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Xiguo Agro Trade recently concluded a fruitful business tour across Malaysia, centering on Kuala Lumpur’s international food exhibition, industry exchange meetings and field visits to local fruit wholesale markets, aiming to expand ASEAN market layout and build long-term agricultural cooperation partnerships.   During the Malaysia Food Show Expo held at Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre, Xiguo showcased signature Yunnan premium fruits including Shidian winter peaches, Binchuan pomegranates, Wenshan mushrooms and natural jasmine tea, drawing wide attention from local fruit importers, supermarket chain buyers, catering groups and representatives of the Malaysia Chinese Chamber of Commerce. All fresh fruits adopt intelligent sorting & cold-chain fresh-keeping packaging, complete with HALAL inspection certification that meets Malaysia’s food entry standards, perfectly matching local Muslim consumer market demands. On-site tasting sessions let merchants experience the high sweetness, natural ripening and pesticide-controlled advantages of Yunnan plateau fruits directly, laying a solid foundation for preliminary intent orders.   Outside the exhibition hall, the Xiguo team held in-depth talks with the Malaysia Chinese Chamber of Commerce, local fruit wholesalers and cold chain logistics enterprises. Both sides reached consensus on three core cooperation directions: long-term bulk fruit import contracts, OEM customized gift box packaging for festive markets, and shared cold storage warehouses in Port Klang to cut cross-border logistics loss. Benefiting from RCEP tariff preferences and China-Malaysia fast customs clearance channels, Xiguo’s fresh fruits can be transported from Yunnan to major Malaysian cities within 40 hours via rail-air combined transportation, greatly shortening circulation time while lowering comprehensive costs.   The team also inspected mature fruit distribution centers in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru to study local consumer taste preferences, seasonal fruit sales rules and retail pricing systems. Based on field research, Xiguo will adjust product mix for the Malaysian market: supplying affordable seasonal fresh fruits for daily wholesale channels, and launching high-end gift fruit boxes together with local partners for holiday gifting scenarios.   This Malaysia tour marks Xiguo’s official deep layout in Southeast Asia’s halal fruit market. Moving forward, Xiguo will rely on the cross-border trade advantages between Yunnan and ASEAN, launch regular small-batch trial shipments to Malaysia, gradually build stable sales channels covering West Malaysia and East Malaysia, bring characteristic plateau agricultural products from Southwest China to Malaysian households, and achieve win-win development for Chinese fruit growers and Malaysian distributors. Short Slogans for Booth Posters

Xu Yinghui from Xiguo Import & Export Visits Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce for Business Talks   During Xiguo’s Thailand fruit exhibition tour from August 1st to 5th, Xu Yinghui, person in charge of Zhaotong Xiguo Import and Export Co., Ltd., paid an official visit to the Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce (TCCC) and held in-depth business negotiations with chamber executives, aiming to build stable trade links between Yunnan highland fruits and Thailand’s consumer market.   The Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce extended a warm welcome to the Xiguo delegation. As the most influential overseas Chinese business organization in Thailand, TCCC connects thousands of local supermarkets, fruit wholesalers and importers across Thailand, capable of providing market access consultation, distribution resource matching and policy guidance for Chinese agricultural products entering ASEAN markets.   