CHONGQING, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The world's biggest free-trade pact has facilitated the export of a famous variety of Chinese pickles over the past several months.
The pact, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, took effect on Jan. 1 this year.
It covers 10 member states of the ASEAN and its five free trade agreement partners.
In the first quarter of 2022, Chongqing's Fuling District exported about 2.8 million USD worth of the region's unique pickled mustard tubers to other RCEP member states.
The majority of the products were shipped to Japan and the Republic of Korea.
The history of pickle-making in Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
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