中國糖果零食展組委會日前發布的調查數據顯示，近年來中國進口休閑食品需求量的年增長率在15%-20%之間。另據其預測，到2020年中國進口食品將進入井噴式高速發展的黃金十年，市場份額將高達4800億美元。

該組委會進一步介紹，進口休閑食品種類很多，主要有膨化食品、巧克力、糖果、餅干、果汁飲料、果凍、咖啡、干果等十大系列上萬個品種，其中糖制食品能夠占到總體進口量的70%左右。再加之，進口休閑食品平均利潤率可達到40%-50%，因此近年來吸引了眾多投資者從事進口休閑食品經營生意，而且很多傳統經銷商也開始轉向進口食品市場。（中國進出口網）

Chinese Candy and Snacks Expo Organizing Committee recently released that, in recent years, China's annual growth rate of demand for imports of snack foods is between 15% -20%. Besides it forecast that by 2020 China will enter the golden years of the rapid growth of food imports, and that market share will reach $480 billion.

The committee further reports, there are many types of imported snack foods, mainly including puffed food, chocolate, sweets, biscuits, fruit drinks, jelly, coffee, nuts and other two series, totally tens of thousands of varieties, among them, confectionery accounts for about 70% of overall imports, moreover imported snack foods’ average profit margin up to 40% -50%, so in recent years many investors have been attracted to engage in the import snack food business, and many traditional dealers have turned to import food market.