How deep is the water for food exports? A Guangzhou old - timer reveals the secrets

When a pack of Cantonese - style sausage appears on the shelves of a Chinese supermarket in New York or a box of almond cakes is listed on an Australian cross - border e - commerce platform, there may be an "invisible promoter" behind it - Guangzhou food export agency. This trade hub with an annual throughput of over one million tons is sending Lingnan flavors to global dining tables with its unique business wisdom.

As a city with one of the top three food industry output values in China, Guangzhou has the "advantage of the entire industrial chain": from the condiment industrial cluster in Panyu to the cold chain logistics base in Nansha, and then to the special food terminal in Huangpu Port, forming an export ecosystem of "global delivery in 72 hours". Ms. Li's cross - border e - commerce company just values this point: "Our agency of Cantonese dim sum, from the Foshan factory to the Singapore supermarket, has temperature monitoring throughout the process for no more than 48 hours."

• Category advantage: The export volume of 7 types of products such as herbal tea and preserved fruits ranks first in the country
• Policy dividends: The "pre - inspection" system in the free trade zone shortens the customs clearance time by 40%
• Cultural output: Overseas Cantonese restaurants give birth to customized raw material needs

Mr. Zhang has been engaged in Southeast Asian food agency for 12 years and sums up the industry survival rule: "We are not simple middlemen, but providers of compliance solutions." Once, a customer's XO sauce was detained at the customs due to incomplete labeling of ingredient information, and the team coordinated the Chinese - English bilingual inspection report overnight, finally avoiding a loss of 100,000 US dollars.

Professional agencies usually provide:

• Regulatory consultation of the target country (such as the EU EC No 852/2004 standard)
• Entrusted handling of Halal/HACCP and other certifications
• Dynamic calculation service of tax rebate rates

More and more time - honored brands in Guangzhou are starting to bypass middlemen and directly layout overseas. After a certain century - old bakery established a distribution network in Malaysia through an agency, it has now set up a subsidiary there. This "hybrid model of agency + self - operation" is rewriting the industry rules.

Standing on the wind vane of the RCEP agreement, Guangzhou's food exports are ushering in new opportunities. The next time you see food with "Made in Guangzhou" in a foreign supermarket, you might think about this delicious supply chain across mountains and seas. Do you also have the dream of bringing Chinese cuisine to the world? Welcome to share your insights in the comment area.