3 September 2026 | Guangzhou, China The booth gets attention. Visitors stop, sample your product, and hand over business cards. The CIIE floor is buzzing, and it feels like market entry is just a matter of follow-up emails. Then three months pass, and you are still talking to the same importers — who have not…
2 September 2026 | Shanghai, China Trade shows are where the food business happens. You can send emails and run LinkedIn campaigns, but nothing replaces standing in front of a buyer who can actually sign a deal. Here are three shows where real, qualified buyers for imported food consistently show up. THAIFEX Bangkok: Where ASEAN-Wide…
8 August 2026 | Shanghai, China Booking meetings during an Asian trade expo is routine — every exporter does it. The real differentiators are couriering samples to key prospects before the show, and staying two or three days afterwards to visit those prospects in their own offices. Your Expo Trip Starts Before the Flight: How…
5 August 2026 | Shanghai, China Analogue cheese — where milk fat or protein is partly replaced with vegetable oil or plant protein — is expanding across Asian foodservice because melt performance and cost per kilo decide the sale. It cannot legally be called cheese in the EU, and falls under a lower designation tier…
29th July, 2026 Shanghai Report period: January–June 2026Source: China Customs data compiled in the referenced report China imported US$1.875 billion in alcoholic beverages during the first half of 2026, up 8.4% year on year. Brandy, sparkling wine and non-alcoholic beer recorded particularly strong value growth. China’s imported alcoholic beverage market grew during the first half…
28 July 2026 | Shanghai, China China’s coffee imports fell 7.2% by volume in the first half of 2026 to 123,800 tonnes, with June alone down 36% year‑on‑year. Ethiopia remained the largest supplier, accounting for around a third of green bean imports. China’s Coffee Imports Slow: What the H1 2026 Data Shows China’s coffee import…
24 July 2026 | Shanghai, China The future of imported wine in Asia is being driven less by red wine and more by white, sparkling, and de-alcoholised styles — lighter, more versatile categories where much of the current growth is concentrated. What’s the Future of Imported Wine in Asia? The imported wine story in Asia…
Updated July 2026 · 21 July 2026 | Shanghai, China At China’s CIIE, exhibiting brings visibility but high cost and uncertain return. For new-to-market exporters, visiting first with pre-arranged buyer meetings often delivers better ROI than rushing into a booth. What We Saw Every November, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) draws thousands of overseas…
20 July 2026 | Shanghai, China EU imported cheese in China is being squeezed by anti-subsidy tariffs, fast-scaling domestic producers, and limited consumer demand — pushing it from the mass market into a narrow premium niche. Note: This covers fresh, soft, semi-hard, hard, and blue cheese — processed cheese is excluded. What We Saw on…
17 July 2026 | Shanghai, China In China’s imported wine market, the rise of one-person companies (OPCs) is driven less by AI or digital innovation and more by commercial pressure — thinner margins, slower inventory, and the need to stay lean and move fast. More One-Person Wine Businesses Are Showing Up Spend time in Southern…
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