Rizhao Hikon Trading Co., Ltd. was established in May 2014, registered in Donggang District, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, adjacent to the core cargo terminal area of Rizhao Port. Leveraging the dual-core port logistics advantages of Rizhao Port and Qingdao Port, the company enjoys seamless sea-land intermodal transportation and highly efficient cargo distribution. With a registered capital of RMB 1 million, it holds full independent operating qualifications for general goods import and export. It is a specialized physical trading enterprise integrating domestic and international trade in food additives with the distribution of bulk imported feed ingredients. With over a decade of industry experience, the company's core business focuses on the domestic sales and global export of citric acid series food additives, while concurrently engaging in bulk feed ingredient import trade. It has long adhered to compliant business practices and maintains a sound tax credit record, earning high contract performance credibility and a stable industry reputation among domestic and international customers, manufacturers, and major trade channels.
Capitalizing on the unique advantages of the core port cluster on the Jiaodong Peninsula for opening-up and cargo consolidation, the company has established a mature and well-rounded two-way trade system: with the domestic trade and export of citric acid food additives as the core pillar, and bulk overseas feed ingredient imports along with domestic end distribution as distinctive supporting segments, forming a stable operational pattern of "earning foreign exchange through exports, supplementing domestic supply through imports, and achieving internal and external synergy." The company's primary business models encompass diversified services such as domestic spot retail, long-term corporate contract supply, full-container/less-than-container export, bulk import of overseas raw materials, and port spot distribution. The client base covers large domestic food manufacturers, daily chemical processing plants, feed groups, aquaculture and livestock bases, regional distributors, and global purchasers, with two-way business operating steadily and growing continuously year after year.
I. Citric Acid Food Additives Sector (Domestic & Export · Core Business)
The citric acid series is the company's core pillar business. Specializing in the food additive track for years, the company consistently adheres to the business standard of direct procurement from original factories and strict quality control. It maintains long-term, in-depth cooperation with leading domestic listed citric acid producers such as Ensign, Citric Acid Biochemical, and Jinhe, ensuring stable first-hand supply channels, comprehensive product categories, and sufficient inventory. The company primarily deals in all mainstream food additive raw materials in the citric acid family, including citric acid monohydrate, citric acid anhydrous, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate, with products strictly categorized into food grade and industrial grade to fully meet the demands of both civil food processing and industrial production markets. It can reliably handle domestic spot purchases of various sizes, annual framework long-term contracts, as well as global full-container and less-than-container export orders.
The food-grade citric acid products managed by the company fully comply with national food safety standards and international general export testing standards for the EU, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, etc., qualifying as properly regulated food additives. They are widely used in food processing fields such as carbonated beverages, fruit juice drinks, baked goods, canned products, snack foods, and condiments. Industrial-grade products feature stable indicators and qualified purity, perfectly meeting the domestic and export requirements of industries like daily chemical cleaning, industrial water treatment, pipeline cleaning, and fine chemicals. All outgoing products are accompanied by complete sets of documentation, including formal quality inspection reports, production qualifications, and certificates of conformity. For export orders, a one-stop service is provided for all required compliance documents such as customs declaration, inspection, and clearance.
With its own standing storage inventory, the company supports small-batch trial purchases, medium-volume replenishment, year-round stable supply for factories, and full-container cross-border shipments, featuring flexible resource scheduling and controllable delivery cycles. Leveraging the geographical advantage of proximity to ports and the cost benefit of long-term direct factory procurement, the company maintains stable quality advantages and price competitiveness in both the domestic food additive distribution market and the global export market, serving as a long-term designated high-quality supplier for numerous food factories and foreign trade companies.
II. Bulk Feed Ingredient Import Sector (Mainly Import · Domestic Distribution)
While solidifying the core citric acid business, the company places significant emphasis on the bulk feed ingredient import trade. This sector focuses exclusively on overseas imports without export sales, dedicated to serving the domestic feed processing and livestock breeding industries. The company consistently imports high-quality bulk commodity raw materials, with core categories including: imported soybeans, palm kernel meal, beet pulp, sunflower meal, double-low rapeseed meal, imported barley, and Brazilian DDGS, among other mainstream feed ingredients. All supplies are sourced from reputable and qualified overseas suppliers in premium production regions, ensuring stable supply and controllable quality, comprehensively meeting the essential raw material demands of domestic feed enterprises for formula production, livestock and poultry breeding, and aquaculture.
