Foreign Trade Updates
Recently, Zibo Customs conducted preliminary factory inspections on newly established processing and trade enterprises in its jurisdiction, focusing on promoting and interpreting related policies, providing targeted business guidance and solutions to help enterprises utilize relevant preferential policies.
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Xu Xiuyuan, a new recruit at Cixi Customs under Ningbo Customs, works in statistics. With solid practice and learning, he submitted 16 statistical info articles, led a youth research project on Cixi's imports selected for 2024 General Administration of Customs' youth plan, and contributed to regional economic development via data analysis.
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Two Ningbo enterprises (Beiya Electric and Yimei Sunlight) enhance beauty appliances competitiveness via innovation (patents, tech upgrades), with growing exports (Yuyao's first 10 months: 350M yuan for electric scissors, 160M for beauty equipment). Yuyao Customs supports via IP protection and FTA tariff guidance.
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Ningbo Customs responds to Mr. Liu's query on importing honey: key points include admission checks (relevant catalogs), overseas enterprise registration, importer/agent filing, and required declaration documents (health cert, test report, contracts, etc.).
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Longkou Customs adopts the "separate transportation and centralized inspection" mode for liquid bulk chemical exports, enhancing clearance efficiency, reducing enterprise costs, supervising 819,000 tons of exports so far, and expected to save over 20 million yuan annually.
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Since this year, China's domestic and foreign trade integration has accelerated with policy support, enterprises exploring both domestic and international markets, and future plans to enhance integration capabilities, boosting economic resilience.
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Recently, China's Ministry of Commerce, PBOC and State Administration for Financial Regulation issued a notice on strengthening commerce-finance coordination to boost consumption, including 11 measures in 3 aspects, with features of goal/problem orientation, systematic thinking and local adaptation, aiming to support livelihood and expand consumption.
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The CPC Central Committee and State Council prioritize boosting consumption. Three departments jointly issued a notice with 11 policy measures to support key consumption areas, and will promote implementation to benefit people's livelihoods and expand consumption.
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The article focuses on the sinking market's consumption potential. The Central Economic Work Conference made arrangements to boost domestic demand via it. The sinking market has faster consumption growth than urban areas, showing diversified upgrading. Future paths: deepen new urbanization, optimize consumption environment, enhance endogenous drivers to unleash potential for high-quality development.
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The 2025 "the Belt and Road" Customs Food Safety Cooperation Conference was held in Shanghai yesterday. It passed the Shanghai Declaration, launched the "Silk Road Food Safety" platform, 11 countries signed the mechanism's articles of association (18 member countries total). Sun Meijun, Wu Wei, Zhao Zenglian attended/hosted.
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From Jan-Nov 2025, Chongqing's duty-free shop sales exceeded 100M yuan (46.87% YoY growth). Optimized policies (domestic goods entry, online booking+port pickup) and hardware upgrades (AR mirrors, multilingual services) boost convenience. Merchants benefit from tax refunds, driving category expansion.
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Lefang Food, an Anhui time-honored fried food enterprise, uses domestic raw materials (Xinjiang/Inner Mongolia sunflower seeds) and gets support from Hefei Customs (Xuancheng) to expand exports. It entered Philippine market this year, with Xuancheng's food exports up 23.4% to 490 million yuan in Jan-Oct.
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Zhanjiang Customs promotes the "parallel port" logistics model via legal supply, integrating with national strategies (Hainan FTP, Western Land-Sea New Corridor, GBA). It reduces costs, boosts regional economic development, with over 100 enterprises, 57 voyages (13600 TEUs) as of Nov 24, and significant policy effects.
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Ningbo Customs reported on Dec 10 that Ningbo private enterprises' import/export in Jan-Nov exceeded 1 trillion yuan (1 month ahead), up 4% YoY, accounting for 77.6% of local foreign trade. They withstood pressure via structural optimization, flexible innovation and industrial chain support, with confidence in future development.
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Early winter is the peak for rice cake making. On Dec 7, about 2 tons of Cicheng Tapai Food's rice cakes were exported to Hong Kong (first batch this year). Made via traditional processes with local Cicheng glutinous rice, export orders have grown yearly, supported by customs and local cooperatives.
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Recently, a batch of French red wine entered Shenzhen Qianhai Comprehensive Bonded Zone. Shenzhen Customs opened an efficient import channel via the bonded stocking model (3-7 days delivery after order), meeting domestic demand, ensuring product traceability, and boosting Sino-French trade.
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Beilun Customs (subsidiary of Ningbo Customs) seized over 12,000 infringing goods related to the 2026 US Canada Mexico World Cup, including mascots, soccer balls and keychains. The case is under follow-up, and Ningbo Customs emphasizes IP protection while ensuring clearance efficiency.
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As of Dec 11, 2025, Shenzhen Airport Port's cumulative import/export cargo volume exceeded 1 million tons (first annual million ton, +10.6% YoY). Shenzhen Customs' smart logistics reform (digital twin, AGV robots) and facilitation measures boosted efficiency, cut cargo damage by >20%, costs by ~30%; 3 new international routes added this year, covering 27 countries/43 cities.
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Since Dec 1 last year, China granted 100% tariff-free to least developed countries (33 African). Shandong enterprises saved millions in tariffs; Qingdao Customs used AI, guidance to boost utilization. 459 firms saved 820M yuan, imports up 2.6x YoY.
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This report introduces that Hefei Customs supports Anhui's automobile industry (especially new energy vehicles) with policy, service and supervision systems, innovative measures and optimized models, improving customs clearance efficiency and reducing costs. As of Nov 25, Anhui's annual automobile export exceeded 1 million vehicles for the first time.
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