Ningbo Hengkang Food Co., Ltd. exports nut stir-fry products with Chinese flavor globally. Cixi Customs provides export assistance (latest regulations, risk analysis, green channel) to support its growth, including Spring Festival orders. By 2025, its exports exceed 25 million yuan, with 5.6 million yuan to Libya (39.1% YoY growth). Ningbo Customs will continue supporting such brands.

Yesterday, the Niuean container ship built by Ningbo Boda set sail from Xiangshan Shipu Port for export, marking the port's first ship export after official opening. Xiangshan Customs provided convenient measures, and the port will develop cold chain logistics etc. in the future.

On December 30, Xiamen Port’s imported fruits (Chilean cherries, Thai durians) were cleared by customs for New Year supply. From Dec15-28, import volume rose 47.47% year-on-year. Customs optimized services to ensure freshness, with release time within half a day.

From Jan to Nov, Fujian's transformer exports hit 1.09 billion yuan (up 1.9% YoY). Foreign-invested enterprises are the main force. Key markets include Japan, Hong Kong, ASEAN (Cambodia surges). Xiamen Customs supports with policy guidance, IPR protection, etc. Xiamen TDK's exports reached 400 million yuan.

This article details Yinchuan Customs' smart/innovative supervision measures (remote inspection, batch inspection, green channels) supporting Ningxia's foreign trade growth. 2025 Ningxia foreign trade reached 20.99 billion yuan (up 3.4%), agricultural exports up 20.1%. These measures cut costs, boost efficiency, aiding Ninghuo's global expansion.

The article introduces Ningbo Customs' AI-assisted quadruped robot (robotic dog) for empty container quarantine inspection at Meishan Port Area. It performs functions like automatic inspection and box number recognition, with higher efficiency than manual work. As of Jan 29, it assisted in inspecting 1655 natural boxes, marking a new stage of AI-assisted intelligent supervision.

Qingdao Dagang Customs statistics show 106,000 inbound/outbound passengers at Qingdao International Cruise Home Port in 2025 (up 24.9% YoY), 73,000 cruise passengers (up 46.2% YoY). As Shandong's only professional cruise port, it has boutique routes and "Xinjinqiao 5" liner. The first domestic large cruise ship "Aida Modu" maiden voyaged here. Qingdao Dagang Customs optimized clearance via "Virtual Joint Inspection Center", improving efficiency by ~30%.

The 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships will be held in Tianjin (Feb 6-8) with over 500 participants from 35 Asian regions. Tianjin Customs ensures efficient clearance via dedicated channels and smart modes, with recent upgrades cutting flight clearance time by 60%.

In Jianghuai's twelfth lunar month, Yangzhou's Fenghe Food and other enterprises export steamed buns under Yangzhou Customs supervision. Yangzhou has 15 export-qualified steamed bun enterprises with annual exports of about 50 million, and Customs opened a green channel for Spring Festival peak shipments.

The 2026 National Foreign Trade Work Conference was held in Beijing from Feb 2-3. It summarized 2025 and 14th Five-Year Plan foreign trade achievements, analyzed the situation, and deployed 2026 tasks. 2026 is the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, emphasizing stabilizing foreign trade and promoting a strong trading nation.

On February 3rd, the "China Bilateral Investment Report 2025" was released in Beijing, covering China's 2025 two-way investment data and expert views on its investment attraction and enterprises' "going global".

On Feb 4, 2026, the first "Sharing the Big Market and Exporting to China" event was held in Beijing. Wang Wentao and Yin Yong attended and spoke. Over 150 envoys from multiple countries participated. Wang said China will hold over 100 such events in 2026, inviting UK, Kazakhstan, Kenya and Thailand as theme countries. Yin noted Beijing will be a preferred entry for global quality goods/services into China. ICBC etc released supporting activities.

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump's tariff policies caused US manufacturing to shrink further, with monthly layoffs and over 200,000 jobs lost since 2023. Companies face higher raw material costs, supply chain issues, and workforce reductions, as seen in Insteel Industries and NN Corporation.

European Parliament resumed legislative work on US-EU trade agreement on Feb 4. Earlier, it suspended approval on Jan 21 due to Trump's tariffs on 8 EU countries over Greenland. The committee will accelerate work if US respects EU sovereignty. The agreement's core includes EU suspending industrial tariffs for US 15% tariff on most EU exports. Proposals may be voted on Feb 24 earliest.

A Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson expressed strong dissatisfaction over the EU's in-depth investigation into Chinese wind power enterprises via the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, deeming it targeted, discriminatory and protectionist. China urges the EU to correct wrong practices, safeguard fair cooperation and vows to protect Chinese enterprises' legitimate rights.

The first plenary meeting of the 2026 APEC Customs Procedures Subcommittee was held in Guangzhou. China Customs (2026 chair) issued three initiatives; China-APEC economies' trade reached 125.49t yuan (14th Five-Year), 26.29t in 2025 (nearly 60% of China's foreign trade). The meeting focuses on Asia Pacific common prosperity.

Recently, Beijing Customs Anti Smuggling Bureau cracked a series of Rolex and other famous brand watches smuggling cases after 40-day investigation, dismantled a cross-border smuggling network, seized goods worth over 5.2 million yuan, used "ant moving" technique, arrested suspects in 5 cities, and reminded public against smuggling acts.

On Jan 30th, 2026, Zhongwei Customs supervised and lectured dangerous goods export enterprises in Taiyangshan Development Zone, Wuzhong City, focusing on the "batch inspection" reform. In 2026, it will deepen "new enterprises/products" cultivation, support enterprises like Ningxia Gangxing to explore overseas markets, and promote the "dual park" development to boost local foreign trade.

The "Phoenix Pine" ship carrying 19 Chinese-made heavy engineering trucks set sail from Rizhao Port's Lanshan Area via the new "Lanshan Mtwara" route to Tanzania. These trucks will support local infrastructure, with customs' "direct loading upon arrival" mode improving efficiency. The route boosts China-Africa cooperation and Belt and Road construction.

Ningbo Customs introduced AI quadruped robots for container inspection at Meishan Port Area (Ningbo Zhoushan Port). The robot operates 24/7, inspects up to 100 boxes/day (twice manual efficiency), achieves 92% box recognition accuracy, solves manual limitations (staff shortage, weather), and supports smart customs construction.