All imported feed ingredients strictly follow formal import procedures, completing the full range of compliance formalities such as customs declaration, commodity inspection and quarantine, and traceability filing, with complete documentation and standard procedures, fully complying with domestic feed safety standards and industry usage norms. Capitalizing on the frontline port berthing, warehousing, and distribution advantages of Rizhao Port and Qingdao Port, the company delivers an integrated service from direct arrival of overseas supplies, port spot warehousing, rapid distribution, to nationwide full-truck delivery. It can undertake various cooperation models, including port spot fragmentary procurement, monthly batch replenishment, and annual framework import orders, catering to the differentiated procurement needs of small and medium-sized feed enterprises as well as large-scale integrated breeding and processing groups.
III. Full-Chain Import & Export Supply Chain Supporting Services
After over a decade of deep cultivation in the industry, the company has built a mature supply chain service system tailored to the three-track operations of "domestic food additive sales + food additive export + feed ingredient import," establishing a closed-loop service covering upstream original factory supply, overseas regional supply, port warehousing and logistics, final distribution, and documentation & customs declaration. From initial product parameter matching, precise quotation, formulation compatibility, and sample verification, to factory pickup, port warehousing, storage transfer, domestic full-truck and less-than-truckload logistics, export booking and customs declaration, cross-border documentation preparation, import clearance and inspection, and arrival handover, dedicated account managers provide one-on-one follow-up throughout the entire process, ensuring standardized procedures and highly responsive service.
For new partner clients, the company offers complimentary value-added services such as product sampling, qualification verification, and document matching to help quickly validate product quality and align with production needs. For long-term strategic partners, quarterly or annual framework supply agreements can be signed, allowing flexible adjustments in citric acid supply volumes, export container quantities, and feed ingredient import order volumes according to the client's production rhythm. All accounts are kept clear, and documentation is standardized throughout; quality inspection reports, shipping documents, customs declaration materials, import quarantine certificates, purchase and sale contracts, and all other records are complete and traceable, ensuring secure, transparent, and reliable transactions.
The company consistently adheres to the cooperation philosophy of steady operation and long-term mutual benefit, eschewing short-term speculative profits and focusing on stable, enduring partnerships. It can meet the sporadic procurement needs of small traders and small-to-medium factories, while also handling continuous bulk orders and cross-border trade orders from large manufacturing enterprises and group companies, precisely matching the procurement budgets, supply cycles, and quality standard requirements of clients of varying scales.
IV. Business Philosophy & Long-Term Development Strategy
Since its establishment in 2014, Rizhao Hikon Trading has steadfastly upheld the core development philosophy of "pragmatism and trustworthiness, transparent operations, deep cultivation of core business, and steady long-term growth." It has precisely positioned its business track: taking the domestic and international trade of citric acid series food additives as the fundamental cornerstone, and bulk feed ingredient imports as a distinctive growth segment, rejecting exaggerated marketing and short-term speculation, and always maintaining supply stability, quality controllability, genuine contract fulfillment, and honesty and transparency as the essential business bottom lines. Internally, it strengthens domestic end-user channels; externally, it expands global export markets and consolidates overseas import supply channels, progressing steadily along both tracks.
In dealing with domestic cooperative clients, the company discloses product specifications, inventory status, logistics lead times, and pricing systems truthfully, conducting business with integrity and fairness. When facing overseas customers and foreign supply partners, it strictly adheres to international trade practices, truthfully revealing product information and supply cycles without exaggeration, concealment, or false promises, upholding the standard of cross-border trade integrity. The core members of the corporate team each have over ten years of experience in food additive trading, bulk agricultural product imports, port customs and logistics, and warehousing distribution, proficient in the full process of both domestic and international trade, and capable of quickly responding to client inquiries and efficiently resolving various trade, logistics, and after-sales issues.
Over the past decade, the company has amassed a large base of steady repeat customers through reliable product quality, dependable contract fulfillment, and transparent operations, continually expanding its domestic distribution network, global export markets, and overseas import supply channels by virtue of its industry reputation. In the future, the company will persist in a specialized, refined, and steady category management approach, continuously optimizing the supply chain system, deeply cultivating the two core tracks of food additive export/domestic trade and bulk feed ingredient imports, and striving to build a reputable and stably capable comprehensive import and export trading enterprise.