About 1.036 tons of flowers, worth some HK$13,960, were exported from Zhuhai to Macau during the Chinese New Year, according to state-owned news agency China News Services. Zhuhai Customs officials arrived in Wanzai Haotong Port at 5:30am on Sunday morning to inspect the flowers. After half an hour, a fleet of boats carrying the flowers set sail for Macau. Zhuhai authorities said the inspection of export flowers usually starts at 7:00am every day but due to the surging demand for flowers in this festive season, the schedule was advanced one and a half hours. In order to keep the flowers fresh by the time they arrive in Macau, Zhuhai Customs adopted a ‘centralised declaration’ mechanism in order to facilitate a smooth delivery process. Wanzai in Zhuhai has long enjoyed the reputation of being the ‘Home of Flowers’, boasting a history of over one hundred years of producing them. According to Zhuhai Customs, in 2015 around 234 tons of flowers were exported to Macau through Wanzai Port, an increase of 5.63 per cent year-on-year.
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