With the innovation of global cold chain logistics technology and the popularization of healthy eating concepts, the competitiveness of Chinese frozen garlic in the international market continues to increase. By 2025, China's frozen garlic has become the core hub of the global frozen garlic supply chain with comprehensive advantages such as large-scale production, standardized processing, cost control, and policy support.
As the world's largest producer of garlic, China is expected to produce a total of 14.49 million tons by 2025, accounting for over 70% of global production. Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and other major production areas have formed a complete industrial chain from planting, harvesting, processing to cold chain logistics through the "enterprise+cooperative+farmer" model. Taking Shandong as an example, the export volume of fresh or refrigerated garlic will reach 130100 tons in April 2025, with a significant increase in the proportion of frozen garlic. Large scale production not only reduces unit costs, but also ensures stable supply of goods. From January to April 2025, China's cumulative export of garlic was 760500 tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.39%. As a high value-added product, frozen garlic rice accounted for an increasing proportion of the total export volume year by year, becoming the core category driving export growth.
The comprehensive cost advantage of frozen garlic cloves rice in China is significant. From the perspective of planting, the cost of garlic cultivation in Jinxiang, Shandong is about 5500 yuan/mu, of which labor accounts for 32.7%, which is 3-5 times lower than that of European and American countries. The processing stage adopts automated peeling equipment and energy-saving quick freezing machines, which reduces the processing cost by 15% per ton compared to traditional processes. In terms of cold chain logistics, the cost of storing garlic in cold storage is about 200 yuan/ton. With the implementation of the "green channel" policy, transportation efficiency has been improved by 30%. In April 2025, the FOB price range for frozen garlic cloves is $699-1119 per ton, which is 10% -15% lower than similar products in India and Argentina, and has an absolute advantage in price sensitive markets.
China's frozen garlic cloves processing technology continues to break through. For example, by using a combination of -1 ℃ to -2 ℃ pre cooling treatment and soaking in a composite sterilizing solution, the activity of allicin is retained while the product color is snow-white, solving the problems of nutrient loss and browning in traditional processes. The company has also developed instant seasoning frozen garlic cloves rice to meet the customized needs of catering chain enterprises. By 2025, the production capacity of frozen garlic cloves sprouts industry is expected to reach 156000 tons, of which garlic products account for over 65%. Technological innovation promotes the increase of product added value, and the average export price of frozen garlic cloves sprouts will reach 3000 US dollars/ton, which is 2.68 times that of fresh garlic.
The global trend of healthy eating is driving a surge in demand for frozen chopped garlic. The annual demand for frozen chopped garlic in traditional markets such as Japan and Singapore remains stable at over 50000 tons, while the growth rate in emerging markets in Southeast Asia is significant. Indonesia imported 46700 tons of frozen chopped garlic in April 2025, a year-on-year increase of 7.31%. The industrial transformation of the catering industry has also brought new opportunities. As a standardized ingredient, frozen chopped garlic has been applied to 40% of chain restaurants. It is predicted that the global frozen chopped garlic market size will exceed 2 billion US dollars by 2025, China
In 2025, China's frozen chopped garlic is demonstrating strong competitiveness in the international market supported by large-scale production, standardized processing, cost advantages, and technological innovation. In the face of changes in the international trade environment, China's frozen chopped garlic industry will continue to consolidate its core position in the global supply chain through policy coordination, technological upgrades, and market expansion, setting a new benchmark for China's agricultural product exports. In the future, with the further improvement of cold chain technology and the continuous upgrading of consumer demand, Chinese frozen chopped garlic is expected to play a greater role in global food trade.
Post time: May-23-2025