The global dietary nutrition market keeps expanding in 2026. As popular nutritional ingredients, plant‑sourced active peptides see steady growth in overseas purchasing demand, becoming a key growth driver for food additives and nutritional supplement raw materials. Meanwhile, cross‑border transport regulations for fine chemicals and hazardous chemicals are tightening worldwide. Foreign trade enterprises need to seize market opportunities while strictly following export compliance requirements.

For nutritional raw materials, plant oligopeptides including pea peptide, walnut peptide and rice peptide gain more orders from Europe, America and Southeast Asia for their plant‑based property, easy absorption and compatibility with vegetarian formulations. Downstream buyers no longer focus merely on basic content indicators. They pay more attention to practical application parameters such as solubility, ash content, heavy metals and microbiological indicators. Buyers also require suppliers to provide complete third‑party test reports, product specifications and allergen statements. Many overseas manufacturers of solid drinks and meal replacements prefer long‑term cooperation with reliable domestic raw material suppliers with complete qualifications. Demand for small‑batch samples also rises obviously.

On the food additive export side, overseas countries strengthen supervision on labeling and traceability. The EU and multiple Southeast Asian countries keep updating access lists for food raw materials, with stricter review on factory qualifications and batch traceability documents. Before shipment, enterprises shall check target‑market standards in advance to prevent cargo detention caused by incomplete documents or nonstandard labeling.

For sea shipment of hazardous chemicals, international carriers and customs have reinforced inspection on dangerous goods packaging, GHS labels and consistency of MSDS documents. Incorrect UN classification, noncompliant labels and conflicting information across documents are top reasons for cargo detention. During booking and customs declaration, enterprises shall finish product classification in advance and guarantee consistency among packing group, shipping marks and safety data sheets. Besides, fluctuating freight rates and vessel availability force suppliers to optimize production scheduling and delivery plans to mitigate supply chain risks.

Overall, raw material export competition has shifted from pure price competition to comprehensive competition covering product quality, full set of qualifications, stable delivery and compliance service. For chemical traders handling both nutritional food raw materials and hazardous chemicals, building standardized document review systems and preparing test & certification files in advance is critical to retain overseas customers and reduce foreign‑trade risks.