Recently, JIC Leasing issued a finance lease to a state-owned fresh fruit warehousing company in Shaanxi Province in support of the construction of a 30000DWT automatic 3D temperature-controlled refrigerated warehouse.

This temperature-controlled refrigerated warehouse is the most advanced and smart fresh fruit temperature-controlled refrigerated warehouse in Northwest China. Offering such strengths as freshness preservation, smart technology, high efficiency, automation and energy conservation, this warehouse only consumes 1/10 of electricity of traditional refrigerated warehouses and can store fresh fruit for a period up to 18 months.

Temperature-controlled refrigerated warehouses are an essential infrastructure for modern agriculture, which can effectively prolong the market time and reduce the price fluctuation of fresh fruit. Fruit farmers store the fresh fruit in the refrigerated warehouse during the harvest season, which can avoid the low price period due to concentrated marketing of fresh fruit. The fresh fruit can be taken out of the refrigerated warehouse next year for off-season marketing, providing consumers with fresh fruit throughout the year and suppressing market price fluctuation.

Shaanxi Province is a large province for the fruit industry in China, and the fruit industry is an important part of farmers’ income and agricultural development in the province. The apple segment is the core of the fruit industry, and the output of apples in Shaanxi Province alone accounts for one quarter of the national output. Through the provision of financial services, JIC Leasing contributes to promoting the technological content of agricultural services, boosting the development of agricultural industry and improving farmers’ income.