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Polish food transported throughout the world
The Polish people are aware of the fact that Polish products win in terms of quality, price and often ecological & health aspect as well as make their way to the consumers both on Polish and more and more often on foreign markets.
The Russian embargo on Polish food, which has been in force already for two years, has not impeded export; just the opposite - the Polish people did not wring their hands over the closing market but they started to search for completely new outlets. The marketing and sales departments started to perform research on the global market in order to receive requests for quotation from Asian, American or Arab markets soon.
From month to month, export of dairy products (powder milk, UHT) to such countries as Algeria, Arab Emirates, India, Ceylon, Salvador, Ethiopia, Taiwan or Australia increases. Polish sweets, cookies and candies are being sent to Cameroon, Nigeria, Taiwan or Maldives while hen eggs and blueberries - to Arab countries.
The Asian market, in particular China, Singapore and Korea, has become a tempting target for Polish manufacturers of food, fruit and beverages.
Polish fruit-growers have been visited by Asian importers of fruit (mainly apples) from Singapore or China for a couple of years. Today, this country has become number 1 when it comes to the desired destination for Polish exporters. China - an enormous consumer market that perhaps cannot be compared with any other market, where in fact each province has the potential of Poland - undergoes continuous changes. It is so due to the fact that the awareness of healthy food: eating more vegetables and fruit (preferably from organic farming, imported eagerly) as well as bio and organic food increases.
It is the Chinese market that the manufacturers of fit cereals, muesli, dietary supplements, sugar-free oatcakes and gluten-free products try to address their products to. Food of Polish origin is considered as organic and healthy due to our location and the properties of our natural ecosystems.
The transport trends support the manufacturers: sea and air transport may meet the requirements of the inflated quality criteria and delivery timeliness.
Products requiring controlled temperature are being sent to Asia via sea transport in reefers (refrigerated containers). Food that does not depend on the impact of temperature is being carried on sea in standard containers (dry vans). The time of sea transit to China is about 35 days.
The import and export rates have recently become almost identical. It has entailed the change of the sea transport infrastructure used currently for the transport of food, which supports export as well as its greater and greater quantities. Large cargo ships operated by the leading shipowners for sea transport have emerged on the market, which has entailed a decrease of export transport prices.
Railway has become an alternative to a ship: in 14 days, we may deliver our products to China by train. It is a considerable difference in case of putting attention to the best-before date of products and of course to fast cash flows.
Air transport is considered as the most expensive but certainly as the fastest one. Food is being sent here in the standard way but also in controlled temperature. The extremely popular Polish export best-seller, being chokeberries (sent in the form of juice or in lyophilised form), departs to Korea from Warsaw by a direct flight - the delivery lasts one day, without regulation of temperature, which on the other hand is necessary in case of soft fruit such as blueberries or raspberries.
M&M air sea cargo SA (Polish branch of M & M Militzer & Münch) has been operating in Poland for over a quarter-century; it has been one of the first forwarding companies with the office in the freight terminal at Chopin Airport in Warsaw.
M&M air sea cargo handles the deliveries realised between Poland and the United States, Far and Middle East as well as Africa. Over 25 years of experience and service of companies from diversified industries as well as excellent familiarity with the trends and markets demonstrate special potential in the next years in the food industry.
In 2015, the value of export of food from Poland achieved the level of EUR 23.6 billion, which means 8% growth in comparison to the previous year.
Artur Wojtczak, Business Development Manager in M&M air sea cargo SA
M&M air sea cargo is a part of Militzer & Münch International Holding AG Group. The Company handles the majority of the deliveries realised between Poland and the United States, Far and Middle East as well as Africa. Currently, its portfolio includes air and sea transport as well as logistic service of projects and customs clearance organisation.
M&M is the 10th in the ranking of air transport companies in Poland. In the last two years, the Company achieved the growth of the volume of transport orders by 19%.
M&M Militzer & Münch International Holding AG Group employs in total about 2,000 persons in 100 locations in over 25 countries and provides global air and sea transport as well as road and rail transport services and logistic project service along the East-West axis in Eurasia and North Africa. Maintaining a dense network of offices, the Company conducts its activity in Western and Eastern Europe as well as in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, of the Middle and Far East and in the Maghreb. The Company, established in 1880, has its registered office in St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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