In the year of the launch of the Hainan Free Trade Port's closure operation, private enterprises have delivered impressive foreign trade results

In 2025, private enterprises in Hainan will withstand various risks and challenges, demonstrate strong resilience and vitality, and deliver an impressive foreign trade performance. According to statistics from Haikou Customs, the import and export of private enterprises in Hainan will reach 197.54 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%, which is 4.3 percentage points faster than the growth rate of private enterprises nationwide during the same period. Among them, exports amounted to 66.01 billion yuan, an increase of 16.3%; Imports amounted to 131.53 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2%.
The scale of trade has achieved a leapfrog growth. Since the announcement of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port in 2018, a group of private entrepreneurs have actively participated in the wave of free trade port construction, deeply participating in policy tests such as the "zero tariff" three lists and the 30% tariff exemption for value-added processing, becoming pioneers in the development of free trade port construction. The import and export value of private enterprises has also grown from 16 billion yuan in 2018 to nearly 200 billion yuan in 2025, achieving a leapfrog growth. By 2025, among the enterprises with import and export performance in the province, private enterprises will account for over 80%, and the import and export value will account for 71.6% of the province's total foreign trade value, maintaining its position as the largest foreign trade entity in Hainan for six consecutive years.
Global market participation continues to deepen. In the vast wave of Hainan enterprises going global, private enterprises continue to play the role of the "main force" with their flexible market adaptability and proactive exploration. By 2025, the import and export trade map of private enterprises in Hainan will cover nearly 120 countries and regions worldwide, achieving breakthroughs in both emerging and traditional markets. Among them, the import and export volume to emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America increased by 23.7% and 17.7% respectively, while the import and export volume to traditional markets such as the European Union and Japan increased by 63.2% and 61.9% respectively. As the "vanguard" of expanding the market and capturing orders, private enterprises in Hainan accurately grasp market demand and continuously deliver various characteristic "small commodities" to the global "big market". Among them, representative fruits from Hainan such as lychee, mango, and passion fruit will be exported to more than 10 countries including Nepal and Belarus for the first time in 2025.
Innovation drives high-quality development of industries. Driven by favorable policies such as "zero tariff" self use production equipment and "two new" policies, private enterprises in Hainan will accelerate the pace of equipment updates and upgrades by 2025, importing 37.16 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, a year-on-year increase of 24%, consolidating the hardware foundation for innovative development, and injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of the industry. Especially in the biopharmaceutical and petrochemical new materials industries, private enterprises in Hainan continue to demonstrate a positive and innovative attitude. Good drugs made in Hainan are accelerating their overseas expansion, with exports of pharmaceutical products reaching 890 million yuan, an increase of 16.5%; The high value-added petrochemical new materials are gradually opening up the international market, and the export of high value-added products such as petroleum asphalt and acrylonitrile is growing rapidly, with significant achievements in industrial upgrading.
Next, Haikou Customs will effectively implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, continue to deepen the credit cultivation of private enterprises, promote the implementation of cross-border trade facilitation measures, help private enterprises fully enjoy the policy dividends of Hainan Free Trade Port, and continuously enhance the driving force and vitality of high-quality development of enterprises.