In the vast global agricultural trade, Chinese dehydrated shiitake mushrooms occupy an important place with their unique flavor and excellent quality. Entering 2025, the foreign trade field of dehydrated shiitake mushrooms in China presents a series of new developments, facing both rare opportunities and new challenges. Thoroughly analyzing these changes is of great significance for promoting the steady progress of dehydrated shiitake mushrooms foreign trade.
In recent years, China's dehydrated shiitake mushrooms industry has achieved fruitful results in technological innovation. In the field of dehydration technology, it has changed from traditional natural drying and drying to vacuum freeze drying, spray drying, microwave drying and other advanced technologies. Vacuum freeze-drying technology has become one of the mainstream technologies in the industry due to its ability to preserve the original flavor and nutritional components of shiitake mushrooms. It is widely used in export products and its proportion continues to increase. In terms of intelligent production, some enterprises have introduced modern information technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data analysis to achieve intelligent control of production lines, greatly improving production efficiency and product quality, and reducing production costs. For example, Shandong Qihe Biotechnology has invested in the construction of the world's first smart factory for shiitake mushroom sticks, independently developed a fully automatic stick production line, and cooperated with a 5G IoT system to control temperature and humidity in real time. The daily production of mushroom sticks has significantly increased, and the number of single manual managed greenhouses has significantly increased, achieving uninterrupted production throughout the year. The product quality is standardized and high-end, and the export volume of mushroom sticks accounts for more than 60% of the country's total.
The rise of healthy eating concepts in the international market has brought significant opportunities for the foreign trade of dried shiitake mushrooms. With the increasing attention of consumers to healthy food, dried shiitake mushrooms, which are high in protein, low in fat, and rich in various nutrients, are increasingly favored, and the market demand continues to expand. At the same time, with the rapid development of the global food industry, there is an increasing demand for the convenience and nutritional value of dehydrated foods. With high-quality products and reasonable prices, the competitiveness of Chinese dried shiitake mushrooms continues to improve, and their export share is expected to further expand. Moreover, with the rise of new marketing methods such as cross-border e-commerce, the sales channels for dried shiitake mushrooms have been expanded, and the proportion of small package products exported directly to overseas consumers has gradually increased.
Despite the promising prospects, China's dried shiitake mushrooms foreign trade also faces some challenges. On the one hand, the rise of trade protectionism has led to an increase in trade barriers. Some countries have set strict technical standards and inspection and quarantine requirements, such as the relevant standards newly implemented by the European Union, which have led to a short-term decline in the export value of traditional hot air drying products, a significant increase in testing costs for enterprises, and increased export difficulties. On the other hand, fluctuations in raw material prices bring cost pressure to enterprises. The annual fluctuation of fresh mushroom procurement prices, coupled with factors such as rising labor costs and unstable energy prices, has compressed the profit margins of enterprises. In addition, there are serious issues of product homogenization and insufficient brand building within the industry, which to some extent affect the further development of Chinese dried shiitake mushrooms in the international market.
Faced with these challenges, the Chinese dried shiitake mushrooms slices industry can address them from multiple aspects. Enterprises should increase research and development investment, enhance technological innovation capabilities, accelerate technological upgrades and product innovation, such as promoting the application of energy-saving and low emission drying technologies, developing new functional dehydration products to meet different consumer needs, and improving product added value and market competitiveness. At the same time, we will strengthen brand building, explore product features and cultural connotations, enhance brand awareness and reputation, and create a brand with international influence. In dealing with trade barriers, industry associations should play an active role, strengthen communication and coordination with relevant foreign institutions, and help enterprises understand and adapt to foreign standards and regulations. Enterprises themselves should also strengthen quality control, establish and improve quality traceability systems, and ensure that products meet international standards. In addition, by establishing stable supply chain cooperation relationships and utilizing technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to optimize supply chain management, we can effectively cope with cost pressures such as fluctuations in raw material prices.
Looking ahead to the future, the development prospects of China's dried shiitake mushrooms slices foreign trade are still broad. With the global economic recovery and the continuous growth of consumer demand for healthy food, as long as the industry can fully seize opportunities, actively respond to challenges, and continuously enhance industrial competitiveness, Chinese dried shiitake mushrooms slices will surely shine more brilliantly in the international market, injecting strong impetus into the development of China's agricultural product foreign trade.
Post time: Jun-26-2025