Shandong province is a large agricultural province, is also a large province of agricultural exports, exports accounted for more than 1/4 of the country, the national agricultural export growth has a strong pulling effect. 2008, the province to take effective measures, and actively deal with the international financial crisis, foreign trade barriers and other adverse impacts, the export of agricultural products to maintain a sustained and steady growth for nine consecutive years in the country ranked first. The annual export of agricultural products amounted to 9.979 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 7.8% year-on-year, accounting for 24.6% of the country's exports of agricultural products, exports of countries and regions reached 185. The main features are as follows:

One, the export of overall stable growth, growth rate fluctuations increased. 2008 our province's agricultural exports in general to maintain a steady growth, but the month-on-month growth rate of exports has been in a state of great fluctuations. At the beginning of the year, due to Japan's "poisoned dumplings incident" incident of the negative impact of the incident and its related reasons, directly leading to the province's exports of agricultural products in February and March for two consecutive months of negative growth, respectively, a decline of 8.1 % and 6.1 %. As the impact of the incident and the easing of the export environment, exports gradually rebound, 7, 8, 9 three months of agricultural exports reached 970 million U.S. dollars, 870 million U.S. dollars, 850 million U.S. dollars, respectively, an increase of 23.8%, 16.3%, 22.6%. After that, by the international financial crisis and domestic "melamine" incident and other factors, the province's agricultural export growth rate fell again, October growth of only 1.37%, November and December negative growth, down 7.4%, 15.5%.

Two, the number of exports decreased, the export price growth. The total amount of agricultural exports rose, mainly due to price increases, offsetting the reduction in the number of export products brought about by the reduction in the value of goods. 2008 the province's main agricultural export prices are better, in addition to a small number of export prices of agricultural products, such as garlic, other export prices of agricultural products have risen to varying degrees. The average export price of peanuts and products increased by 36.4%, the average export price of meat food increased by 25.2%, and the average export price of apple juice increased by 38.7%. Aquatic and marine products, vegetables, fruits and products, peanuts and products, meat food five advantageous agricultural exports decreased by 6.2%, 5%, 5.4%, 18.7% and 32%. Aquatic and marine products exported 3.44 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year; vegetables exported 1.56 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 12.2%; fruits and products exported 1.66 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%; peanuts and products exported 690 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.9%; meat exports of 570 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 14.9%. The above five advantageous products accounted for 79.4% of the province's agricultural exports.

Three, the rapid growth of exports to emerging market countries. Strong growth in exports to the European market, the United States, South Korea, the market tends to weaken, the traditional market of Japan's exports fell. Exports to Europe 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 18.3% year-on-year, accounting for 25.1% of the province's exports of agricultural products; exports to the United States 1.01 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 2.1% year-on-year, accounting for 10.1% of the province's agricultural exports; exports to South Korea 1.01 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year, accounting for 10.1% of the province's exports of agricultural products; exports to Japan 2.72 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 4.7%, accounting for 27.2% of the province's agricultural exports; exports to ASEAN 920 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 5.6%, accounting for 9.2% of the province's agricultural exports. The above five markets accounted for 81.7% of the province's agricultural exports. The rapid development of exports to emerging markets. Exports to the Middle East 730 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 31.2%, exports to Russia 420 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 24.2%, 320 million U.S. dollars of exports to Latin America, an increase of 43.8%, exports to Africa 210 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 37.8%.

Four, the key city of agricultural export growth slowed down, or even negative growth, part of the central and western city of high-speed growth in exports. The province's 13 cities exported more than 100 million U.S. dollars of agricultural products, 7 cities export growth is higher than the provincial average. Among the larger exports are: Qingdao exports 3.34 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 8.6%; Yantai exports 2.3 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 7.1%; Weihai exports 880 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 2%; Weifang exports 740 million U.S. dollars, a decline of 4%; Rizhao exports 700 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 16.5%; Linyi exports 530 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 18.1%. Jining exports 350 million U.S. dollars, down 14.2%; Zibo, Dezhou, Binzhou, Liaocheng increase of more than 39%.

Fifth, the export of agricultural products to increase the number of large enterprises, pulling the province's export growth. 2008, the province's export performance of agricultural products processing enterprises and trading companies reached 3,767, a year-on-year decrease of 115. Among them, more than 1 million U.S. dollars exports 1,515 companies, an increase of 68; exports of more than 10 million U.S. dollars 233 companies, an increase of 13; over 50 million U.S. dollars more than 15 companies, an increase of 4; more than 100 million yuan of enterprises, 2 companies.

Sixth, private enterprise exports continue to increase, foreign-funded enterprises export stable growth. The province's private enterprises exported 3.08 billion U.S. dollars of agricultural products, an increase of 17.1% year-on-year, higher than the provincial average increase of 9 percentage points, accounting for 30.9% of the province's exports of agricultural products; foreign-invested enterprises exported 5.78 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 7.6% year-on-year, accounting for 58% of the province's agricultural products out of the state-owned enterprises exported 620 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 19.5%, accounting for the province's exports of agricultural products of 6.2%. General trade in agricultural exports of 6.51 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 10.5%, accounting for 65.1% of the total exports of agricultural products; processing trade exports of 3.33 billion U.S. dollars, the same as in 2007, accounting for 33.3% of the total exports of agricultural products.