Ningxia wine making stone jars break through the benefits of the Serbia China Serbia Free Trade Agreement for the first time with "paper gold", promoting the full industry chain of Helan Mountain wine to go global
On July 7th, Xingqing Customs successfully issued a preferential certificate of origin under the China Serbia Free Trade Agreement for the export of wine making stone jars from Ningxia Magical Bird Ceramics Co., Ltd. to Serbia. This certificate, known as the "paper gold" of international trade, will help export goods enjoy tariff reductions and effectively reduce cross-border trade costs for enterprises.
We are exporting stone jars for the first time. Under the guidance of customs staff, we successfully applied for the certificate of origin of the China Serbia Free Trade Agreement. When entering Serbia, the tariff was reduced from 8% to 6.4%. This not only reduces costs and enhances product competitiveness, but also adds confidence to our exploration of the Central and Eastern European markets, "said the customs officer of Ningxia Magic Bird Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Wine making jars are specialized tools used in the process of wine making and aging. The natural clay material comes with a microporous and breathable structure, which can promote the temperature and aging of the wine, soften tannins, condense fruit flavors, and better preserve the local flavor of the wine. Serbia is not only a core wine producing region in the Balkans, but also an important trade hub in Central and Eastern Europe. It has strong market radiation capabilities and can effectively cover multiple countries around the Balkans. With the continuous increase in two-way trade between China and Serbia, the export of Ningxia's wine supporting equipment is entering a stable and sustainable growth space.
To seize this opportunity, Xingqing Customs closely follows the development needs of Ningxia's characteristic wine industry, actively promotes the "enterprise commissioner system", builds a full process precision service system, and promotes the direct dividends of free trade agreements to enterprises. In response to the characteristics of wine making stone jar products and the requirements of the rules of origin, the commissioner took the initiative to carry out targeted policy guidance, providing detailed explanations of practical points such as origin standard determination, raw material traceability, and standardized declaration, in order to build a solid foundation for enjoying benefits. At the same time, we will comprehensively implement the "paperless declaration+intelligent review+full process online processing+self-service printing" mode, continuously reducing the processing time of business.
The smooth export of wine making stone jars this time is another new attempt by Ningxia's upstream supporting equipment production enterprises for red wine, following the successful export of cork stoppers in 2025. It is also a concrete practice for Ningxia's entire wine industry chain to explore the Central and Eastern European markets with the help of free trade dividends. This marks the acceleration of Ningxia's wine industry from exporting a single finished product to the upgrading path of "finished product+supporting" full chain coordinated overseas.
Next, Xingqing Customs will continue to tap into the policy potential of the China Serbia Agreement, optimize government services in the country of origin, strengthen the cultivation and empowerment of the industrial chain, and make every effort to promote the "group export and linkage expansion" of wine products and supporting equipment from the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain. This will enable Helan wine aroma to set sail in the Balkans and drift to the European continent, and with the high-level opening up of characteristic industries, help Ningxia's foreign trade develop steadily and steadily, and promote more Ningxia's manufacturing to the world.