At the forum, Xu Yinghui presented Xiguo’s core agricultural products: Suijiang honey plums, Mengzi pomegranates, Huize strawberries, Shidian winter peaches, Zhaotong apples, wild matsutake and jasmine tea, highlighting Yunnan’s high-altitude planting environment, standardized picking procedures and complete cold-chain export system. Xiguo expects to cooperate with TCCC to access Thailand’s offline supermarkets, fruit wholesale markets and fresh food chains, and launch long-term direct supply cooperation from origin to terminal.   Both sides reached consensus on three major cooperation plans. First, TCCC will connect local Thai fresh produce buyers and organize exclusive fruit tasting matchmaking events for Xiguo. Second, the chamber will offer professional guidance on Thailand food registration, tariff inquiry and local warehousing layout for Yunnan fruits. Third, regular exchange visits will be arranged to expand Yunnan fruit exports from Thailand to the whole Southeast Asia.   The two parties exchanged souvenirs and took group photos after the meeting. This visit enables Xiguo to access mature local Chinese business channels in Thailand, laying a solid foundation for Yunnan premium fruits to explore the ASEAN market and promote win-win agricu

From August 1 to August 5, 2026, Xiguo Import & Export Co., Ltd. from Zhaotong, Yunnan, sets foot in Thailand’s professional food exhibition to showcase premium plateau fruits grown in the Wumeng Mountains, opening a new chapter of agricultural trade cooperation between Yunnan and Southeast Asia. As a professional exporter specializing in Yunnan characteristic fresh fruits, our company brings core star products including Zhaotong plateau apples, Shidian winter peaches, Mengzi pomegranates and Huize strawberries to connect with Thai distributors, supermarket buyers and catering suppliers on-site.   Zhaotong’s unique high-altitude climate, abundant sunshine and large temperature difference between day and night create unparalleled advantages for fruit planting. All our planting bases have obtained GlobalGAP certification and registered as official exit orchards with China Customs, strictly adopting green planting standards without ripening agents or swelling hormones. Every batch of fruits undergoes precise sorting by sugar content, size and appearance before shipment, fully meeting Thailand’s agricultural quarantine and food safety standards. Different from local tropical fruits in Thailand, our temperate fruits fill the seasonal gap of Southeast Asian fruit market: winter peaches mature in autumn, strawberries come into season in summer, and plateau apples maintain stable supply from July to December, forming a complementary product structure with Thai mango, durian and longan.   Benefiting from the RCEP tariff preference policy and mature cross-border cold chain system of the China-Laos Railway, Xiguo realizes the whole cold-chain transportation from orchards in Zhaotong to supermarkets in Bangkok within 48 hours, greatly reducing fruit loss during transportation and retaining the natural crisp taste of fresh fruits completely. During the exhibition, we provide free fruit tasting sessions for all visitors, allowing buyers to experience the sweet, juicy flavor of plateau fruits personally. We support flexible cooperation modes including bulk fresh fruit supply, customized gift box OEM and dried fruit wholesale, and can issue complete phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin and traceability documents to guarantee smooth customs clearance in Thailand.   Thailand boasts mature fruit retail and catering consumption markets, while Zhaotong has abundant high-quality fruit resources, creating broad space for bilateral win-win cooperation. Xiguo sincerely invites local importers, chain supermarkets and fruit retailers in Thailand to negotiate cooperation at our booth. We aim to build a long-term stable fruit supply chain linking Yunnan plateau orchards and Thai consumer markets, deliver healthy natural Chinese fruits to more Southeast Asian families, and jointly explore the blue ocean of tropical and temperate fruit trade under the RCEP framework.   With sincerity and high-quality agricultural products as the bond, we look forward to establishing long-term partnership with Thai merchants during this exhibition, achieving resource complementarity and shared commercial prosperity.

