What are the service scopes of cold chain logistics?

As the types of goods stored and transported continue to increase, some goods are susceptible to external temperature, humidity, and other conditions during storage and transportation, leading to spoilage and deterioration. In order to maintain the original quality and value of perishable goods, cold chain logistics has emerged. The main scope of cold chain logistics services includes the following aspects:

01 Pharmaceutical Market

Generally speaking, the circulation of drugs that require storage at low temperatures (2 ° C to 8 ° C) belongs to the category of pharmaceutical refrigerated logistics.

According to data, the sales amount of pharmaceutical refrigerated products generally accounts for 3% to 8% of the total sales revenue of pharmaceutical circulation enterprises in China. Although the proportion is not too large, it has gradually increased in recent years. Moreover, with the further management of national pharmaceutical regulations, pharmaceutical refrigerated logistics will become a key area that needs to be developed in China's pharmaceutical logistics industry.

Behind the booming pharmaceutical industry, the total market demand for pharmaceutical refrigerated logistics will reach nearly 10 billion yuan, but currently there are not many enterprises in China that can provide suitable refrigerated logistics services for customers. Therefore, the field of pharmaceutical refrigerated logistics is another effective development space for China's pharmaceutical logistics industry.

02 Cold drink market

The total consumption of cold drinks in China's market increased from 550000 tons in the 1990s to 1.47 million tons in 2002. The seasonal differences in consumption are gradually disappearing, but compared with the world average and developed countries, the gap is significant, and the market potential is also great. According to a survey by the Shanghai Food Research Institute, the production and sales of cold drinks will continue to show an upward trend.

03 Meat Products

According to relevant statistics, domestic meat consumption has increased from 63.73 million tons in 2001 to around 100 million tons in 2010, continuing to maintain a steady upward trend. It can be expected that there will still be huge growth potential in the future. The meat processing industry in our country has gone through the market start-up stage and is currently in the growth stage. The characteristic of this stage is the rapid growth of the consumer group, but the per capita share of meat products is much lower than that of developed countries.

04 Quick frozen food

The market quick-frozen food is a new kind of food that uses modern quick-frozen technology to quickly freeze below -25 ℃, and then store at -18 ℃ or lower temperature for long-distance transportation and long-term storage. The common products are quick-frozen dumplings, quick-frozen rice dumpling, quick-frozen Mantou, etc. Quick frozen food has very strict storage and transportation requirements, and must be kept below -18 ℃. At present, a specialized, socialized, and constantly adaptable frozen food refrigeration and distribution system has not yet been formed. The market outlook is still optimistic.

05 Dairy Products

In the refrigerated logistics market, fresh milk produced generally needs to be transported to dairy factories for processing, which is a commodity with strict freshness requirements and needs to be delivered every day. If not transported properly, it can cause fresh milk to spoil and result in significant losses.

Cold chain transportation has always been an important component of the transportation industry. With the development of the country, refrigeration technology has also developed rapidly, and cold chain logistics has also developed rapidly, gradually becoming a major component of the logistics industry. How to keep up with the development trend of cold chain transportation is a question that every transportation industry practitioner should consider.