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Russia’s Altai Republic has sent a first shipment of almost 2,000 tonnes of flour to Hong Kong, the regional branch of the Federal Agricultural Product Safety and Quality Center has said.
Experts from the Center’s Altai branch determined the organoleptic indicators, quality characteristics, and physical and chemical properties of the product. In addition, the customer requested additional tests of the flour for the quantity and quality of gluten, which determines how suitable the flour is for baking.
The Center said that “Hong Kong did not previously import grain products from the Altai Territory. This is the first shipment to this part of China, which opens up a new market for local grain processors. ” Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China and has different import duties and taxes than the Chinese mainland. Hong Kong has a trade agreement with Russia.
The shipment was sent on February 20 by rail from Altai’s Topchikhinsky district to Vladivostok port, where it will be shipped to Hong Kong.
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