China is importing more and more agricultural products from countries along the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, including Georgian wine and Kazakhstani flour and rapeseed oil.
“After the China-Georgia Free Trade Agreement came into effect in 2018, Georgian wines entering China have more competitive prices than those from Western countries,” said Zhou Yuan, chief executive officer of the Georgian wine brand La Nina Dwarf.”We sold more than one million bottles in China last year,” Zhou noted.
The BRI greatly helps trading countries, Zhou said. “The initiative interconnects the logistics systems in these countries, attracts overseas investment, and improves infrastructure and employment in these countries,” he added.