Xiguo Import & Export Co., Ltd. is honored to attend Thailand’s renowned THAIFEX-Anuga Asia Food Exhibition held in Bangkok, stepping onto Southeast Asia’s core food trade platform to showcase premium plateau fruits from Yunnan, China.   Rooted in Yunnan’s high-altitude fruit belts covering Zhaotong, Huize, Mengzi and Binchuan, Xiguo specializes in seasonal premium fruits including Shidian winter peaches, soft-seed pomegranates, honey plums and blueberries. Benefiting from plateau sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night and mineral-rich mountain soil, all fruits grow naturally without ripening agents, featuring crisp texture, rich sweetness and stable quality that fit Southeast Asian consumers’ taste preferences perfectly.   During the exhibition, our booth displays fresh fruits, gift box packages and complete cold-chain export solutions. Professional teams communicate face-to-face with Thai distributors, supermarket buyers and fruit wholesalers, introducing our mature supply system: direct sourcing from orchards, rapid pre-cooling, cross-border green customs clearance and low-loss cold chain transportation, which enables fresh fruits to arrive at Thai markets within 24 hours. As a bridge linking Yunnan characteristic agriculture and Southeast Asian consumption markets, Xiguo aims to establish long-term stable cooperative partnerships with local merchants in Thailand via this exhibition. We will bring safe, delicious Chinese plateau fruits to more families in Thailand and Southeast Asia, jointly exploring the blue ocean of cross-border fresh fruit trade and creating win-win development for both sides.   We sincerely invite global merchants to visit our booth for tasting, negotiation and cooperation. Word count: 397

English: Honey plums from Suijiang Zhaotong, planted 1700 meters above sea level. Huge temperature difference creates 19° high sweetness, crisp, juicy and honey-flavored flesh. Thailand has no mass-produced plums, fresh mature in August to fill market vacancy, resistant to cold chain transport, perfect for supermarkets, fruit shops & gift packages.

Suijiang Honey Plum is a premium plateau fresh fruit cultivated along the Jinsha River Valley in Suijiang County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, China. Blessed with exclusive natural ecological conditions, standardized eco-friendly planting management and mature cross-border cold chain logistics system, this premium plum has been steadily exported to Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the Middle East for years, widely popular among high-end fresh supermarkets and gift wholesalers across overseas markets.   Nestled beside the Jinsha River, Suijiang features an altitude ranging from 1100 meters to 1800 meters and a unique three-dimensional plateau climate. The area enjoys abundant annual sunshine, with a day-night temperature difference up to 12-15 Celsius degrees. The huge temperature gap enables the fruit to accumulate sufficient sugar content steadily, reaching 18 to 22 Brix. Each honey plum delivers pure honey-like sweetness without sourness, accompanied by natural floral fruity aroma. The selenium-rich mountain soil is loose and fertile, loaded with selenium, calcium, potassium and various trace minerals; all irrigation water originates from clean alpine mountain springs, free from industrial pollution, laying a solid foundation for the healthy and organic quality of our fruits.   Optimized through generations of local agricultural cultivation, Suijiang Honey Plum boasts delicate golden flesh, tiny free stone and high edibility rate over 95%. The round fruits are covered with natural fruit powder on peel, with soft crimson blush on the sun-facing side. Crisp, juicy and tender flesh brings fantastic eating experience, favored by consumers of all ages. We adopt full ecological planting standards in all orchards: no swelling agents, ripening chemicals or artificial flavors are applied during the whole growing cycle. All fruits are hand-picked after full natural ripeness, then strictly sorted and graded by size and appearance to remove damaged, deformed fruits, fully meeting international supermarket display standards. With firm peel and compact pulp, our honey plums are highly resistant to collision and long-distance cold chain transportation. Adopting modified atmosphere fresh-keeping packaging, the freshly harvested fruits will be delivered to Southeast Asian supermarkets within 3 to 5 days via Yunnan border ports after customs clearance, retaining perfect freshness throughout the whole logistics process. Benefiting from RCEP tariff preferences, customs clearance procedures for agricultural products have been greatly simplified, cutting down trade time and costs remarkably. Every batch of our plums is attached with complete pesticide residue test certificates and quarantine documents, complying fully with global food safety import regulations.   Ripening in summer fruit off-season, Suijiang Honey Plum avoids fierce price competition of bulk plums worldwide, maintaining strong market scarcity and profitable margin for overseas partners. It can be eaten raw daily, used for fruit platters and desserts, or packed as premium holiday business gifts, covering mass consumption and high-end gift markets simultaneously. Our company supports customized gift packaging, flexible order quantity, full-container land and sea transportation, as well as free sample delivery for buyers.

