Next to the cold chain container at Lianyungang Port, workers are packing salted button mushrooms with the "low salt certification" label. This batch of goods from Gutian, Fujian will arrive in Tokyo, Japan within 48 hours. In 2025, China's salted mushroom foreign trade is writing a new chapter on the global stage with a market size of 35 billion yuan as the cornerstone.
China has firmly taken the lead in the global salted edible mushroom market, accounting for over 40% of the market share, with pickled button mushrooms becoming the main export force with over 60% of the market share. Japan and South Korea are still core markets, with 89.2% of Japan's imported pickled button mushrooms coming from China each year. Sales of salted mushroom gift boxes during the Mid Autumn Festival in South Korea have increased by 11.2% annually. What deserves more attention is the rise of the "the Belt and Road" market. The export of Gutian Shunda Food to Russia increased by 32% year on year, which confirms the potential of emerging markets.
Policy and technology are driving the acceleration of going global. Yunnan provides up to 80% of logistics subsidies to export enterprises, Jiaxing Customs' "three in one" service allows mushroom clearance within 24 hours, and Qingdao's "air air intermodal" mode compresses transportation time by 24 hours. Technological upgrading is equally crucial. The new salting process has achieved a retention rate of 89.7% for the aroma of matsutake mushrooms, and the blockchain traceability system has enabled each batch of goods to have a "digital ID card". With this, Shunda Food has opened the door to the EU market.
The power of industrial clusters should not be underestimated. Jiangsu, with its cold chain advantage, has won the first place in China's export volume, exceeding 1.2 billion US dollars in 2023; Yunnan matsutake salted products account for over 45% of the country's total, while the export growth rate of high-end wild mushrooms from Sichuan has reached 12%. These production areas have achieved full chain control from planting to export through the "enterprise+base" model, and the proportion of premium products in the high-end market has reached 15%.
The challenge is still ahead: the fluctuation of raw material prices and the upgrading of international standards are testing the resilience of enterprises. But with the upcoming revision of the "Management Measures for Edible Mushroom Strains" and the increase in the proportion of low salt and organic products to 30%, China's button mushroom in brine are shifting from "scale export" to "quality overseas".
From the planting base in Mudanjiang to the global dining table, the foreign trade road of button mushroom in brine in 2025 is not only a microcosm of China's agricultural upgrading, but also a witness to the global food exchange.
Post time: Sep-29-2025
