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Small town, big business! 80% of South Korea’s imported kimchi were “taken” by a town in Shandong
South Korea’s love for kimchi can be said to be almost crazy. Due to the geographical location of South Korea, the winter is cold and long, which is not conducive to the growth of fruits and vegetables, so Koreans choose to pickle vegetables to prepare for the winter.
Data show that the consumption of kimchi in South Korea is about 800,000-900,000 tons per year, and the demand is huge. However, due to the small domestic arable land area, South Korea needs to import a large amount of kimchi all year round to meet the domestic demand. need.
About 35% of Korean kimchi consumption comes from imports, and 99% of these imported kimchi come from China.
For example, last year, China exported 281,000 tons of kimchi to South Korea, accounting for 99% of the Korean kimchi import market for four consecutive years.
80% of the kimchi comes from Shandong, or to be more precise, from Renzhao Town in Shandong.
A town in China is responsible for 80% of South Korea’s imported kimchi. Can you believe it?
Renzhao Town is a small town in Pingdu City, Qingdao, Shandong Province. It is also one of the first 10 foreign trade brand towns in Qingdao.
The vegetable planting area in Renzhao Town reaches 115,000 acres, with an annual output of 550,000 tons. It mainly grows garlic, ginger, onions, peppers and other vegetables. Its vegetables and processed products are mainly exported to More than a dozen countries and regions including Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
As early as 2005, the first batch of kimchi factories was opened in Renzhao Town, mainly targeting the Japanese and Korean markets.
But at first, the kimchi in Renzhao Town was not accepted by Koreans, because Koreans are very picky about kimchi and always believe that locally produced things must be better than those from other places, so they prefer local kimchi. Pickle.
So Renzhao Town carried out a series of all-round reforms in response to the needs of Koreans. First, starting from the planting of the source, after careful research and analysis, the selected varieties were all Koreans’ favorites. Cabbage varieties.
In addition, in order to reduce nitrite, every effort has been made. The workers put on sterile work clothes, washed the vegetables many times, and then performed low-temperature operations such as pickling, storage, and transportation. Inhibit the growth of bacteria.
It is said that the total bacterial colony control of kimchi in Renzhao Town has exceeded the national milk powder standard.
But that’s not enough, taste is the most important.
The various ingredients used by the manufacturers in Renzhao Town are carefully selected, which determines the taste of kimchi, and they have also developed different sauce formulas based on the eating habits of different regions in Korea. , In the end, Koreans themselves could not tell which kimchi they eat in restaurants is native to Korea and which comes from Renzhao Town.
As a result, the sales market was opened up, and orders continued to pour in.
At this time, the manufacturer faced a problem: there was not enough cabbage.
But as my country’s major vegetable province, how could Shandong be short of vegetables?
As a result, the kimchi planting and processing model in Renzhao Town was quickly extended to the entire Shandong Province, and the producers and processors in Shandong Province began to develop together.
Vegetable farmers no longer blindly produce, but determine production according to sales, and control output and varieties according to orders, which not only avoids possible losses caused by blind planting, but also ensures the supply of vegetables to the pickle factory and the quality of vegetables. quality.
In this way, Renzhao Town’s kimchi became popular, and orders developed from Japan and South Korea to more than a dozen countries and regions including Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
But at this time, another problem arises, that is, although there are many cabbages in Shandong, the planting is relatively concentrated, and the mature season is very close. Once the season is over, there will still be no vegetables available.
So, manufacturers thought of another way and began to search for Chinese cabbage across the country.
Later, we found Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province and Huade County in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, and began to deliver Chinese cabbage to the pickle factory in Renzhao Town.
Now the development of the kimchi industry in Renzhao Town has formed a system. After the Chinese cabbage is made into kimchi, it only takes 4 days at the fastest from transportation to being served on the Korean table.
Due to high inflation this year and the impact of extreme weather such as high temperatures, heavy rains, and typhoons, South Korea’s vegetable production has been significantly reduced and prices have skyrocketed. Among them, Chinese cabbage has risen to nearly 9,000 won (about (total RMB 45), it was once called "golden vegetable".
As a result, Chinese kimchi has become South Korea’s “life-saving straw”.
Data show that from January to August this year, South Korea imported Chinese kimchi to a total of US$198.6 million, a year-on-year increase of 27.6%; of which the import volume in August alone reached US$13.376 million, a year-on-year increase of It rose 41.1%.
It is expected that the export of Chinese kimchi will also increase sharply this year like China’s electric blankets!
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