UNSPSC 50423004: Dried choy sum

The variety of chinese cabbage known as choy sum that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423004 Dried choy sum is a Commodity code that describes specialty Asian leafy greens procurement, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show negligible relevant activity. The single substantive opportunity in the block — the Oregon Department of Corrections bids for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, ITB, due June 19, 2026) — involves legumes that fall outside the nominal scope of dried choy sum. The remaining opportunities span fresh produce, general grocery items, and cafeteria food products across school districts, county purchasing, and state corrections systems in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon, none of which reference dried choy sum or Asian specialty vegetables as line items. The issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, school districts, and county school systems; the opportunities indicate procurement offices purchasing broad food-service staples rather than specialty Asian produce categories.

The geographic spread across recent activity covers Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon, with no concentration in any single region. Because the code shows no recent opportunities that actually solicit dried choy sum or functionally equivalent products, the code warrants a skip unless your firm has existing relationships with state or local food-service purchasing offices in these regions and can identify separate, non-posted demand for dried Asian leafy greens — a unlikely scenario given that state and local nutrition programs typically source commodity vegetables through federal USDA channels rather than specialty suppliers.