General

The port is the "barometer" of the economy. As an important hub port of the new land and sea channel in the west, Qinzhou Port Area of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port has ushered in a peak of production since the fourth quarter of 2022. Foreign trade container ships such as "Leyi", "Haifeng Lianya", "Haifeng Zeren" and "Jinxing Fox" have lined up, all berths are operating at full load, all shore bridges are "firing", and goods are loaded and unloaded in a tight and orderly manner.

Recently, the Iman ship, which came from Canada, successfully berthed at No. 1 berth in the north of Dalanping, Qinzhou Port, carrying 10000 tons of imported copper concentrates. "Customs data shows that from January to October this year, we have completed the import task of purchasing 104000 tons of copper concentrate from IXM S.A., a foreign company." Li Shu, general manager of Guangxi Free Trade Zone Beigang Trade Co., Ltd., said that such busyness has become the norm.

According to the statistics of Nanning Customs, from January to October this year, the import and export value along the new land and sea channel in the west via Qinzhou port in Guangxi reached 89.65 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 99.3%, a record high. During the same period, the import and export to Thailand, Indonesia and other countries along the "the Belt and Road" was 64.35 billion yuan, up 1.7 times year on year. The main commodities imported from Qinzhou Port and countries along the "the Belt and Road" such as Thailand and Indonesia include grain, fruit and mineral products; The main export commodities include mechanical and electrical products, chemicals, etc.

Under the epidemic situation and complex and severe international environment, in order to cope with the growing foreign trade goods, customs data show that from January to October, the Beibu Gulf Port opened 8 new foreign trade routes to actively explore Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and other markets. Through measures such as production guarantee and marketing policy adjustment, we will strive for more market share and do a good job in tapping the potential of bauxite, wood chips and other large incremental sources of goods.

At the same time, the Beibu Gulf Port has also increased the development of cold chain routes, improved the cold chain storage conditions of the port, and continued to introduce a number of preferential policies and measures to attract a large number of Southeast Asian fruits to the Beibu Gulf Port. Thanks to this, customs data show that from January to October, the fruits imported into China by the member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) through the Beibu Gulf Port increased by 87.2% year on year, realizing a rapid growth in the number of fruit import containers.

In addition, Beibu Gulf Port has also promoted the berthing of 230000 ton ships at 300000 ton crude oil terminals, and continued to promote the berthing of 300000 ton crude oil with full load. According to customs data, from January to October, the import of crude oil from Beibu Gulf Port increased by 107% year on year.

According to the data provided by Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co., Ltd., from January to October, the throughput of foreign trade containers in Beibu Gulf Port increased by 26% year on year, and the throughput of foreign trade import and export goods increased by 3.6% year on year, achieving a counter trend growth, and the import and export of foreign trade goods showed a strong resilience.