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Thielke: China has one-quarter of US per-capita cold storage capacity

Claire Cormier Thielke · E82: All-In Summit: Claire Cormier Thielke on China + Q&A with Flexport's Ryan Petersen · May 24, 2022 · at 6:08

Claire Cormier Thielke, Managing Director of Greater China at Hines, discusses logistics infrastructure opportunities in China at the All-In Summit.

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“China only has a quarter Of the cold storage capacity per capita that the US does.”

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China has only a quarter of the per capita cold storage capacity of the United States.

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Assessment

According to industry reports from the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) and market analyses from Cushman & Wakefield and Savills leading up to 2022, China's cold storage capacity per urban resident was approximately 0.16 m³ compared to 0.58 m³ in the United States, representing approximately 27.6% (roughly one-quarter) of the U.S. level. On a total population basis, China's capacity was roughly 20% of the U.S. figure. Because one-quarter (25%) accurately reflects the primary GCCA industry benchmark (measuring capacity per urban resident), the statement is accurate.

GCCA 2020 Report indicates U.S. per-urban-resident cold storage capacity of 0.58 m³ compared to China's 0.16 m³ (~27.6%).
GCCA 2018 Report indicates U.S. per-urban-resident capacity of 0.490 m³ compared to China's 0.132 m³ (~26.9%).

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[1] gcca.org [2] gcca.org [3] savills.asia [4] coldchainnews.com [5] cushmanwakefield.com [6] cushmanwakefield.com [7] heatpumpingtechnologies.org [8] iifiir.org

China cold chain per capita capacity United States GCCA report China per capita cold storage cubic meters United States GCCA "Global Cold Chain Alliance" per capita cold storage China United States "cold storage" per capita China "United States" GCCA 2020 OR 2021 OR 2022 OR 2023

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