Green and compliance are becoming the "ticket" for China's kitchenware exports

China News Service, Guangzhou, October 27 (Reporter Wang Jian) ​​On the 27th, reporters learned from the Canton Fair's "Into the Industry" exchange meeting that the logic of China's kitchen utensils relying on low cost and large quantities in the past is changing. The European and American markets have proposed more detailed rules for food contact materials, repairability, and recycling ratios. Green propaganda that is slightly untrue may be considered "greenwashing"; compliance has changed from bonus points to "admission tickets."

During the 140th Canton Fair, the Canton Fair "Into the Industry" exchange focused on new paths for the transformation of green kitchen utensils, inviting more than 150 representatives of enterprises, testing institutions and purchasers to gather together to discuss how enterprises can adapt to target market regulations at the design stage and replace empty slogans with test reports and traceable evidence.

Changes at the material end occur first. With its short-cycle, renewable and degradable characteristics, bamboo has accelerated its entry into cutting boards, tableware, straws and other categories, and related processing is moving closer to food-grade, continuous and standardized production. However, the industry consensus is that green transformation does not mean finding a "universal environmentally friendly material" - making products consume less, be used longer, throw away less, and enter daily use without sacrificing function, price and beauty is the next round of growth opportunities.

The consumer side is also redefining “green”. Research shows that overseas buyers are willing to pay a premium for healthy, durable, and repairable products, but are averse to paying for environmentally friendly products. Non-toxic kitchenware, long-life pots and replaceable consumables have more market penetration than simply claiming to be "biodegradable".

A procurement docking link will be set up simultaneously at the event site, where buyers and production companies will have face-to-face negotiations. Companies participating in the meeting said that the difficulty in going green overseas is not in single-point technology, but in materials, design, certification, and supply chain collaboration: it is necessary to not only maintain the bottom line of compliance, but also to precipitate carbon footprints, recycling ratios, and test results into verifiable data assets.

The discussion at this exchange meeting released a signal: the competitive dimension of kitchenware exports is shifting from "who is cheaper" to "who is more transparent, more durable, and more able to withstand the test of rules."