Bay Area Live Fish Leapfrog Across the Four Seas. In the first quarter of this year, Gongbei Customs supervised the supply of over 7000 tons of live fish to Hong Kong and Macao

Doumen Customs officers conduct local inspections on live fish, photographed by Yu Bo

On the morning of April 2nd, the Doumen Farm in Zhuhai was bustling with activity. The oxygen pump is making a loud noise, and baskets of sea bass and bamboo shell fish are full of vitality. Workers are sorting and loading before leaving the pond. Farmer Mr. Liang hopes that this batch of "live treasures" can be cleared quickly and delivered to the market on time.

The water temperature is 16 degrees, the dissolved oxygen is normal, and the activity is very good! "Wang Dongtao and his colleagues arrived at the inspection site early in the morning and carefully inspected each bucket of live fish. He is the deputy head of the inspection department of Doumen Customs under Gongbei Customs. The focus of this inspection is to confirm whether there are any signs of diseases such as incomplete fish bodies, skin ulcers, or damage to fish fins. Beside the car, his colleague is quickly verifying the export declaration form.

This is a relay to ensure freshness and liveliness. Since the beginning of the Year of the Horse, there has been a strong demand for fresh aquatic products in the Hong Kong and Macau markets. Customs has optimized the "7 × 24-hour" appointment inspection mechanism to ensure the efficient and smooth operation of this "fresh channel".

Quickly, Wang Dongtao and his colleagues completed the procedures for this batch of fish. The transport truck carrying fresh aquatic products from Doumen sailed towards Macau, becoming a delicious taste on the dining tables of Macau residents.

This' freshness' is accelerating towards a farther world. At another pond, Ms. Zhou, the person in charge of Zhuhai Xiangbai Ecological Agriculture Technology Co., Ltd., just sent away a batch of bamboo shell fish to Thailand. I have been raising fish for fifteen years. Before, I only wanted to supply to the local area and Hong Kong and Macao. I didn't expect this fish to 'swim' to farther places now, "Miss Zhou sighed. In January of this year, she received her first Thai order, which required delivery to Bangkok within 30 hours. The attentive service of the customs gave her peace of mind. In the end, this batch of bamboo shell fish "swam" from Doumen Tangtou to the port in Thailand in just 18 hours. So far, the company has exported 3 batches of fresh aquatic products to Southeast Asia.

Miss Zhou's' unexpected 'is a vivid reflection of the beginning of Zhuhai Doumen's foreign trade. With the continued release of the dividends of the RCEP policy and the deepening of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", Doumen Customs has guided enterprises to "walk on two legs" and actively explore new markets in ASEAN while stabilizing the traditional markets for Hong Kong and Macao. Customs officers go deep into Tangtou to provide full chain guidance from source management to customs clearance process, making Doumen live fish a popular delicacy among Chinese people in Thailand, Singapore and other places. The order has been scheduled until mid April, what a great start! "Miss Zhou said happily.

In the monitoring room next to the inspection site, the customs officer is using a large screen to monitor the water quality data and feeding logs of various registered farms in the jurisdiction in real time, achieving a full chain traceability and penetrating supervision from Tangtou to the port. The precise supervision model of "enterprise classification, risk grading, and management stratification" implemented by the customs allows standardized enterprises to enjoy faster customs clearance while strictly adhering to safety bottom lines.

At noon, another batch of live fish transport vehicles departed. Some of them raced to Hong Kong via the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge, while others turned to the airport and flew along the "Air Silk Road" towards the dining tables of Southeast Asian residents. According to statistics, in the first quarter of this year, Gongbei Customs supervised the supply of over 7000 tons of live fish to Hong Kong and Macao, an increase of 3.4% year-on-year; Supervise the export of over 1600 tons of live fish to Thailand, Singapore and other places. (Written by Yang Yimeng and Cai Huajie)