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Food oasis Guangzhou has added another jewel to its crown — as an exporter of exquisite Chinese precooked delicacies to the world. Its one-stop export service platform is set to grow, serving as a tribute to the city's traditional culinary culture. Atlas Shao reports from Guangzhou.
Tangerine-flavored sliced chicken — a prized dish from Hunan province — and traditional Cantonese dim sum buns are among a slew of ready-made exquisite cuisines that can now be shipped in bulk from Guangzhou's Nansha district to destinations around the world.
The delicacies, destined to reach tables around the world within 28 days after they're prepared, are the new darlings of the gourmet market — made possible by the advent of innovation in transregional shipping.
The precooked dishes, produced by various food makers nationwide, are initially sent to the transit point - the Nansha Pre-cooked Food LCL Export Bonded Area Bonded Warehouse. The facility provides Less-than-Container Load (LCL) shipping, ensuring that orders, big or small, can be consolidated in one container, allowing clients to share the freight costs.
On arrival at the warehouse, the dishes are put in cold storage and placed in containers for clearance by Nansha Customs' one-stop export model.
The inaugural LCL freight from the warehouse was sent to the United States on Sept 14.
Initially, five export shipping routes — to New York on the US East Coast, Los Angeles on the West Coast, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong — have been added, according to Li Huang, principal person-in-charge of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Precooked Food (Nansha) Export Base.
In April, another 10 ports went on the destination list, including the Port of Singapore, Jakarta Port in Indonesia, the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the Port of Hamburg in Germany.