Key Takeaways         How Long Should You Bake a Pizza for?  Here's a quick guide to pizza cook timing:   Thin Crust Pizza Dough Roll out dough very thin, around 1/8-inch thick Bake at 500°F (260°C) for 8-10 minutes, until crust is lightly browned   Medium Crust Pizza Dough Roll out dough to desired thickness, around 1/4 inch thick Bake at 475-500°F (245-260°C) for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown   Deep Dish Pizza Dough Press dough into an oiled deep dish pan to form a 1-1.5 inch thick crust up sides Bake at 400°F (205°C) for 20-30 minutes, until crust is golden and filling is bubbly    Timing is crucial for achieving the perfect pizza with a browned crust and well-cooked toppings. Follow these times to ensure your pizza is baked to perfection.   The Average Time to Cook a Pizza For most ovens, bake your pizza at a high temperature, between 400°F to 500°F. The cooking time typically ranges from:   Thin Crust Pizza Temperature: 500°F (260°C) Time: 8-10 minutes Bake until crust is lightly browned   Medium/Traditional Crust Pizza Temperature: 475-500°F (245-260°C) Time: 10-15 minutes Bake until golden brow   Deep Dish Pizza Temperature: 400-450°F (205-230°C) Time: 20-30 minutes Bake until crust is golden and filling is bubbly Cover edges with foil after 15 minutes to prevent over-browning   It's essential to preheat the oven for around 20 to 30 minutes before cooking to maintain a steady temperature throughout the baking process. The bake time can vary depending on factors like oven temperature, thickness of crust, and amount of toppings. It's recommended to watch the pizza closely towards the end of the bake time. Allow 5-10 minutes cooling time for deep dish pizza before slicing and serving.    Time Distribution for Cooking Pizza    Depending on your oven type and whether you're using a pizza stone, a baking sheet, or placing the pizza directly on the oven rack, the time distribution for pizza cooking may vary slightly. With a pizza stone: preheat the stone with the oven. Directly on the oven rack: ensure your pizza dough has enough structure to hold the toppings. On a baking sheet: it might slightly increase the required time due to less heat conductivity compared to a pizza stone.  How Long to Cook Homemade Pizza?Preparation Allow the pizza dough to come to room temperature and rest for 30 minutes before shaping. This allows the gluten to relax and makes the dough easier to shape. Preheat the oven as high as possible, ideally between 450-500°F. Allow at least 15-20 minutes for the oven to fully preheat before baking. If using a pizza stone, place it in the oven while preheating. The hot stone will help crisp the bottom crust.   Baking Time Bake the pizza for 8-15 minutes, depending on oven temperature and the thickness of the crust. The crust should be golden brown when done. The edges may brown faster than the center, so watch closely. For a thick-crusted pizza, a lower temp (around 400°F) and longer bake time (20-30 minutes) are needed to fully cook the center without over-browning the edges. Meat or extra cheese toppings will require a longer baking time, closer to 15 minutes.    Factors in Pizza Cooking TimeVariables that impact cooking time are critical to achieving the perfect crust and well-cooked toppings. Your oven's temperature, along with the choice of toppings and type of pizza dough, plays pivotal roles in the outcome of your homemade pizza.   Here's what you need to consider:   Pizza Type: Fresh homemade pizzas typically bake quicker than frozen ones. Size: Smaller pizzas cook faster than larger ones. Crust Thickness: A thin crust bakes in a shorter time compared with a thick or deep-dish crust. Oven Temperature: A higher temperature shortens the baking time. Toppings and pizza sauce: Heavier toppings or extra sauce might need additional time to cook through.    The Best Temperature to Cook Pizza   For a classic medium-crust pizza, cooking at high temperatures ranging from 475°F to 500°F (245°C to 260°C) is ideal. These temperatures promote a browned, crispy crust. For thicker crusts, lower the heat slightly to around 400°F to 450°F (205°C to 230°C), extending the baking time to ensure the middle is cooked through without burning the crust.     The Baking Time Vary Based on the Ingredients Used      Thicker crusts and heftier toppings add to the cooking time. More moisture from pizza sauce or vegetables requires a couple of extra minutes.   