At the Jiuquan Customs Supervision Warehouse, freshly harvested chili pepper from Gaotai County are immediately cleared through customs after cold chain scanning and delivered directly to Seoul shelves within 48 hours. Meanwhile, red dried chili peppers from the "Big Base" in Kaile are graded in an intelligent sorting workshop and will soon be shipped to the Middle East via the China-Europe freight train. In 2025, China's chili pepper are reshaping the global spicy food market landscape with multidimensional advantages. Behind this success lies a competitive edge in foreign trade, built upon standardized production, technological empowerment, policy support, and brand cultivation.
Policy and logistics collaborate to build a fast-track for overseas expansion, breaking through bottlenecks in agricultural product foreign trade. Two years after the full implementation of the RCEP, its benefits have been unleashed: China's dried pepper exports to Japan and South Korea can enjoy tariff reductions of 3%-8%. The innovative "local inspection + port direct passage" model by Tongliao Customs has compressed customs clearance time to under 4 hours. Local policies are precisely targeted: Kailu County reduces cold chain costs for enterprises by 30%, with pepper import and export total value surging 291% year-on-year in 2024. The "green channel" for agricultural by-products at the Khorgos Port shortens transit time from Central Asia to Europe by 80% for dried pepper. Cold chain hubs like Dongfeng Cold Storage handle 20,000 tons annually, forming a logistics network that "covers East Asia, radiates to Central Asia, and connects Europe and America.".
The brand and market layout create a synergistic effect, consolidating global competitive discourse. The geographical indication brand "Kailu Red Dried Chili" has achieved a market value exceeding 2 billion yuan, capturing 30% of the Southeast Asian market. Korean Kangju Company has placed consecutive orders for eleven years, with an additional 1,000 tons of frozen chili procurement projected by 2025. At international agricultural product trade fairs, Middle Eastern buyers signed annual supply agreements at the processed chili pepper products booth, marking China's successful entry into the premium seasoning market. Transitioning from raw product exports to brand exports, and from a single market to a global layout, Chinese red chili is building a dual-wheel drive model of "geographical indication + corporate brand.".
From the Gobi field ridges to global shelves, behind this shade of Chinese red chili pepper the confidence of standardized production, the ingenuity of technological processing, the sharp edge of policy logistics, and the resolve of brand dedication. By 2025, the Chinese red chili pepper will not only be a fine seasoning on dining tables but also a vivid testament to the high-quality development of China's agricultural foreign trade.
Post time: Oct-10-2025
