China, a 1.35 billion population market, now is looking for safe and healthy food & drink imported from overseas. Now the new tastes and conception of imported food start to catch people’s interests in China. This huge consumption ability and multiple food & drink culture also ask for high quantity and quality. So far, the annual import value of the foodstuff in China has reached to the point of 13.39 billion USD in 2006, keeping on an increase by 7.6% each year on average.


(Sketch Map 1): 2001 to 2006, the China Foodstuff imported turnover

    ►2001, 5.15 billions USD

    ►2002, 6.47 billions USD

    ►2003, 10.32 billions USD

    ►2004, 10.15 billions USD

    ►2005, 10.71 billions USD

    ►2006, 13.39 billions USD   

                                                                                    Source: MOFCOM 2000-2006