Official account of Zhejiang Daily: With over 420000 vehicles, the export value of automobiles at Ningbo Port exceeded 40 billion yuan last year

Ningbo Meishan CITIC Port connected automobile yard. Photo by Zhang Peng

Tide News reporter Li Hua, correspondent Zhang Fangfang, Chen Bing, He Yixing, Zhu Wei
　　   
On the winter day at the Massey Roll on/Roll off Port in Zhoushan, Ningbo, brand new cars orderly boarded the "Forest Glory" roll on/roll off ship. Under the supervision of Meishan Customs, a subsidiary of Ningbo Customs, more than 2100 cars traveled to overseas markets. According to statistics from Ningbo Customs, by 2025, Ningbo Port will have exported a total of 428000 vehicles, with an export value of 43.48 billion yuan, an increase of 78.8% and 84.4% year-on-year respectively, achieving a simultaneous increase in both quantity and price, setting a new historical high.
In 2025, the automobile export of Ningbo Port will present a diversified market pattern, and the traditional markets such as the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, and the European Union will remain stable, with the export volume of 13.78 billion yuan, 3.58 billion yuan, and 3.41 billion yuan respectively. The export performance of emerging markets such as Türkiye, Mexico, and Algeria will be very impressive, with the export volume increasing by 795.9%, 525.4%, and 434% respectively year-on-year.
In the dedicated container yard for automobiles at CITIC Port, the site manager Zhang Jiandong is directing workers to pack a batch of new energy vehicles. After completing customs supervision and inspection, this batch of new energy vehicles will be loaded onto ships and transported to the Middle East region. In 2025, our cumulative service vehicle exports exceeded 76000 vehicles, of which over 46000 vehicles were shipped through container loading, a year-on-year increase of 142% compared to 2024, "said Zhang Peng, Deputy General Manager of CITIC Port International Logistics Co., Ltd.
Among the exported cars, new energy vehicles are particularly outstanding. By 2025, the port will have exported a total of 267000 new energy vehicles, with an export value of 30.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 300.8% and 305.8% respectively, accounting for 70.4% of the total automobile exports of Ningbo Port, and is an important driving force for the growth of automobile exports.
The rapid growth of automobile exports at Ningbo Port is inseparable from a series of "combination punches" launched by Ningbo Customs to benefit enterprises. In recent years, Ningbo Customs has continuously optimized its services and implemented measures such as "direct loading upon arrival" and "7 × 24 hour" overtime reservation mechanism to improve the efficiency of automobile clearance. In response to the problem that a single transportation method cannot meet the demand for a large number of vehicles to be shipped in a single batch, Ningbo Customs supports the simultaneous shipment of the same batch of vehicles for export using three methods: roll on/roll off ships, container ships, and framed container ships.
At the same time, the deepening application of smart logistics systems also empowers the acceleration of exports, and the comprehensive implementation of paperless ship document declaration helps Meishan Port attract roll on/roll off companies such as UGR, Jisu Logistics, and BYD under Abu Dhabi Port Group to dock at the Messi roll on/roll off terminal, further expanding the coverage of roll on/roll off routes and forming a virtuous cycle of "route growth export growth".
The various facilitation measures taken by Ningbo Customs and other port units have truly helped us solve practical problems. For example, under the 'one-stop' supervision mode, the processes of car packing and inspection are all carried out in the same venue, reducing the risk of quality damage during the transportation of our cars and compressing the customs clearance time. Chen Xue, Deputy General Manager of Ningbo Xiaohe Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., which has long acted as an agent for Ningbo's export car customs declaration business, said that by 2025, the company will have exported more than 100000 cars on behalf of others, a year-on-year increase of 38% compared to 2024.
Automobiles are an important export commodity at Ningbo Port, and we have always closely monitored the development trend of the industry. In 2026, we will continue to work hard to optimize the business environment, continuously improve the 'customs+enterprise' contact and cooperation mechanism, guide enterprises to make full use of various preferential and convenient policies, optimize export logistics solutions, and support the steady expansion of automobile overseas business, "said He Jian, head of the Logistics Monitoring Department of Meishan Customs.