Revealing the Mysterious "Gourmet Transporter" in Fujian

When you pick up a bottle of olive oil from Spain in the supermarket or buy popular Japanese snacks online, have you ever wondered how these exotic delicacies cross mountains and seas to reach your table? Fujian, as a major town for China's food import and export trade, had a food import and export volume exceeding 100 billion yuan in 2022. Behind this are a group of professional agency companies quietly building this "Silk Road of Delicacies". Today, let's unveil the veil of this industry that connects global taste buds.

Looking at the map, you will find that Fujian has natural deep - water ports such as Xiamen Port and Fuzhou Port, and faces Southeast Asia across the sea. Mr. Zhang, who has been running an agency company for more than ten years, shared: "Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia love Fujian aged wine, and the Japanese and Korean markets are crazy about dried seafood from eastern Fujian. This two - way demand has given birth to a complete industrial chain."

• Geographical advantage: Adjacent to the main shipping lane of the Taiwan Strait, the cold - chain logistics cost is 30% lower than that of the inland
• Overseas Chinese hometown resources: More than 15.8 million overseas Chinese serve as natural market tentacles
• Policy support: Free trade pilot zones provide customs clearance facilitation measures

The case of Ms. Li's Zhongshitong Company shows that a mature food agency is by no means a simple "purchase on behalf of others", but provides a full - chain service:

• Compliance escort: Handle label regulations of more than 30 countries such as EU No 1169/2011
• Cold - chain optimization: The temperature control error during the transportation of - 18℃ deep - sea fish is ≤1.5℃
• Cultural adaptation: Help Malaysian customers adjust the spiciness of satay sauce to suit the Nordic market

With the entry into force of RCEP, the import volume of Southeast Asian fruits has surged by 200%, but challenges have also followed:

• The air - freight cost of Thai durians has increased by 65% compared with that before the epidemic
• New EU regulations require the provision of carbon - emission data for each batch of coffee beans
• Post - 00s consumers pay more attention to new concepts such as "carbon - neutral food"

When you pick up that pack of Philippine dried mangoes in a convenience store, it may have gone through:

1. The laboratory pesticide residue detection agented by Zhongshitong
2. The AI - based intelligent customs declaration system
3. The constant - temperature container equipped with Beidou navigation

This value chain is becoming shorter, more transparent, and more intelligent. The next time you taste imported food, you might as well think about these "delicacy ferrymen" behind it. Perhaps you will find that the most vivid annotation of globalization is hidden in every bite of food that crosses national boundaries.

Is there any "trans - oceanic" delicacy in your shopping cart? Welcome to share your interesting stories about imported food, or leave a message to tell us the overseas food you are most looking forward to importing!