Ginseng piles up in Canada during COVID-19 pandemic despite Chinese demand

Coronavirus News WINNIPEG: The pandemicࢀ™s crushing effect on international travel has grounded Canadian exports of ginseng, a root widely used in Asia to treat everything from the common cold to impotency, at a time when health is top of consumersࢀ™ minds. Canada is the worldࢀ™s second-largest ginseng exporter after China, with most of its exports shipped to Hong Kong on their way to mainland China, Singapore and Taiwan. Advertisement Advertisement The pandemic has devastated the niche trade, however, in another example of the coronavirusࢀ™ disruption to the global food and agriculture supply chain. Outbreaks have also stopped fruit shipments, shut…