There is no clear and comprehensive statistical
information about the volume and value of organic production
in China. There were some 2,500
certified organic producers, with more than 100,000 individual farmers in 2007.
About 2 million – 3 million hectares of farmland is certified as organic, putting China among the world’s
top five organic producers, in acreage terms. Statistical data on Chinese
organic production, however, vary from one source to another.
A recent report from the International Trade Center estimates that there was 2.03 million hectares of certified organic
farmland in 2009. In 2008, the total value of organic production
reached about RMB 16 billion (US$ 2.4 billion), with exported organic products
exceeding US$ 500 million and the domestic organic market reaching US$ 1.1
billion. The remaining US$ 800 million in organic products were sold as
conventional products. China’s domestic market in organic products
began developing in the mid-2000s and has expanded very rapidly, especially in the past few years when
food scandals became prominent.
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