The annual import and export of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Zhuhai Highway Port has exceeded 300 billion yuan (see picture)

The picture shows customs officers inspecting the goods. Photo by Lin Changfeng

According to the latest data from Gongbei Customs, in 2025, there will be over 31 million people and 6.8 million vehicles entering and leaving the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge. The import and export value of goods will exceed 300 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 325.84 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.1%. The flow of people, vehicles, and goods will all break the historical records since the opening of the bridge, and the economic and trade integration in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area will reach a new speed.

Cross border e-commerce has become a new driving force for growth. At the port inspection site, packages are continuously sent to the conveyor belt and accurately pushed to the next stage after being scanned by an X-ray machine. Every day, nearly 500 e-commerce trucks carrying over 1.6 million packages depart from here and transit through Hong Kong and Macau airports to fly to more than 140 countries and regions around the world. Last year, the weight of e-commerce packages exported through the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Port exceeded 89000 tons, "said the person in charge of Xiyin Customs, who has been conducting cross-border e-commerce business at the Bridge Port since 2020. By relying on customs facilitation measures such as simplified declaration, list release, and summary statistics, as well as priority inspection, exports through the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform via Daqiao Port will reach 110.98 billion yuan by 2025.

The sustained burst of trade vitality cannot be separated from the continuous deepening of soft connectivity of rules and mechanisms. On November 18, 2025, Gongbei Customs and Hong Kong Customs signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in inspection, quarantine and supervision of transit imported fruits by air, creating a new model of cooperation between the two customs for supervision. On that day, the first batch of 49 tons of fresh Chilean cherries was successfully imported from Hong Kong Airport via the "Air Land Fresh Products Exclusive Express" bridge, marking the 22nd cross-border cooperation agreement signed between Gongbei Customs and relevant departments in Hong Kong and Macau.

The bridge can be driven day and night, and vehicles that do not require inspection can clear customs in less than 2 minutes. I am also calm when there is urgent goods. "Mr. Li, a truck driver from Zhuhai Free Trade Zone Guanglian Communication Technology Co., Ltd., is rushing to deliver imported electronic components and other high-tech products that have been" declared in advance "to the Zhuhai factory for processing and production. He drove the vehicle into the exit lane, and in less than 15 seconds, the checkpoint release barrier lifted with a loud sound. This is the first continuously upgraded and iterated "one-stop" system for passenger and freight vehicles in China, combined with convenient measures such as customs "early declaration", "two-step declaration", and "cross-border one lock" reform. The repeated inspection of customs clearance in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao has been greatly reduced, and "smooth flow of goods" has become the norm.

The import and export value of Daqiao Port was 49.65 billion yuan in 2019 and 325.84 billion yuan in 2025, with an average annual growth rate of 36.8%. This jump curve confirms the strong radiation and driving force of the bridge. Li Yuanyuan, the head of the Customs Comprehensive Business Department of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge, said that the customs will continue to promote regulatory innovation and help the Greater Bay Area economic and trade new channel unleash stronger momentum. (Written by Chen Qixi)