Xuancheng steel billets exported to Saudi Arabia for the first time

Recently, after passing the supervision of Xuancheng Customs under Hefei Customs, 17000 tons of steel billets produced by Hongtai Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Langxi County, Anhui Province were sent to Saudi Arabia. This is the first export of Xuancheng billet products, which has achieved a breakthrough in the export of the local circular steel manufacturing industry to the "the Belt and Road" co construction country.

Steel billet is an indispensable basic semi-finished product in modern industry. Starting from January 1, 2026, the country will implement export license management for some steel products, involving steel products with 300 customs codes. Enterprises must apply for an export license with materials such as export contracts and product quality certificates. This means that product quality and green standards have become the hard barriers for steel products to enter the international market. Under policy guidance, the focus of market competition is shifting towards green and high-quality steel, creating differentiated competitive opportunities for local circular steelmaking enterprises with technological advantages in Xuancheng to go global.

Hongtai Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Langxi County, Anhui Province, adopts the short process electric furnace steelmaking process, using recycled resources such as scrap steel and scrap metal as the core smelting raw materials, and has completed the ultra-low emission upgrade and obtained the "Carbon Footprint Certification". Relying on its green advantages, the company seized the opportunity of global steel trade development and successfully signed export orders. However, faced with its first foreign trade export and a new license management system, it was momentarily confused about the way forward. Our previous focus was on the domestic market. After we had the intention to export, our biggest concern was not knowing how to apply for an export license and how to declare for statutory inspections, "said Zhou Xie, the sales manager of the enterprise

Xuancheng Customs delivers policies to the doorstep, interprets the relevant regulations of the export license management commodity catalog, conducts special analysis and answers to business difficulties such as steel billet tariff classification, and guides enterprises to complete the entire declaration process through the "single window" of international trade. At the same time, combined with the process characteristics of short process electric furnace steelmaking in enterprises, help them improve their quality control system and ensure the qualified export of steel billet products.