General

According to statistics from Shanghai Customs, customs data shows that in the first five months of this year, the import of consumer goods at Shanghai ports reached 326.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%, and has returned to the same level as in 2021. The import volume of consumer goods accounts for over 40% of the national total. According to customs data, the import values of meat, aquatic products, and dried and fresh fruits were 36 billion yuan, 10.95 billion yuan, and 10.05 billion yuan, respectively, with year-on-year growth of 11.6%, 41.9%, and 28.7%.

At Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the largest cargo airport in China, the inbound cargo terminal is busy. Fresh aquatic products such as lobster, crayfish, treasure crab, green crab, grass shrimp, oyster, etc. from France, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Thailand and other countries are being transported from the cargo apron to the reservoir area in an endless stream. In response to the extremely high requirements for the customs clearance time of fresh seafood, we implement a '7 * 24 hour' all-weather customs clearance service system to ensure that fresh goods are inspected and released in a timely manner upon arrival, "said Li Ping, the head of the five inspection departments of the First Inspection Department of Pudong Airport Customs. According to customs data, in the first five months of this year, Pudong Airport Customs supervised a total of 22000 tons of imported fresh aquatic products, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 times.

Import of aquatic products not only by air, but also by sea. In Shanghai Yangshan Port, Atlantic salmon, South American white shrimp, Greenland halibut and other aquatic products from all over the world converge here through ocean routes. On the morning of June 7, 19.74 tons of imported Arctic sweet shrimp were being inspected by Yangshan Customs. The on-site customs officers carefully checked the cargo certificate, labels, packaging, and conducted quality inspections on the goods. After confirming that there were no abnormalities, this batch of Arctic sweet shrimp was quickly released. In the first five months of this year, Yangshan Customs supervised the import of nearly 10000 tons of aquatic products, mainly from Chile, Ecuador, Iceland and other countries or regions.

In recent years, China has accelerated the pace of importing agricultural products from ASEAN countries and continuously optimized the quarantine access procedures for key products such as agricultural products. Since the implementation of RCEP, ASEAN countries have been granted 8 new fruit varieties to enter the Chinese market, including Cambodian longan and Vietnamese durian, driving the continuous popularity of ASEAN fruit imports at the Shanghai port. According to customs data, in the first five months of this year, the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs supervised a total of 488000 tons of imported fruits from ASEAN countries, with a value of 976 million yuan.

  To ensure the safety and freshness of imported ASEAN fruits, while implementing strict quarantine measures, we monitor the arrival time of goods at the port in real time, coordinate the seamless connection of all aspects of the supervision site, and continuously compress the stay time of fruits at the port. "Luo Zhen, Deputy Chief of the Inspection Department of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Customs, introduced.

Since the implementation of customs measures to ensure stability and improve quality in foreign trade, it has further boosted the confidence and vitality of foreign trade enterprises. Xiao Shengyang, the business manager of Shanghai Tianchen Supplier Management Co., Ltd., which is engaged in the import business of edible agricultural products, said, "Our company's imported fresh aquatic products are mainly sold in large supermarkets and aquatic markets in Shanghai and other regions of the Yangtze River Delta. Due to the revival of the market, fresh seafood continues to sell well, and the overall import volume has significantly increased compared to the end of last year Logistics Director Jiang Jianli also stated, "The sales of imported fruits this year are very hot. Customs data shows that from January to April, our company's fruit import volume at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port increased by 92% year-on-year. Thanks to the excellent port business environment and customs clearance efficiency, the company will also plan to further increase the amount of fruit imported from Shanghai Port