Conversely, a thin-crust pizza with minimal toppings could be ready in about 10 minutes.   Using a pizza stone can reduce cooking time and improve crust texture, due to its heat retention and distribution properties. Always preheat the oven with the pizza stone inside. When the oven reaches the appropriate temperature, slide the pizza onto the stone using a pizza peel for best results. Using a baking sheet may increase the baking time slightly, as it does not conduct heat as effectively.  How can I tell if my pizza is cooked correctly?To determine if your pizza is cooked correctly, check the crust for a golden-brown color and ensure the cheese is evenly melted and bubbling. A properly baked pizza should exhibit these characteristics when the recommended oven temperature and baking time are followed.   Crust Thickness   Your pizza crust's thickness directly influences your baking time. For a thinner crust, a high temperature of around 500°F (260°C) for 8-10 minutes is often sufficient. In contrast, a thicker crust will require a slightly lower temperature and a longer bake time, typically 10-15 minutes, to ensure it's cooked all the way through without burning.   Using a pizza stone can help evenly distribute heat, providing a consistent baking surface that results in a crisper crust. Always preheat the pizza stone with the oven to ensure it’s at the right temperature before introducing your dough ball or frozen pizza.    Cheese Melt   The state of the cheese is a reliable indicator of doneness. 1.Even Melt: The cheese should be fully melted across the surface of the pizza, without any unmelted patches.2.Color: Look for a slightly golden hue, especially on raised areas where the cheese might bubble.3.Texture: It should be bubbly and potentially exhibit spots of light browning without being burnt.   If the pizza contains toppings, they should be cooked through and complement the melted cheese. Keep an eye on them, primarily when using toppings that can greatly affect the overall bake, like large amounts of moist vegetables or thick slices of meat.   Remember to adjust your baking time if your pizza is loaded with toppings, as this can increase the moisture content and require additional time. Always use a baking sheet or pizza peel to safely handle your pizza and preheat the oven to the desired temperature for an effective bake.  Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy Does the Oven Need to Be So Hot?   A hot oven is key to replicating the environment of a professional pizza oven at home. High temperatures allow for the rapid rising of the dough ball, creating air pockets that lead to a light and airy pizza crust. This intense heat also ensures a delightfully brown and crispy base while melting the cheese to a perfect golden hue.   At what temperature and duration should homemade pizza be baked for best results?   For a balance of a crispy crust and evenly cooked toppings, bake your pizza at a temperature of around 475-500 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 to 15 minutes. Homemade pizzas generally require a high temperature for a shorter duration to emulate the environment of a professional pizza oven.   For a softer crust, how long should pizza be baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit?   To achieve a softer crust, baking the pizza at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 to 25 minutes is advised. This lower temperature allows the pizza to cook through more slowly, resulting in a less crispy texture.   What is the recommended cooking time for pizza at a high temperature, such as 500 degrees Fahrenheit?   When baking pizza at 500 degrees Fahrenheit, aim for a cooking time of about 8 to 10 minutes. Such a high temperature creates a crisp crust and quickly melts the cheese, while still cooking the toppings thoroughly.   How do different oven temperatures, like 400 or 450 degrees Fahrenheit, affect pizza cooking times?   At 400°F, a thin-crust pizza takes 10-15 minutes to cook. At 450°F, the same thin crust can be done in 8-12 minutes. For a thick-crust pizza, it takes 18-25 minutes at 400°F and 14-20 minutes at 450°F. So when increasing the temperature by 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the cooking time can be reduced by 2-5 minutes depending on crust thickness.

