Getting Your Food & Beverages into China – What it Takes – 22 February 2017 – Ghent
February 6, 2017 Category FCCC/EUCBA activities, Weekly
The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC) and the EU SME Center in Beijing are organizing a seminar on ‘Getting Your Food & Beverages into China – What it Takes’ on 22 February 2017 from 09h00 to 12h00 at Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent.
Get to grips with what it takes to prepare your market approach and start selling your food and beverage (F&B) products in China. Learn how to navigate China’s import regulations and how to build and maintain a strong distribution network. Understand the regulations governing the food and drink market in China and the impact of the new Food Safety Law. Put into practice useful tips and work out your own cross-border strategy for China.
This half-day workshop will focus on:
- Consumer behaviour, trends in the F&B market.
- Distribution channels.
- How to develop a business plan to get your F&B products onto Chinese shelves.
- The New Food Safety Law – what this means for your business.
Tentative Agenda
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce
09:10 – 09:30 Insights into the world’s largest F&B market
- Chinese consumers and tastes
- Growing trends
09:30 – 10:20 Getting ready for export
- Preparing your market approach – the 10 steps you should follow
- Understanding the registration process
- On-trade vs. Off-trade
- Cross-border commerce
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:15 How to find the right importer and distributor?
- The role of each player in the supply chain
- Expanding distribution networks in China
11:15 – 11:45 Food safety in China
- The new food safety law – status update
- The real impact for exporters
11:45 – 12:00 Case studies showing the do’s and don’ts of selling F&B in China
- Q&A + wrap up
Registration fee
Members of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce: 180 € (excl. VAT)
Non-members: 240 € (excl. VAT)
Click here to sign up for this event.
About the Speaker
Rafael Jimenez, Business Development Advisor
China expertise: market entry strategy, start-ups, SME business planning, streamlining costs, new business channels and local partners. With more than six years’ hands-on experience in managing businesses in China, Rafael offers advice for European SMEs in developing practical market entry strategies in the country. Following a career at a senior level within the F&B and ICT industry, he arrived in China in 2009 as Director of a Spanish F&B company involved in the restaurant and trade business. He helped the company set up a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China, ran operations for three years and led a team of more than 100 employees. More recently he was Shanghai Office Director at a Management Consultancy Firm. Born in Spain, Rafael holds a Bachelor of Physics and has three sons.
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