In 2026, China’s frozen livestock and poultry product export industry has ushered in a period of high-speed growth, among which frozen chicken and pork by-products have become the core incremental categories of foreign trade exports, presenting a sound trend of rising volume and price. According to the latest customs data, China’s chicken product export volume surged by 50.92% year-on-year from January to April 2026, hitting a record high for the same period; the exports of pork by-products and frozen pork continued to rebound with steady expansion of overseas rigid demand markets. Relying on the mature domestic livestock and poultry slaughtering and processing industrial chain, strict meat product quarantine standards and the frozen product trade advantages of Qingdao core port, professional domestic livestock and poultry food export enterprises continue to expand overseas markets, promoting high-quality frozen livestock and poultry products such as chicken and pork heads to shift from traditional extensive export to a refined overseas export model featuring standardization, compliance and high quality.
As the core northern Chinese port for frozen food import and export, Qingdao serves as a crucial hub for the overseas export of chicken and pork by-products. The port is equipped with professional frozen cold chain warehousing, constant-temperature cross-border logistics, fast customs clearance for frozen products and special quarantine supporting services, which fully meet the storage, transportation and export standards of frozen livestock and poultry products. Foreign trade enterprises rooted in Qingdao Port for nearly two decades have long focused on the processing and export of livestock and poultry meat products, accumulated rich practical experience in overseas markets, and deeply integrated domestic compliant breeding, slaughtering and processing resources. Strictly adhering to domestic and foreign meat product safety and quarantine specifications, they have built a full-link system covering raw material selection, low-temperature refined processing, aseptic packaging, cold chain warehousing and cross-border delivery, fully guaranteeing the freshness, safety and supply stability of chicken, pork heads and other products to accurately meet the core needs of overseas customers.
The competitive landscape of the frozen livestock and poultry product export industry continues to optimize, with compliant quarantine and quality control becoming the core competitiveness of enterprises. As global supervision on imported meat products becomes increasingly stringent, overseas markets have raised higher thresholds for the quarantine qualifications, traceability systems, production hygiene standards and cold chain transportation specifications of chicken and pork by-products. Low-price and disorderly competition in the industry is gradually fading out, while professional export enterprises adhering to the business philosophy of "Quality First, Integrity and Win-Win Cooperation" show increasingly prominent advantages. Through full-process standardized management, enterprises control the quality of livestock and poultry raw materials from the source, standardize low-temperature processing and aseptic production procedures, and implement dual quarantine and testing standards strictly. With highly compliant and cost-effective livestock and poultry products such as chicken and pork heads, they deeply cultivate multiple overseas markets including Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe, establishing long-term stable strategic cooperation channels and a good market reputation.
Benefiting from strong overseas rigid demand, chicken and pork by-products have become the core growth engine of livestock and poultry exports in 2026. Compared with other food categories, frozen chicken has wide adaptability and diverse consumption scenarios, making it a mainstream livestock and poultry product in global trade with its export growth rate leading the industry continuously. High-quality pork by-products such as pork heads feature high nutritional value and cost performance, which are deeply favored by overseas markets, with export scale expanding steadily year by year. Relying on domestic advanced livestock and poultry processing technology and mature frozen product supply chain, foreign trade enterprises can provide standardized and customized export products in accordance with the import standards and consumption demands of different countries, continuously delivering compliant and high-quality chicken and pork by-products, filling the gap in the global frozen livestock and poultry product market and opening up new growth space.
Looking ahead to the second half of 2026 and beyond, the domestic frozen livestock and poultry product export industry will maintain an upward trend, and the overseas market penetration rate of chicken and pork by-products will be further improved. With the continuous recovery of global meat trade demand, deepening international trade cooperation, and the full integration of domestic frozen product quarantine and processing standards with international norms, professional livestock and poultry food export enterprises will continue to rely on the location and supply chain advantages of Qingdao Port, adhere to the bottom line of quality and compliance, and continuously optimize the product export system. Empowering global frozen product trade with high-quality chicken and pork by-products, they will steadily expand the global market territory of domestic livestock and poultry products and promote the high-quality and sustainable international development of the industry.
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