Hainan Free Trade Port's full moon operation of customs closure

Hainan Free Trade Port welcomes a full moon of closure. According to statistics from Haikou Customs, since its closure on December 18, 2025, as of January 17, Haikou Customs has supervised 750 million yuan of "zero tariff" goods on the "first line" and 85.867 million yuan of value-added duty-free goods sold to the mainland on the "second line". Since the closure, various policies have been solidly promoted, and port clearance has been smooth and efficient, with overall smooth and orderly operation.

In the efficient implementation of policies such as "frontline" and "zero tariffs", with the help of the convenient clearance mode of direct release, imported goods at Hainan Port have achieved dual optimization of clearance efficiency and cost, effectively supporting the upgrading of the free trade port industry. On January 9th, a batch of 30000 tons of imported mineral products arrived at Yangpu Port in Hainan. The batch of minerals entered the country under the "zero tariff+direct release" mode, simplifying the entire customs clearance process and improving efficiency. The relevant person in charge of the import enterprise of this batch of goods stated that the direct release of goods makes the customs clearance of raw material imports more efficient, and the "zero tariff" policy significantly reduces the procurement costs of enterprises. The dual benefits enable enterprises to accelerate the release of production capacity. The dividends of the direct release policy are precisely drip irrigated to key links in the development of various industries in Hainan. The implementation of direct release for 'zero tariff' goods and bonded goods that do not involve certificates or inspections has streamlined the 105 declaration items on the import declaration form to 33, greatly improving the efficiency of customs clearance for goods, "said the relevant person in charge of Yangpu Customs under Haikou Customs. At the airport port, a series of facilitation measures have been implemented, activating freight flow. The combination of convenient measures such as "air to air transfer" and "apron direct lifting", as well as the opening of the "air side direct access" channel, has broken down the physical barriers between domestic and international cargo zones. In the first month of customs clearance, 47000 tons of goods were imported under the direct release mode under customs supervision.

At the "Second Line", Haikou New Port and Nangang "Second Line Port" (freight) centralized inspection sites, traffic flows back and forth, and trucks loaded with customs supervised goods enter the customs supervision channel in an orderly manner, waiting for inspection and release. At night, the customs inspection room located in the centralized inspection site is still brightly lit. The on duty customs officers of Haikou Port Customs under Haikou Customs closely monitor the screen, analyze and judge the scanned images accurately, verify regulatory parameters... The various links of inspection, verification, and release are tightly connected and orderly. The centralized inspection site, as the largest basic engineering project for the island wide closure operation of Hainan Free Trade Port, is an important hub for achieving convenient and efficient passage of goods between Hainan Free Trade Port and the mainland. We have established a coordination and linkage mechanism with departments and units such as stations, security checks, and anti smuggling offices. Customs supervises the rapid response and parallel operation of goods upon arrival at the port, compresses travel time, and effectively ensures smooth customs clearance for outbound trucks. Currently, the coordination mechanism responds promptly and handles special situations effectively, "said Liu Mingkai, head of the Comprehensive Business Department of Haikou Port Customs. In the first month of customs clearance, Haikou Port Customs ensured that 18 enterprises processed value-added duty-free domestic sales goods were cleared at the centralized inspection site. The business scenarios involved mixed goods and "one vehicle, multiple tickets", and the declaration types included general customs declaration and separate consolidated declaration. The stability of system operation and departmental coordination were tested in multiple scenarios and business states. The training provided by the customs has been ongoing, from policy interpretation to one-on-one system declaration services, which has enabled us to familiarize ourselves with the declaration process and customs clearance mode for processing value-added domestic sales of duty-free goods. Currently, the domestic sales value is about 15 million yuan, "said the person in charge of Hainan Weili Medical Technology Development Co., Ltd.

Affected by the favorable conditions of the Hainan Free Trade Port's closure and the magnetic attraction effect of opening up, more foreign trade enterprises choose to settle down in Hainan. In the past month, Hainan has added 5132 newly registered foreign trade enterprises. Every day, just a single hotline channel in the government center can receive more than 100 consultation calls, "congratulated the deputy head of the Enterprise Management and Verification Department of Sanya Customs, which is affiliated with Haikou Customs. In order to make the dividends of the free trade port benefit more enterprise entities and meet the needs of more enterprises for import and export filing, the customs organized personnel to speed up the approval process, arranged dedicated personnel to guide enterprises in the problems encountered in filing applications, and compressed the average approval time by nearly 60%; Hainan Free Trade Port has also attracted more passengers to enter and exit through Hainan Port. According to statistics from Haikou Customs, in the past month, Haikou Customs has supervised 311000 inbound and outbound personnel at Hainan Airport Port, a year-on-year increase of 48.8%.

With the addition of a new round of policy adjustments to the offshore duty-free policy, the category of offshore duty-free goods has been expanded from 45 to 47, and electronic products such as digital photography equipment and micro drones have been added. At the same time, the beneficiaries have further expanded to include travelers departing from Hainan Island. In the first month of the closure of Hainan Free Trade Port, the offshore duty-free market has also delivered a remarkable performance. According to statistics from Haikou Customs, from December 18, 2025 to January 17, 2026, Haikou Customs supervised a total of 4.86 billion yuan in duty-free shopping on outlying islands, a year-on-year increase of 46.8%; The number of shoppers was 745000, a year-on-year increase of 30.2%; The number of purchases was 3.494 million, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%. The high enthusiasm of consumers for shopping fully demonstrates the surging vitality of the offshore duty-free market. Haikou Customs, driven by intelligent supervision, has established a comprehensive, intelligent, and efficient customs supervision service model from the storage of goods to the pickup of passengers. Relying on big data platforms and a "centralized+automatic" document review system, duty-free goods can be reported and released immediately upon arrival, significantly saving time and logistics costs for enterprises, and providing strong support for the smooth operation of customs clearance.

Haikou Customs will continue to promote the closure policy and a series of supporting policies, adhere to the "smart+credit" supervision, constantly summarize experience, optimize supervision, and improve efficiency, injecting stronger momentum into the smooth operation of the island's closure, and striving to build Hainan Free Trade Port into a special customs supervision area with international competitiveness and influence.