Commercial representation: Food industry companies have an opportunity to export to the Chinese market now

The commercial advisor, Mahitab Fouad, head of the Commercial Representation Office in Beijing, revealed that there is a strong tendency in the state of China to eat healthy and change the country's culture in eating useful and healthy foods. This trend is considered a great opportunity for the Egyptian market and the food sector in particular to expand exports to the Chinese market, noting that China began in Importing large quantities of olive oil, as the value of its imports from this product during the past period reached one million and 76 thousand dollars, and despite that, 90% of the imported quantities are from Spain and Italy only.

 

During the conference of the Export Council for Food Industries via video conference, Egyptian exporters demanded that a plan be prepared to identify the current needs of the Chinese market and large awareness campaigns in the most important regions of the Chinese market to introduce China to Egyptian products at competitive prices and high quality, noting that the Chinese market lacks awareness of Egyptian products and therefore resort Alternative markets at exorbitant prices without knowledge, as Coroya and France acquired the Chinese market at prices higher than their counterparts in the Egyptian market.

 

The commercial advisor, Mahitab Fouad, confirmed that the Commercial Representation Office in Beijing is fully prepared to assist the masses of exporters in providing all information about the Chinese market and its needs, and that it will provide all information on Chinese companies wishing to import to ensure the rights of exporters.

 

She indicated that educational missions must be conducted and Egyptian products presented to them, noting that the difference in the language has a big factor and they lose speaking the English language, noting that Egypt has a great opportunity to create electronic platforms in China and expand online shopping as 60% of the Chinese people meet the needs of Currently, it is through electronic shopping, after the spread of the Covid 19 epidemic, noting that it is a great opportunity to reach the regions in China in easy ways, large facilities and low costs without tax fees and complications of procedures, as it is faster in the arrival of trucks, as it takes only one to 5 days.

 

She added that China currently imports jams worth 93 million dollars, Egypt exports only 8 thousand dollars of it, and tomato paste is imported from Italy.