Recently, refrigerated trucks loaded with fresh plateau summer strawberries departed from standardized planting bases in Daibu Town, Huize County, Qujing City. After rapid inspection and clearance via the green channel for fresh agricultural products at Hekou Port, the strawberries were delivered under full temperature-controlled cold chain to major fresh food wholesale markets in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Premium berries grown on the Wumeng Mountains have once again gone abroad and been served on Vietnamese dining tables. Known as the Hometown of Summer Strawberries in China, Huize boasts exclusive cool plateau climatic advantages, serving as the core supplier of summer strawberries from China to Vietnam and ASEAN countries. Its off-season fresh fruits are widely favored by Vietnamese consumers all year round.   Nestled deep in the Wumeng Mountains, Huize sits at an altitude ranging from 2300 to 2800 meters. The cool three-dimensional plateau climate creates perfect natural conditions for strawberry cultivation. The region enjoys abundant annual sunshine and strong ultraviolet radiation, with a day-night temperature difference exceeding 15 degrees Celsius. The huge temperature gap helps fruits accumulate sufficient sugar and rich fruity aroma, delivering plump, firm flesh, well-balanced sweet and sour taste and intense natural strawberry flavor. The local selenium-rich mountain soil is rich in organic matter, and crops are irrigated by clean mountain spring water free from industrial pollution. All strawberries are grown ecologically without ripening agents or swelling agents. We adopt natural bee pollination and physical pest prevention, ensuring all fruits are healthy and pesticide residue levels fully comply with ASEAN food safety import standards.   Different from strawberries harvested in winter in eastern plain areas of China, Huize specializes in off-season summer strawberries ripening from May to October, perfectly filling the market gap in Vietnam, where high-quality fresh outdoor strawberries cannot be cultivated in hot summer. Located in tropical zones, Vietnam has high year-round temperatures, making it impossible to produce sweet and tasty strawberries locally during summer, leading to severe shortage of fresh berries. Huize strawberries enjoy strong market competitiveness after arriving in Vietnam, widely applied in supermarket retail, fruit shops, dessert baking and beverage raw materials with huge market demand.   Our company holds complete official qualifications including customs-registered fruit export bases. We have built a full set of standardized quality control system covering picking, packaging and overseas delivery. All strawberries are hand-picked only after full natural ripeness instead of premature harvesting. Within 2 hours after picking, fruits are sent to pre-cooling workshops for rapid temperature reduction, then sorted automatically by size, color and sugar content to remove damaged and deformed berries. Each fruit is packed in food-grade shockproof fresh-keeping boxes to minimize loss during long-distance transportation.

Mengzi Pomegranates Export Introduction   Renowned as China’s premier pomegranate producing area, Mengzi in Yunnan Province is famous for premium soft-seed pomegranates. Favored by unique plateau valley natural conditions, Mengzi soft-seed pomegranates have long been one of China’s key high-end fruits for export. They are shipped in large quantities to Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Europe, America, the Middle East and other regions, winning consistent praise from overseas fresh produce distributors and consumers.   Located in the dry-hot valley of Honghe Prefecture in southern Yunnan, Mengzi sits at an altitude of around 1300 meters. The region boasts abundant sunshine, a long frost-free period and striking day-night temperature differences. Ample sunlight facilitates the accumulation of nutrients and sugar inside fruits, while the large temperature gap preserves rich fruit juice and delicate aroma. The fertile laterite soil is rich in natural trace elements, and all crops are irrigated by clean mountain spring water with no industrial pollution, laying a solid foundation for the superior taste of Mengzi pomegranates.   Different from traditional hard-seed varieties, Mengzi mainly cultivates Tunisian soft-seed pomegranates. The arils are plump, bright ruby red and translucent, filled with abundant sweet juice without tartness. The seeds are tender and edible directly without spitting out, bringing comfortable eating experience for both adults and kids. All our orchards adopt eco-friendly standardized cultivation. No ripening agents, swelling agents or excessive chemical preservatives are applied throughout the growing period. Fruits are hand-picked only after full natural ripeness.   After harvesting, all pomegranates go through strict manual sorting. Cracked, bruised and defective fruits are eliminated, and qualified fruits are graded by diameter to meet international supermarket requirements. The thick and tough peel enables great compression resistance and durability for long-distance cold chain