During the 14th Five-Year Plan, Anhui, supported by Hefei Customs, saw its foreign trade scale rise from 545.15b yuan to 1013.56b yuan (2025), ranking 9th nationally (1st in central China). It led in auto exports, with mechanical and electrical products accounting for over 70% of exports. Open platforms, three-dimensional logistics, and characteristic products' exports grew, expanding trade with Belt and Road and RCEP countries.

Hefei Xinqiao Airport Customs seized 181 endangered giant clam products (national first-class protected, CITES Appendix II) from a passenger’s baggage, filed a case, and confiscated them. It uses "tech empowerment + precise supervision" to strengthen national biosafety defense.

Recently, Ningbo Airport Customs seized 48800 cigarettes (244 cartons) illegally carried by an inbound passenger. The case was transferred to the anti-smuggling department. Customs reminded passengers of duty-free cigarette limits for inbound luggage.

Ningbo Airport duty-free shops see rising consumption (2025 sales up 94.27% YoY). Ningbo Customs supports with paperless transfer, instant inspection/release. 2025 inbound/outbound passengers hit 6-year high (1.0711m), meeting passenger shopping needs.

In 2025, Chinese ports maintained steady growth with foreign trade container throughput up 9.5% YoY. Shanghai Port exceeded 55 million TEUs, Zhoushan Port over 40 million TEUs. Ports are expanding to consolidate leading advantages, supporting stable foreign trade development.

Ningbo Port’s 2025 automobile exports set a new high (428k vehicles, 43.48b yuan, 78.8%/84.4% YoY growth). New energy vehicles (267k, 30.6b yuan, 300%+ growth) were a key driver, with private enterprises as main force, diversified markets, and port facilitation measures supporting growth.

On Jan 21, a batch of domestic new energy vehicles from Ningbo completed customs clearance, to be transported to Liege, Belgium via 3V827 flight. The Ningbo-Liege route (resumed this month) will normalize car air transport; customs provides compliance support.

Ningbo Chunchen Technology’s custom insulated cups are exported to South Korea with RCEP tariff reductions. Fenghua Customs assists enterprises with policy benefits and clearance, supporting Fenghua’s manufacturing exports. 2025 export value of insulation products under Fenghua Customs rose 71.2% year-on-year to 23.897 million yuan.

On Dec 23, Xiamen Qunxin shipped fan trucks overseas. Fujian's sports goods export hit 10.833 billion yuan in Jan-Nov, with fitness/ice-snow equipment growing. Private/foreign enterprises dominate, North America/Europe as main markets. Xiamen Customs supports enterprises via policy guidance and digital services.

Fujian granite exports via new sea rail intermodal channel reached 7.49 billion yuan (Jan-Nov), ranking first in China. Market features stable main (Asia, APEC, BRI) + high growth emerging; private enterprises dominate. Xiamen Customs launched facilitation measures for efficient clearance and policy support.

In 2025, Guangdong's foreign trade reached 9.49 trillion yuan (up 4.4%), ranking first in China for 40 years. Shenzhen supported foreign-funded enterprises' foreign trade, with high-tech exports exceeding 1 trillion yuan. Shenzhen Customs launched facilitation measures to improve efficiency, and Shenzhen's high-tech products accounted for nearly 60% of Guangdong's similar imports and exports.

As of now, Shenzhen Customs district has over 550 AEO enterprises contributing nearly 50% of import/export volume. Shenzhen Customs innovates group certification model, promoting 21 enterprises under 9 groups to pass AEO certification by 2025. Beneficiaries like Shenzhen Shichuang Electronics gain from it, and Customs reduces 181 AEO enterprises' burden by ~100 million yuan via facilitation measures.

On the 15th, Hangzhou Customs supervised the first batch of "TIR+Bonded" and "TIR+Cross-border E-commerce" goods nationwide departing from Wenzhou and Hangzhou via TIR vehicles, marking their landing in Zhejiang. The TIR Convention features convenient customs clearance. Hangzhou Customs optimized services to support this. Since 2024, Zhejiang's TIR business has grown rapidly, with 621 vehicles expected by 2025.

2.25 tons of sunflower seeds from Changzhi Zhongcheng Heye Food Co., Ltd. (Shanxi) were exported to Uzbekistan via Changzhi Customs (Taiyuan Customs), marking Shanxi's first sunflower seed export. Changzhi Customs provided precise assistance; Guo Yanli noted it's a Belt and Road breakthrough, with customs continuing to help local products export.

In 2025, Gansu's foreign trade achieved high-quality breakthroughs: total import-export hit 71.17 billion yuan (first over 70 billion), up 16.2% YoY. Trade with B&R countries accounted for 70.5%, RCEP members grew 47.9%. Exports rose 44.5% (high-tech, "new three" products surged). Private enterprises became key growth force.

Weihai Customs under Qingdao Customs handled its first departure tax refund for an overseas passenger at Weihai Port. The passenger, who bought a down jacket in Chengdu, got a 2156-yuan refund quickly. Weihai Customs optimized services with special windows, aligning with China's 2025 tax refund policy to boost inbound consumption.

Qingdao Hengshengtai's raisin exports hit new peak with customs support (Enterprise Assistance Plan, green channel). By 2025, Qingdao's raisin exports will exceed 300 million yuan, up 25.3% year-on-year.

The paperless tax refund application system, piloted by Qingdao Customs and promoted nationwide from Nov 1, 2025, enables full online processing, cutting tax refund time to 1 day (vs 7-10 days offline). It boosts efficiency, reduces enterprise costs, with Qingdao Customs processing 2339 refunds (220m yuan) in 2025, up 85.9% and 15.8% YoY, benefiting import-export firms.

Using the "territorial direct access" model to achieve "one declaration, one inspection, one release" for outbound goods cuts enterprise clearance time by ~60%; promoting self-driving commercial vehicle export trials supports new foreign trade formats; pioneering naked vehicle bulk cargo export supervision boosts naked vehicle exports by 80%+ and reduces enterprise logistics costs by over 16 million yuan.

Qingdao Customs' party member team developed AI models for intelligent tax risk control of imported cosmetics, replacing manual review with AI, improving accuracy to 90% and coverage to nearly 100%. The innovation methodology was replicated in other scenarios, with party building leading technological empowerment of customs governance.