Export of Yunnan edible fungi reaches 120 million yuan

From January to April this year, Yunnan province exported 2,391 tons of boletus, morel and matsutake, with a gross export value of 120 million yuan, says Kunming Customs.

Kunming Customs officers check edible fungi to be exported. (Photo by Su Ming)

The edible wild mushrooms were mostly exported to Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan and other countries.

60 kilograms of boletus produced in south Yunnan's Xishuangbanna prefecture has just finished custom clearance airlifted to Japan with a value of 960 USD.

Reporting by Liu Ziyu (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue