In the first half of the year, the export of new energy vehicles at Ningbo Port exceeded 25 billion yuan (see chart)

Image caption: Customs officers conduct on-site supervision of new energy vehicles to be exported. Photo by Zhu Jiana

On July 29th, in Meishan Port Area of Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, a series of new energy vehicles were loaded onto the dedicated channel and drove into the CITIC Port's dedicated container yard for automobiles. Under the supervision of Meishan Customs, a subsidiary of Ningbo Customs, another batch of "Made in China" new energy vehicles is about to be shipped overseas. According to statistics from Ningbo Customs, in the first half of this year, Ningbo Port exported new energy vehicles worth 25.04 billion yuan and 219000 units, an increase of 104.2% and 104.7% respectively year-on-year, achieving a doubling of export value and volume.

In the first half of the year, the export value of emerging markets in the Middle East such as Oman and Qatar increased by 65.2 times and 14.7 times respectively year-on-year, demonstrating strong market potential. Since the beginning of this year, the demand in emerging markets has exploded. In the first half of the year, the proportion of our company's service for vehicle exports increased by 15% compared to last year. At the same time, the export proportion of new energy vehicles accounted for more than 50% of all automobile exports, "said Chen Xue, the head of Ningbo Xiaohe Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., which has long acted as an agent for Ningbo's export automobile customs clearance business.

Behind the impressive data lies the continuous optimization of regulatory services and innovative measures by Ningbo Customs. In response to the characteristics of a large number and high frequency of automobile exports, Ningbo Customs actively promotes a "one-stop" supervision model for new energy vehicle container exports, integrating automobile loading, inspection and other processes in the same venue, greatly reducing customs clearance time.

The various facilitation measures taken by Ningbo Customs and other port units have truly helped us solve practical problems, "Chen Xue said." For example, under the 'one-stop' supervision mode, the risk of quality damage during the transportation of automobiles has been reduced

Chen Yi, the head of the Second Department of Comprehensive Business at Meishan Customs, said, "New energy vehicles are an important export commodity at Ningbo Port, and we have always closely monitored the development trend of the industry. In the next step, we will continuously improve the mechanism for customs enterprise cooperation, optimize the business environment, improve the efficiency of automobile export logistics, and enhance the international competitiveness of Ningbo Port in the automobile export market." (Zhang Qingyun, Pan Yanyu, Chen Bing/Wen)