declared on the same day, and exported on the same day". In 2022, the Customs of Guangdong Province will set up a "green channel" for priority inspection and "5+2" scheduled inspection for import and export of fresh and perishable agricultural and food products to ensure the safe supply of agricultural and food products to Hong Kong and Macao. For example, the Whampoa Customs completed the construction of the first customs supervision center for vegetables for Hong Kong in Guangdong Province in the Runfeng International Vegetable Trading Center, providing "one-stop" services for inspection, inspection and sealing. In terms of imported products, meat, dried and fresh fruits, nuts and grains were the main imported products. In 2022, among Guangdong's imported agricultural products, the import value of meat, dried and fresh fruits and nuts and grain is 39.38 billion yuan, 38.3 billion yuan and 34.12 billion yuan, respectively, accounting for 52.2% of the total value of Guangdong's agricultural products imports. Among them, the import of dried fresh fruits and nuts increased by 15.8%, and the import of grain increased by 25.9%.