In 2025, Shijiazhuang Customs issued 21,000 China-Korea FTA origin certificates (6.66b yuan visa amount), helping Hebei enterprises gain ~360m yuan tariff reductions. It optimized visa services (smart review, self-printing) and plans to expand policy promotion for SMEs/emerging industries to support Hebei's integration into regional supply chains.

On the first day of the new year, Henan's foreign trade had good news: Nile Machinery's gold selection line for Zambia started construction, and Henan's first batch of candy via market procurement trade arrived in the Philippines, showing innovative foreign trade and service efforts.

On Dec 26, 2025, Henan’s first prepackaged food (300 candies) was exported via market procurement trade under Zhengzhou Customs supervision. This new channel supports local specialty foods and SMEs with simplified procedures/VAT exemption, boosting Henan’s foreign trade.

Ningbo moves from national manufacturing champion city to new quality city, focusing on new quality productivity via innovation, industry, finance, opening up, with solid manufacturing base.

Ningbo enterprises participate in international exhibitions (e.g., CES Las Vegas, Frankfurt Home Textile) to expand foreign trade. The 2026 "Ningbo Trade Global" action is launched, supporting over 1400 companies in nearly 30 overseas shows in Q1, driving growth.

Amid global population aging, China’s silver economy (aging products, medical devices) sees export growth. Customs implements measures (logistics cost reduction, policy support, compliance guidance) to facilitate exports, with 2025 Jan-Nov data showing increased shipments.

The construction of smart customs is in the "final assembly and integration" stage. Ningbo Customs plans to build a customs "smart brain" to promote management upgrading to "global and intelligent", focusing on core positioning, support foundation, endogenous power activation and security barrier.

Ningbo garden machinery enterprises (Aosheng, Cuike) run at full capacity for export peak. Jan-Nov 2025 exports rose 23.9% (28.1% BRI, 26.6% CEEC), driven by R&D (intelligent manufacturing) and Ningbo Customs' policy/technical support.

The Mediterranean Shipping Company's Australian route officially opened as Ningbo Zhoushan Port's first 2026 new route (a Belt and Road route). Deploying 7 4000-TEU vessels weekly, it connects Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo to Brisbane/Sydney, cutting China-Australia transit time to 14 days, with customs support boosting trade efficiency.

National customs implements policies to promote the healthy and high-quality development of China's private economy, with measures like door-to-door policy outreach, law enforcement optimization, institutional innovation, and regulatory upgrades. These help enterprises reduce costs, improve efficiency, expand markets, and a law popularization handbook is compiled.

Jiaxiang County (Shandong, China) is China's largest ski glove production base with a complete industrial chain, high domestic/export market shares. Local policies and Jining Customs' facilitation measures support enterprises facing raw material import pressures, aiding exports amid global ice and snow economy growth.

Qingdao Dagang Customs seized 26.4kg of illegally carried plant seeds (soybean, radish, barley) from inbound passengers. These seeds are prohibited by China's quarantine regulations, and the customs has destroyed them.

Recently, Linyi Customs supervises cosmetics (including perfume) exports. In 2025, its supervised cosmetics export value hit 42.76 million yuan, up 88% year-on-year. Customs launched targeted policies to help local beauty enterprises expand overseas, with products exported to Malaysia and other regions.

This article introduces Qingdao Port's sea rail intermodal progress, including customs' "land-sea linkage, sea-rail direct transport" mode that shortens logistics time and cuts costs. In the first 11 months of 2025, Qingdao Port handled 2.625 million TEUs (up 11% YoY), serving as a key export channel for Yellow River Basin provinces.

Rongcheng is China's key squid distribution center and Asia's largest processing base. In Jan-Nov 2025, its squid product exports hit 4.334 billion yuan (up 26.5% YoY). Qingdao Customs supports it via AEO, RCEP benefits, and efficient clearance, with products exported to over 30 countries/regions.

During the northern hemisphere cold wave, Qingdao's cold-resistant clothing exports grow: Qingdao Zhengyuan Clothing (20+ years export) recorded 100M yuan 2025 Jan-Nov exports (+17.6% yoy). Qingdao Dagang Customs supports via targeted policies (EU standards, RCEP) and smart supervision (advance declaration, urgent channels), driving Qingdao's total 524M yuan exports (+5.3% yoy).

Recently, 125 refrigerators were shipped from Qingdao Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone to Russia via the "China Europe freight train+bonded" mode, which combines bonded zone policy benefits (tax rebates) and China Europe freight train convenience, reducing costs and waiting time for enterprises.

Laixi, Qingdao sees steady overseas peanut product orders. Qingdao Customs supports exports via aflatoxin control, field guidance, and smart systems like the Peanut Products Industry Brain. 2025 exports rose 6.7% year-on-year; EU sampling rate cut to 10% from 20% due to low aflatoxin notifications.

Shandong Haomai Heavy Equipment (Haomai Machinery subsidiary) uses Qingdao Customs' enterprise group processing trade model to expand heavy offshore equipment production, cut costs. 2025 projections: 120% import/export growth, ~760k yuan savings. The model (replicated nationwide) benefits 18 groups/69 firms.

Qingdao Customs issued RCEP certificates of origin to enterprises like Qingdao Kaichuang Food and FAW Jiefang Qingdao Automobile, enabling them to enjoy tariff concessions (e.g., zero tariff for canned passion fruit to Australia, dump trucks to Indonesia). Qingdao Customs also carried out "Spring Breeze Benefiting Enterprises" action, issuing 457,000 RCEP certificates with value over 100 billion yuan.