Last year, over 17000 tons of frozen fresh poultry were supplied to Hong Kong and Macau under the supervision of Doumen Customs

Doumen Customs officers conduct local inspections on fresh chickens supplied to Australia. Photo by Liu Han

At 2:00 am on January 21st, in the refrigeration workshop of a frozen poultry meat processing plant in Doumen, workers loaded boxes of frozen poultry products onto trucks. The temperature display screen in the compartment was frozen at -2 ℃, which is the temperature at which frozen poultry meat maintains the best taste. A few hours later, this batch of products was transported to Macau through the "Fresh Products Green Channel" at Gongbei Port to supply the local morning market.

To ensure that Hong Kong and Macao citizens have their first taste of fresh food on their dining tables, customs has opened a "green channel" and implemented round the clock appointment clearance to ensure efficient and seamless connection of frozen poultry products from slaughter to shelving. Loading at 2am, customs clearance at the port after 6am, and fast delivery to the wholesale market in Macau, ensuring slaughter in the early morning and shelving in the early morning, "said Wang Dongtao, Deputy Director of the Inspection Department of Doumen Customs under Gongbei Customs, pointing to the screen on the surveillance screen.

The quarantine declaration and customs clearance process has always been smooth, "said Liang Jishen, the manager of the quality inspection department of Zhuhai Zhenmeng Meat and Poultry Co., Ltd." In August 2025, we added the business of supplying frozen duck and frozen goose to Hong Kong. The convenience measures of 'early declaration' by the customs allow products slaughtered in the early morning to be put on shelves in Hong Kong and Macao, and the company's total output value has increased by about 5% year-on-year as a result

Since the full implementation of electronic certification for veterinary hygiene of poultry meat supplied to Australia in March 2025, enterprises have bid farewell to the rush to obtain paper certificates. Now with just one click of the mouse, the certificate can be directly sent to the regulatory authorities in Macau, "said Liu Jieneng, the customs clearance supervisor of Zhuhai Jintong Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. The clearance efficiency has been improved by about 20% compared to the traditional mode, and the company has saved more than 150 days in certificate application time.

At present, with the continuous release of the dividends of the CEPA agreement, the variety of poultry meat supplied to Hong Kong and Macao has steadily covered specialty categories such as pigeons, quails, and partridges, instead of traditional chickens, ducks, and geese. Data shows that by 2025, 3038 batches of chilled poultry products for Hong Kong and Macao will be released by Doumen Customs, with a total volume exceeding 17000 tons and a value of over 440 million yuan, all of which have reached a historical high. In response to the peak consumption of Hong Kong and Macao New Year goods before the Spring Festival, the customs will further optimize the supervision process, provide good customs clearance services, promote the stable supply of frozen poultry products from enterprises to Hong Kong and Macao, and ensure that they are available, fresh, and safe to eat. (Written by Zhu Ziqiang and Yang Yimeng)