Strong export momentum of electric vehicles at Shanghai Port in the first quarter

According to statistics from Shanghai Customs, in the first quarter of this year, Shanghai Port exported 839000 vehicles, an increase of 48.7% year-on-year. Among them, 479000 electric vehicles were exported, accounting for 79.2%. As the largest automobile export port in China, Shanghai relies on the dual wheel drive of Waigaoqiao Port Area and Nangang Port in Lingang New Area, combined with customs facilitation measures, to promote domestic new energy vehicles to reach the global market at a faster speed.

In the Waigaoqiao Port Area, Haitong International Automobile Terminal is currently the largest single vehicle roll on/roll off terminal in China. Since the beginning of this year, the daily average vehicle loading and unloading volume of the terminal has exceeded 4000, with nearly 150000 vehicles loaded and unloaded in March. In the first quarter, the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs has supervised a total of 386000 exported cars from the port, of which electric vehicles account for nearly 70%.

In the Lingang New Area, Nangang Port is a new growth pole for Shanghai Port's automobile exports. Since March, the daily loading volume of the terminal has remained stable at around 3000 vehicles, and during peak periods, it can exceed 5000 vehicles per day. In the first quarter, Yangshan Customs supervised a total of 207000 exported vehicles from the terminal, a year-on-year increase of 111%, including 138000 electric vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 176%.

Faced with the rapidly growing demand for customs clearance of exported vehicles, Shanghai Customs has paved the "fast lane" for automobile exports through institutional innovation and technological empowerment. He Yi, Deputy Director of the Customs Inspection Department at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port, introduced that the customs has specially opened a green window for customs clearance and inspection of automobile exports, implemented dedicated personnel to connect with ports and enterprises, and real-time grasp of export plans and shipping schedules. Comprehensively promote paperless operations, combined with convenient measures such as "advance declaration" and "arrival inspection and release", to speed up and increase efficiency in automobile customs clearance.

In the Lingang New Area, Yangshan Customs has created a full process visual supervision system, embedding the supervision process "imperceptible" into the logistics chain. Yu Tianle, Director of the Lingang Port Operations Department of Haitong Company, stated that the newly built berths in Shanghai Nangang Phase II have passed customs inspection and have been put into use in a timely manner. The momentum of automobile exports will be even stronger in 2026. (Xu Jie, Chen Jia/Wen)