Chicago International Produce Market (CIPM)

The Chicago International Produce Market is located on South Wolcott Avenue. It traces its origins to the historic South Water Market produce complex of the 1920s before being rebuilt at the present site, and it is one of the largest first-tier fruit and vegetable wholesale centers in the American Midwest. It hosts dozens of fresh-produce wholesalers, though the exact number has yet to be confirmed, supplying supermarkets, second-tier distributors and food-service buyers across Chicago and the Midwest.

The market wholesales fruit, vegetables, imported produce and fresh-cut prepared items, close to the I-55 highway logistics corridor. For Chinese agricultural and food exporters, it offers a direct point of contact with Midwestern fresh importers and a way to understand demand patterns in the American interior. Its central interstate location means one visit reaches buyers covering the Midwest, where demand for stable-quality, mid-priced produce and food-service items tends to be less trend-sensitive than on the coasts.