Food, flowers, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and other perishables are potentially high-profit products, but current cold chain conditions in China are dismal. Shipping and storage of fruits and vegetables is low quality due to a shortage of refrigerated trucks. Companies struggle to find good third party logistics providers, often having to go it alone. "China's cold-chain infrastructure is still fragmented, under-funded, and scrambling to keep up with soaring demand."
Also in China, cold chain begs improvement
Serious problems exist in the processing, packaging and transportation of perishable goods in China.
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