Qingdao's' Sugar Clever 'Goes to Kyrgyzstan

As holidays such as New Year's Day approach, the chocolate production line of Qingdao Shanming Food Co., Ltd. is operating at full capacity, and the entire production workshop is filled with a sweet aroma. Under customs supervision, this batch of festival food worth 320000 yuan will be quickly transported to Kyrgyzstan via the China Europe freight train, bringing "sweet gifts" from China to overseas families.

As a food export enterprise specializing in peanut chocolate, Qingdao Shanming Food Co., Ltd. fully utilizes the raw material advantages of Shandong Dahua to combine peanuts with silky chocolate, breaking the limitations of a single taste and creating multiple popular chocolate products. In recent years, with the help of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", the enterprise has successfully developed Kyrgyzstan and other emerging markets in Central Asia.

The China Europe freight train is our company's first choice for exploring the Central Asian market, "said Yi Xiuzhuo, the company's general manager. Taking the order from Kyrgyzstan as an example, the entire journey only takes about two weeks through the China Europe freight train, while sea freight takes nearly two months. Train transportation is not only fast in time, but also less affected by natural factors, significantly improving transportation stability, and is crucial for chocolate products with limited shelf life.

Qingdao Customs actively supports enterprises in using the China Europe freight train to explore international markets. Through the customs enterprise liaison mechanism, "7 × 24 hours" appointment clearance services are provided, as well as a "green channel" for inspection and release upon arrival, to ensure efficient customs clearance of goods on the train.

"The China Europe Express is fast and cost-effective. Our chocolate exports to Kyrgyzstan and other markets are becoming more and more convenient. This year, the order sales to Kyrgyzstan increased by 110.23% year on year." Yi Xiuzhuo said, "This is another successful practice of our company in exploring the the Belt and Road market."

As a deep processed food enterprise, the company has numerous raw materials and complex processes for its products, and has extremely high requirements for the quality of exported products. To help enterprises explore international markets, customs officers go deep into the production line, combine product export characteristics, promote enterprises to improve their quality management system, provide policy lectures and technical guidance for different national access standards, and ensure that products meet the quality requirements of the importing country.

"From the import of raw materials to the export of finished products, the customs has provided guidance and support throughout the process, especially in dealing with foreign technical trade measures, which has provided us with a lot of targeted help. The company plans to further develop new products that meet the taste of the Central Asian market, and expand more 'the Belt and Road' markets," said Yi. 

According to statistics, in the first 11 months of this year, the export value of sweets such as candy and chocolate in Shandong Province exceeded 500 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.1%. (Cong Mengjia, Wang Xiaoyan, Wang Ding/text)