Thai bird's nest beverage a hit on China's Tmall e-commerce platform

By The Nation

 

 

Tmall Global, the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China, reported that cosmetics and skincare products, health products, and maternal and child products were among the most in demand in 2020, China's Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) in Guangzhou said on Saturday (April 25).

 

A DITP official said that the top 10 products are decided after considering various factors, such as sales growth in the previous year and sales growth during the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

“Sales of instant bird’s nest beverage rose by 73 per cent in which brands from Thailand are the most popular,” the official said. “In addition, sales of beauty face masks rose by 5,074 per cent year on year, while sales of medical supplies rose by 66 per cent due to the Covid-19 outbreak.”

 

The official said that cross-border e-commerce plays an important role in international trade with support from both government and private sectors, adding that in 2019, there were 154 million users with trade value over 10 trillion yuan.

 

“Besides, the Covid-19 outbreak had an impact on market trends, causing the Chinese government -- which is currently accelerating economic recovery -- to prioritise cross-border e-commerce.

 

“The Chinese government had established 46 cross-border e-commerce pilot areas to stimulate international trade,” the official said.

 

“Therefore, this is a good opportunity for Thai entrepreneurs to study market trends and Chinese consumer behaviour in purchasing goods via cross-border e-commerce platform.”

 

The official added that Thailand has the potential to export cosmetics and skincare products, health products, and maternal and child products to the Chinese market.

 

“According to the report, brands from Thailand are popular among Chinese consumers, such as mascara, toothpaste, and ready-to-drink bird’s nest,” the officials added.

 

“For other products, Thailand still needs to develop quality and standards, as well as raise the brand image in order to increase competitiveness.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30386761

 

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Birds  nest beverage, is this  the one made from bird sputum ? can foresee the next animal to human virus  leap.

6 hours ago, bodga said:

Birds  nest beverage, is this  the one made from bird sputum ? can foresee the next animal to human virus  leap.

My thought as well. Is there an instant bat soup?????

People with any honour should boycott all Chinese products and chinese people period!

2 hours ago, JeffyInBkk said:

People with any honour should boycott all Chinese products and chinese people period!

Absolutely correct

14 hours ago, bodga said:

Birds  nest beverage, is this  the one made from bird sputum ? can foresee the next animal to human virus  leap.

Not likely as the Chinese have been consuming it for over 400 years, Thai a little less. I started training in Kung-<deleted> in 1972 Boston Chinatown USA and later tried both Ginseng and Birds nest. Still do now and still practice  martial arts.

 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ginseng-benefits#section1

 

http://www.business-in-asia.com/industries/birdnest_for_health.html

 

Edited April 27, 20206 yr by Tony125

Yes, what we ALL need is more weird food from China. What could POSSIBLY go wrong???????

On 4/27/2020 at 3:32 AM, webfact said:

Thai bird's nest beverage a hit...

YUK!!! And here I am about to sip my morning java. Suddenly lost my appetite.

53 minutes ago, Jimbo in Thailand said:

YUK!!! And here I am about to sip my morning java. Suddenly lost my appetite.

A Thai friend made me drink it once;
the bottle is small, tiny and  from the first throat I wondered if I did not have a sewer outlet;
it is foul;
how can we appreciate such a horrible thing?

5 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

A Thai friend made me drink it once;
the bottle is small, tiny and  from the first throat I wondered if I did not have a sewer outlet;
it is foul;
how can we appreciate such a horrible thing?

It's all in your mind. My wife has Conjee sometimes for breakfast but to me it looked slimy I said " I'm not eating that" Finnaly I tried it and it was delicious. Doubt if you were given Bird's Nest as it is not foul tasting. Actually it's sweet with a sort of gelitan texture. When I was first offered it by my friends (martial artists) in Chinatown I had to get my head around that it was made from bird spit but after trying it and reading about it's health benefits I tried more and actually like it's taste and effects. Check my links in above post.

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Tony125

Bad news for the Thai birds in question then.

I doubt any increase in demand for this would be managed sustainably.

 

On 4/27/2020 at 3:32 AM, webfact said:

“For other products, Thailand still needs to develop quality and standards, as well as raise the brand image in order to increase competitiveness.”

Ouch...just how rubbish must they be to be getting quality complaints from China.

 

 

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by realfunster
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2 minutes ago, realfunster said:

Bad news for the Thai birds in question then.

I doubt any increase in demand for this would be managed sustainably.

 

Ouch...just how <deleted> must they be to be getting quality complaints from China.

 

 

See you have know idea what you are talking about. There are no birds killed or injured from the harvesting of the birds nests. Malaysia has the best premium Birds Nest that are harvested from caves off clfts. Thailand has made buildings to intice the birds to make nests. Ater the chicks hatch and fly away they climb up to caves or buildings and harvest the nests which would dry up and blow away anyway if left alone. They don't hurt the birds as the new generation of chicks will return to build thier nests and the supply will grow every year.