The 'new engine' drives the acceleration of foreign trade in the revolutionary old areas of Sanming

Recently, batches of containers loaded with bamboo and wood products, as well as specialty agricultural products, have successfully departed from Sanming Land Port and been sent to the global market. According to statistics from Sanming Customs, a subsidiary of Fuzhou Customs, the number of export orders and standard containers transferred from Sanming Land Port will increase by 139.6% and 174.1% year-on-year in 2025, saving logistics costs of over 7 million yuan for enterprises.

The rapid development of Sanming Land Port is a microcosm of the old area's transition from an inland hinterland to an open frontier. Since the State Council supported the construction of a high-quality development demonstration zone for revolutionary old areas in Sanming in 2021, Sanming Customs has targeted the "needs of the old areas", leveraged its "capabilities", and used a series of innovative measures as engines to fully promote the inland old areas to break geographical limitations and integrate into the new development pattern of dual circulation. In 2025, the total import and export value of Sanming City will exceed 10 billion yuan, and the foreign trade pulse of the revolutionary old areas will become increasingly strong. This is due to the unremitting efforts of Sanming Customs in providing full service and fulfilling its duties for more than 4 years.

For our inland enterprises, what we most hope for is a smoother and more predictable customs clearance process, "said Zeng Pengfei, Deputy General Manager of Sanming Zhengyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. in Fujian Province, expressing the urgency of optimizing the business environment.

Sanming Customs has implemented precise policies and promoted the customization of 8 measures for Fuzhou Customs to support the construction of high-quality development demonstration zones in Sanming revolutionary old areas. Long term mechanisms such as linking customs leaders and providing "two to one" assistance to key enterprises have been established to deepen cross customs cooperation and ensure that policy dividends are accurately distributed to business entities. Relying on the integrated mechanism of Fuzhou and Xiamen customs, the "one port acceptance, two customs clearance" ensures efficient customs clearance of tens of millions of tons of imported iron ore for Fujian Sansteel Group; The implementation of the Three Customs Cooperation Mechanism between Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, guidance on the establishment of an international land port for Fujian (Jiangxi) intercity transportation, has provided key support for Sanming to build a modern circulation strategic pivot city; Drive the international market share of sucralose products to leap to the second place in the world; Supporting the cultivation of 16 national level "little giant" enterprises in local areas, promoting products such as persulfate and hexafluoroisopropylmethyl ether to win the first international market share.

Under a stable institutional framework, refined services have become a catalyst for activating industrial potential. Sanming Customs continues to carry out the "Customs Enterprise Partnership to Stabilize Foreign Trade" action, promoting multiple "zero breakthroughs": helping to build Sanming's first cross-border e-commerce customs supervision operation site, and conducting cross-border e-commerce business for the first time; Boosting Sanming's rice export volume to remain the top in the province and successfully entering new markets such as the Philippines; Promote the first export of 12 types of specialty products such as Shaxian snacks mixed with noodles and meat products.

The industry has gained vitality and requires more efficient logistics channels to support it. Sanming Customs has pioneered models such as "Land Port Export Transfer Direct" and "Container Pre Declaration" for export transfer, which are like a "digital relay". Goods are sealed inland, and data is synchronized in real-time to coastal ports, achieving seamless integration throughout the entire process. At the same time, Sanming Customs has also innovated its supervision mode, implemented classified supervision of domestic and foreign trade goods, helped enterprises activate warehouses in customs supervision workplaces, and increased warehouse utilization by 50%. Exploring the implementation of "inspection before shipment" for fiber products, improving export efficiency by 30% and reducing export costs by over 10% compared to traditional models.

From institutional innovation in top-level design, to precise drip irrigation enterprise services, and to intelligent and efficient logistics revolution, Sanming Customs has injected surging momentum into the construction of high-quality development demonstration zones in Sanming revolutionary old areas through a series of closely connected "combination punches". A new open channel with inland land ports as the fulcrum, connecting mountains and seas, and linking the world is helping revolutionary old areas to gallop forward on the road of high-quality development. (Lin Wanling/Text)