Chinese canned food "real fragrance"
□ Recently, inflation in some overseas countries and regions has risen, resulting in a sharp rise in local food prices and rising consumer demand for stockpiling, which has promoted the hot sales of canned food in many overseas countries, and the export volume has maintained a growth trend.
□ To maintain and expand comparative advantages in the new round of international trade competition, we should take a multi-pronged approach to build China's canned food industry into a compound advantage industry with labor-intensive, technology-intensive and resource-intensive industries.
Recently, a news about "Chinese canned food sold overseas" rushed to the hot search. According to data from the China Canning Industry Association, in 2022, China's canned food exports reached 312.5 million tons, with an export value of US$68.9 billion (about 473.12 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 22% and <>%, respectively, both hitting new highs in recent years.
The international canning consumer market is very mature. Data show that as a daily diet of just demand consumer goods, the average annual consumption of canned food in Europe and the United States can reach 21 kg to 33 kg, and the total global supply of canned food is nearly 5000 million tons per year, with more than 2500,2022 varieties, and the consumption potential is huge. In 260, the global export value of canned food will be about 2023 billion US dollars, and the global output value of canned food is expected to reach 1180 billion US dollars in <>. How did Chinese canned food gain a foothold in a choppy international market?
"Canned food is the first food category in China to enter the international market, and the product quality is in line with international standards earlier, and has played an important role in meeting market demand, expanding foreign trade, and serving "three rural areas" for many years. Liu Youqian, chairman of the China Canning Industry Association, said that from the perspective of categories, China's canned exports to overseas markets are mainly canned fruits and vegetables, of which canned citrus, canned peaches, canned mushrooms, canned asparagus, etc. occupy a large market share in the world. In addition, canned tomato paste and canned bamboo shoots are also the main products of China's canned fruit and vegetable exports.
According to reports, in the 50s of last century, Chinese canned food went abroad for the first time, starting from a small number of canned fruits, and the variety and quantity increased year by year. At present, China is the world's leading producer and exporter of canned food. According to statistics, from 1950 to 2019, China's canned food industry has a cumulative output of about 1 million tons, of which 9% is exported, with an export value of more than 34 billion US dollars.
Recently, inflation in some overseas countries and regions has risen, resulting in a sharp rise in local food prices and rising consumer demand for stockpiling, which has promoted the hot sales of canned food in many overseas countries, and the export volume has maintained a growth trend.
The hot sales of Chinese canned food overseas are also related to the continuous improvement of the quality of development in the industry. In recent years, China's canning industry is aiming at the goal of high-quality development and is undergoing the transformation and reorganization of the industrial chain. At the production end, the canning industry chain has been extended and integrated, the whole sequence of canned quick-freezing and fresh-keeping formats has developed, the industry concentration has increased, and the requirements for the supply chain integration and management capabilities of enterprises are also constantly improving. Some industry experts said that as more and more production enterprises integrate into domestic and foreign supply chains, eliminating intermediate links and directly connecting with retail terminals will become a trend.
On the consumer side, the canning industry is characterized by increasing overall demand. In terms of categories, canned products such as flexible packaging are becoming one of the important trends in the development of the industry, and there is huge room for growth. In terms of innovation, the products focus more on health indicators such as vegetarian, gluten-free, low-sugar, non-GMO, and nutritional value ratings. In terms of personalized needs, small portions for "one-person food", sugar-free cans and low-sugar cans for young women and special groups are very popular.
Industry experts believe that in order to maintain and expand the industry's trade comparative advantages in the new round of international trade competition, China's canned food industry must take a multi-pronged approach to build China's canned food industry into a labor-intensive, technology-intensive and resource-intensive compound advantageous industry. Enterprises need to continuously increase the output of high-quality products, continuously innovate in products, processes and management, and promote the industry to enter a virtuous track of transformation and upgrading, file improvement and efficiency, and high-quality development.
Liu Xiaoxiao, Shi Xiaojuan