Overseas market grows for domestic vegetables
China DailyVillagers harvests watermelons at a greenhouse in Pingdu, East China's Shandong province. He said his fresh vegetable sales to overseas markets-mainly Japan, South Korea and Malaysia-doubled to 20,000 metric tons last year due to high demand for kimchi, a dietary staple in South Korea. South Korea endured an abnormally long rainy season and three typhoons last year that damaged large amounts of Chinese cabbage, the major ingredient for kimchi, creating high demand for the vegetable, according to media reports. "The Chinese cabbages I grew on my own land couldn't meet demand last year, so I had to buy some from other growers," Li said. "The seed features high yield and the Chinese cabbage tastes good and is good for being preserved," he said, adding that it's much cheaper than foreign seeds.
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