From 'Dark Cuisine' to Bestselling New Product - Kaiping Egg Products Expand Export with 'Hard Core'

When boxes of Songhua Century egg from Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, were snapped up on the shelves of Costco (market opener) in the United States, this food, which was once dubbed "dark cuisine" by the western media, was quietly opening the door of mainstream consumer markets such as the United States with its unique charm.

However, this little Century egg's trans ocean journey is by no means easy. Behind it is a microcosm of the two-year effort by customs and export companies to benchmark the strictest standards for global egg products.

"Under the guidance and help of the customs, we strictly control the source of egg products, closely follow the requirements of international market standards updating, testing and upgrading, and constantly improve the level of internal quality control. Our intangible cultural heritage grass ash Salted duck egg have been successfully sold on the Costco shelves in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. ”Yao Huiliang, General Manager of Kaiping Xuri Egg Products Co., Ltd., said.

Egg products are characteristic high-quality agricultural products in the jurisdiction, with a large export volume and a short shelf life. Since the beginning of this year, the customs has implemented batch inspection reform for exported agricultural and food products, implementing a new model of one-time inspection and batch release for pilot enterprises and pilot products. The clearance time for enterprises has been reduced by about 20%, which has bought more time for enterprises to be listed and sold in overseas markets, "said Zhi Xianbo, Deputy Director of the Inspection Department of Kaiping Customs under Jiangmen Customs.

According to statistics, in 2025, Jiangmen Customs District will export 6867.5 tons of egg products, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%.