DEMAND RISES FOR NATION'S CANNED FOOD EXPORTS

Production capacity expanded to cater to wide range of tastes

Cans containing Dolma — salty rice and meat wrapped in pickled grape leaves — were loaded onto trucks at a company in Heze, Shandong province, this month, before being transported to Qingdao Port for shipment to Europe, where demand for the product is growing.

Despite not meeting the taste preferences of most domestic consumers, China has exported a large volume of this food to many countries in Europe and the Middle East.

This year, canned food exports from China have continued to rise as inflation remains high in some countries, with prices of food sourced locally soaring.