From January to November, Fujian's imports from Latin America exceeded 100 billion yuan

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the official operation of the China Latin America Forum. In the past 10 years, under the framework of the China CELAC Forum and the co construction of the "the Belt and Road" cooperation, China's trade cooperation with Brazil, Peru and other Latin American countries has shown strong vitality. As a forefront of opening up to the outside world, Fujian actively seizes opportunities to deepen economic and trade exchanges with Latin America, allowing more and more high-quality Latin American products to enter the Fujian market. According to Xiamen Customs statistics, from January to November, Fujian's imports from Latin America exceeded 100 billion yuan, reaching 109.08 billion yuan, accounting for 16.5% of the province's total import value during the same period.

Private enterprises and state-owned enterprises are the two major business entities that Fujian imports from Latin America. Data shows that from January to November, private enterprises in Fujian imported over 50 billion yuan from Latin America, reaching 51.98 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.6%, accounting for 47.6% of the province's total import value from Latin America during the same period; State owned enterprises imported 49.39 billion yuan, accounting for 45.3%. During the same period, foreign-invested enterprises in Fujian imported 7.71 billion yuan from Latin America, accounting for 7.1%.

Data shows that Brazil, Peru, and Chile are the top three trading partners for Fujian's imports from Latin America. From January to November, Fujian imported 40.65 billion yuan, 28.26 billion yuan, and 22.4 billion yuan respectively, accounting for 83.7% of the province's total imports from Latin America during the same period. During the same period, Fujian achieved impressive results in imports from Argentina and Guyana, with imports of 4.05 billion yuan and 3.93 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 39.8% and 3.8 times year-on-year.

According to officials from Xiamen Customs, metal ores, mineral sands, and agricultural products are the main imported commodities. From January to November, Fujian imported 59.32 billion yuan of metal ore and mineral sand from Latin America, accounting for 54.4% of the province's total import value from Latin America during the same period; Among them, imported copper ore and its concentrate amounted to 36.37 billion yuan, accounting for 33.3%. During the same period, Fujian imported 24.55 billion yuan of agricultural products from Latin America, accounting for 22.5%; Among them, imported soybeans amounted to 11.32 billion yuan, accounting for 10.4%. In addition, from January to November, Fujian imported 9.68 billion yuan of pulp from Latin America, a year-on-year increase of 11.6%; Imported crude oil reached 3.81 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6 times.

As an important participant in the local food supply chain, Zhangzhou Runnong Trading Group Co., Ltd. has been deeply involved in the import of high-quality agricultural products for 5 years and has established a relatively mature import system. As one of the four major fishing grounds in the world, Peru has unique aquatic resources. After thorough market research and preparation, we successfully imported a batch of 25 tons of Peruvian flying fish seeds this month. These products are highly favored by domestic customers due to their excellent quality, "said Chen Zemin, manager of Zhangzhou Runnong Trading Group Co., Ltd." Frozen flying fish seeds are our main commodity imported from Latin America, with an annual import volume of 20 million yuan. The company plans to continue introducing more specialty products and continuously enrich the "basket of vegetables" for domestic consumers

To assist enterprises in accelerating and increasing import efficiency, Xiamen Customs continues to optimize its regulatory services, proactively meets the needs of enterprises, and provides one-on-one guidance on inspection, quarantine, and customs declaration policies to ensure quality and safety, document compliance, and complete procedures; Promote facilitation measures such as "direct loading upon arrival at the port" and "direct lifting by the ship" pilot programs, significantly reducing customs clearance costs; By prioritizing inspection and quick release, the import "green channel" is unobstructed to ensure "zero delay" in customs clearance.