In November, the export of new energy vehicles at Ningbo Port was booming, with the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, and the European Union being the top three export markets

Ningbo, December 22 (Reporter Li Hua, Correspondents Zhang Qingyun and He Yixing) - Automobiles were orderly loaded into containers, and after positioning, triangular wooden blocks were placed and wheel hubs were reinforced and tied... On the 22nd, workers were busy and orderly carrying out export truck loading work at the Ningbo CITIC Port connected automobile loading operation site. After completing customs supervision and inspection, more than 150 new energy vehicles in this batch will be shipped to the Middle East region.
According to statistics from Ningbo Customs, the export of new energy vehicles at Ningbo Port performed well in the first 11 months, with an export value of 26 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 280.4%. From 2022 to 2024, the total export value of new energy vehicles at Ningbo Port was 22.98 billion yuan. The United Arab Emirates, Brazil, and the European Union have become the top three export markets, with export values reaching 7.89 billion yuan, 3.57 billion yuan, and 2.8 billion yuan, respectively, with the highest year-on-year growth rate of 769.7%. New energy vehicles account for nearly 70% of the total automobile exports at Ningbo Port, becoming the core engine of export growth.
In the first 11 months of this year, our automobile export volume exceeded 11000 units, with the Middle East and South America becoming the main destinations. Among them, the proportion of new energy vehicle exports exceeded 20%, "said the person in charge of Zhejiang Zhongda Yuantong International Trade Co., Ltd.
Every day, cars are packed in about 50 containers, and a large part of them are new energy vehicles, "said Zhang Jiandong, the person in charge of CITIC Port International Logistics Co., Ltd. As the end of the year approaches, major car companies have increased their shipments of cars, and the company's premises have been busy lately, sometimes having to work overnight to ensure that cars meet the shipping schedule.
Faced with the rapid growth of automobile export business, Ningbo Customs has implemented precise measures to provide one-stop and customized customs clearance solutions for enterprises, implementing the "early declaration cargo release port direct loading" customs clearance process mode, greatly improving the efficiency of automobile export. We closely monitor the dynamics of automobile exports, connect with automobile companies and shipping companies in advance, grasp export plans and ship berthing times, achieve seamless connection between automobile transportation, loading and other links, and greatly improve the operational efficiency of the port, "said Cao Wenqing, Deputy Director of the Logistics Monitoring Department of Meishan Customs under Ningbo Customs.