HALAL PRODUCTS IN CHINA

Halal food and products keeps growing

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annually and has a spectacular prospect. 

2 Halal food, the amount of international trade in 2006

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has exceeded 2.1 trillion USD (HalalFair.Org, 2008)

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There are initiatives in place to support the halal sector in

3 China. For example, the Shanghai authorities provide a 5,000

yuan (US$732) subsidy to each halal food store
HALAL PRODUCTS IN CHINA
There are currently an estimated 22 million Chinese Muslims. The

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country’s halal food industry, thought to be worth US$2.1 billion in

2006, is growing by 10 percent annually (China Daily, 2009)

2 Demand for halal food is rapidly growing in Ningxia

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and Gansu provinces and in Inner Mongolia

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trade in Islamic food and products
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Large Halal slaughterhouses are scarce.

2 China have a limited number of halal-certified producers

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There is no halal poultry supplier in Shanghai and the supply is less than
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demand.

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Halal Label Abuse In China

Companies are small, weak, scattered and lacking of well-known brands.

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ADVANTAGES OF DEVELOPING HALAL FOOD AND PRODUCTS
IN CHINA
Time-honored dietary culture

Abundant Halal food raw materials

The sustainable and rapid development of China’s economy and

the West Development Policy 

cooperation between Muslim countries and China 

DISADVANTAGES OF DEVELOPING HALAL FOOD AND
PRODUCTS IN CHINA
SMALL SCALES COMPANIES

LOWER EXTENT OF DEEP PROCESSING AND PRECISION

LOW ADDED VALUE

NO CENTRALIZED ADVANTAGES