As the world's largest producer of ginger, China's planting area has reached 4.95 million mu by 2025, with an annual output exceeding 5.8 million tons, accounting for 38.32% of the global total output. Yunnan Yanshan and other major production areas have formed a complete industrial chain from planting to deep processing through the "enterprise+cooperative+farmer" model. For example, the 50000 ton intelligent cold storage built by Ruilinhong Agricultural Company not only solves the problem of traditional storage losses, but also ensures that frozen ginger products meet international food standards through standardized sorting and packing processes. The combination of large-scale production and cold chain technology has created a dual advantage for Chinese frozen ginger in terms of stable raw material supply and cost control.
The global functional food market has an average annual growth rate of 6%, with ginger becoming a core ingredient due to its health properties such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In 2025, the demand for ginger essential oil in the European and American markets will remain high, with purchases from countries such as the Netherlands and Germany increasing by 8.4% year-on-year. Due to the influence of dietary habits, the acceptance of Chinese frozen chopped ginger in the Southeast Asian market continues to increase. Yunnan's export of edible mushrooms to the region increased by 60.8% year-on-year, which indirectly confirms the release of regional trade vitality. It is worth noting that the seasonal demand brought by the peak season of hot pot consumption is effectively smoothed out by the year-round supply achieved through quick freezing technology, which effectively smooths out price fluctuations in the traditional fresh ginger market.
Under the RCEP framework, Yunnan's fresh cut flowers enjoy tariff reductions for exports to Japan, and similar policy effects are gradually extending to ginger products. After the implementation of the new customs policy in 2025, the application efficiency of the certificate of origin of the FTA will increase by 30%, and the clearance time of agricultural and sideline products at Khorgos Port will be 80% shorter than that in 2017. In the field of cold chain logistics, the penetration rate of new energy refrigerated trucks has reached 35.8%, which reduces the cost of traditional fuel vehicles by 5% -10%. With a cold storage capacity of 260 million cubic meters, a full chain low-temperature guarantee system covering production, storage, transportation, and sales has been established. The "Rural Foreign Trade" strategy in Guizhou has driven a 188% increase in the export of agricultural products in Bijie City, proving the precise empowerment of regional characteristic industries by policy support.
The foreign trade advantage of Chinese frozen diced ginger has transformed from a simple scale effect to the ability to export technical standards. Driven by both the Healthy China strategy and global health consumption trends, China is upgrading traditional agricultural products into functional food ingredients with international competitiveness through free trade platforms such as RCEP. This transformation is not only reflected in the growth of export volume, but also in the redefinition of the global industrial chain by Chinese standards and technologies, marking a historic shift in agricultural foreign trade from "quantity based" to "quality based".
Post time: Aug-21-2025
