Agricultural product exports increased by nearly 20% in April before Rizhao
The early summer sunshine and sea breeze still carry a hint of coolness. In the raw material warehouse of Rizhao Rongjin Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., there is a bustling scene - the harvested sea rainbow (scientific name purple mussel) is frozen and fresh, and the cold storage is piled up to the brim. These are the company's annual processing materials.
In the past, our sea rainbow was always stumped by various standards from different countries, fearing that the goods would be returned after leaving the country. Now, with customs experts escorting the entire process, from breeding rafts to export ports, every link is carefully monitored, and our confidence in supplying goods to the sea is very strong! "Sun Chao, the head of Rizhao Rongjin Aquatic Products Export Department, exclaimed, which is a vivid footnote to the significant increase in Rizhao's agricultural product exports in the first four months of 2026.
As the data proves, the fruits are promising. According to statistics from Rizhao Customs, from January to April this year, Rizhao City exported agricultural products worth 3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%. Among them, the export of aquatic products was 1.16 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%.
In order to break through the bottlenecks of long processing cycles for enterprise documents and easy loss of goods due to port delays, Rizhao Customs has fully released the policy dividends of the comprehensive bonded zone, launched a series of convenient measures such as "first entry, then customs declaration", "first entry, then sampling inspection", and "pre inspection", and opened up the entire chain of logistics clearance obstacles for domestic processing enterprises in the comprehensive bonded zone.
When the documents are not yet complete, the enterprise can first transport the goods to the comprehensive bonded area for proper storage, and then calmly handle the customs clearance procedures, completely bidding farewell to the disturbance caused by port backlog; Cold chain fresh goods do not need to queue up for inspection at the port, and can quickly enter the area. They will be tested according to regulations when they are released for sale, maximizing the preservation of the original taste of fresh goods and reducing losses. For goods that are shipped out in batches, the customs completes the pre inspection process in advance and releases them directly based on the inspection results, eliminating the tedious process of repeated inspections and queues.
Relying on the policy advantages of the comprehensive bonded zone, enterprises can enjoy policies such as bonded import of raw materials and export tax incentives for deep processing when conducting bonded processing business, promoting the transformation of primary agricultural products into high value-added export products.
After simplifying the customs clearance process, logistics efficiency has been greatly improved, and bonded processing has doubled the competitiveness of our products. The export business performance in the first quarter was impressive, "said Wang Jiatai, the head of Rizhao Yuanhai Cold Chain Logistics Company. Data shows that in the first four months of this year, the food exports from Rizhao Comprehensive Bonded Zone exceeded 360 million yuan, achieving significant growth and becoming the core hub for Rizhao's agricultural products to be sold globally.
As the "flagship category" of agricultural products exported from Rizhao, aquatic products face increasingly stringent quality standards in the international market. Customs has established a full chain quality control system to provide strong guarantees for the products to go global.
On the breeding end, the customs implements dynamic supervision on the registered breeding farms, regularly inspects the water quality, breeding drugs, and disease situation, and eliminates quality hazards from the source; In the processing stage, guide enterprises to establish internationally recognized quality certification systems such as HACCP and BRC, standardize the entire production process, and achieve traceability of each process; At the export checkpoint, key indicators such as microorganisms and heavy metals are randomly sampled and tested, and the quality of the export is strictly controlled.
I used to think that customs supervision was a constraint, but now I understand that it helps us avoid export risks and clear trade barriers in advance, "said Sun Chao, the head of the export department of Rizhao Rongjin Aquatic Products. The precise supervision of customs has enabled the products of enterprises to pass the quality inspection standards of various countries smoothly, and export orders have become more and more stable.
In addition to aquatic products, vegetable exports have also shown growth momentum. Customs has implemented a linkage model of "growers+registered bases+leading enterprises", extending supervision to the fields, guiding enterprises to develop standardized planting standards, and uniformly controlling key links such as fertilization and medication, promoting vegetable cultivation from "experience based" to "standard based", and opening up the entire chain channel from the fields to overseas dining tables.
In addition, Rizhao Customs actively promotes the implementation and effectiveness of RCEP policies, establishes a special service team to conduct on-site lectures, guides enterprises to sort out the list of tax reductions, and makes good use of the rules of origin accumulation, helping enterprises fully enjoy the policy dividends.
Relying on the RCEP tariff reduction policy, the tariff on our frozen boiled scallop meat exported to Japan has been reduced from 3.9% to 2.9%, which can save nearly one million yuan in costs per year and directly enhance our competitiveness. ”Sun Chao calculated an account.
From the facilitation reform of customs clearance to the full process quality supervision, from standardized control at the source to precise empowerment of foreign trade policies, Rizhao Customs has solved the problem of agricultural product exports through practical measures, activated the local characteristic agricultural export momentum, and enabled Rizhao's high-quality agricultural products to be exported overseas, polishing the local agricultural foreign trade characteristic business card. (Yu Changwei, Chen Dong, Tian Sen/Wen)