开启罐头的春天——访中国罐头工业协会理事长 梁仲康

The spring of canned food industry

罐头是我国加工食品的主要出口产品，行销世界许多国家。罐头出口了几十年，在国际市场叱诧风云，竞争力和成长性都有不俗的表现，中国已经成为全世界的罐头生产和出口大国。然而，在国内，罐头产品市场一直小尽如人意。

Canned food is one the main China exported products,but in contrast,it does not have good performance in the domestic market.However,a number of manufacurers begin to recognize its potential.On this background,we con- sulted with Mr LIANG Zhongkang,the director of China Canned Food Indus- try Association. China has become the primary exporter of canned food in the world,especially in the latest seven or eight years,the industry keeps continued development.The export volume and output are both increasing with double digital speed.Products are exported to more than 150 countries and regions,in which USA,EU and Japan are the main three importers.Canned vegetables are the category which output is larger than other items and followed by canned fruits. Canned food manufacturing is a typical labor intensive industry. With the advantage of human resource,canned food industry becomes one of the most important part of China food industry. Canned food industry enables agricultural products to integrate with international market and boost local economy growth. This year,world economic situation is difficult.As export- oriented industry,canned food industry is impacted.On the one hand,during the period of January to September 2008,the output continued to go up.On the other hand,impacted by world economic situation,the increase rate begins to slow down. Especially,production cost,labor cost and food safety are the three aspects mainly impacted.Considering China canned food has competive price and vast market oversea,the difficul- ties are temporary. In 2007,output value of China canned food industry reached to 46.74 billion RMB increased by 34.47% compared to last year. Meanwhile,with consumption levels upgrading,healthy,safe and convenient canned food is becoming popular with white- collars.In 2007,the domestic consumption was 25.4 billion RMB increased by 38%.In the near future,it will step into a stage of remarkable development.