China Ranks Fourth Globally in Organic Product Consumption

The reporter learned from the launch ceremony of the 2014 National "Organic Promotion Week" that the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China released the white paper "China Organic Industry Development Report" on the 22nd. This is China's first white paper to make a comprehensive summary and systematic study of the overall development of the national organic industry. According to reports, in 2013, certification bodies issued a total of 1.6 billion organic labels containing organic codes, and the preliminary estimated annual sales value of China's organic products was 20 billion to 30 billion yuan, making China the world's fourth largest organic product consumer country.

The white paper points out that as of the end of 2013, China had a total of 2.722 million hectares of certified organic production area, and organic products covered four major categories: plants, animals, aquatic products and processed products. From the perspective of regional distribution, certified organic product enterprises showed the characteristic of being more numerous in the east and fewer in the west. Heilongjiang, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Guizhou ranked in the top five in the number of organic certificates obtained.