The 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) was held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) from November 5 to 10, 2024.

YANTIAN, as a member of Hutchison Ports, has never been absent from the expo over the past 7 years, working hand in hand with all parties involved to create a bright future for greater opening-up and prosperity. Furthermore, Hutchison Ports has received the Appreciation Letter for “Seven-Year CIIE Exhibitors” by China International Import Expo Bureau.

During the Expo, Gao Dongchun, Standing Member of Shenzhen Municipality Yantian District Committee & Deputy District Mayor of Yantian District, and several representatives from governmental units visited Hutchison Port's booth, and Linda Lin, Deputy General Manager-Commercial Department of YANTIAN, had in-depth discussions with the group, introducing YANTIAN as the key gateway for exports and imports in South China.

01 About Hutchison Ports

As the world's leading port investor, developer and operator, Hutchison Ports boasts a global network that covers 53 ports across 24 countries. YANTIAN, as part of the Hutchison Ports, works closely with the Group’s global network of ports and support resources, assisting customers in expanding their international presence and significantly enhancing end-to-end service efficiency.

YANTIAN serves over 1/3 of the import and export container traffic of Guangdong province and 1/4 of that generated by the Sino-US trade. Currently, we have worked with our shipping line partners to provide approximately 100 shipping services, offering extensive, fast, and premium services as well as eco-friendly multimodal logistics solutions for our customers, strongly supporting the international trade development of China.

02 Key Gateway for Imports in South China

There are tens of thousands of containers loaded with imported goods being distributed to the Chinese market through Yantian Port every month and YANTIAN attracts more and more importers by virtue of our superior service network, premium services, and efficient clearance procedures. At present, the main types of imports via YANTIAN are timber, frozen meat, fruits, paper products, chemicals, plastics and dairy products, food products, alcoholic beverages and so on, with cargoes from North America, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, etc.

03 Preferred Port for Cold Chain Imports in South China

Over the years, YANTIAN has been committed to developing the import and export cold chain service and has become the hub port for refrigerated cargo imports from countries and regions such as Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. We are the preferred port for cold chain imports in South China, the largest port for imported frozen meat in South China, accounting for over 95% of all frozen meat imports in Shenzhen.

The cold chain transportation service provided by Sea-Rail intermodal solutions is also a new choice for inbound fresh products. Railroad cold chain transportation has the advantages of strong reach, large capacity, reasonable cost, safety, stability, green and environmental protection over traditional truck transportation.

YANTIAN is now equipped with 4,487 reefer plugs in the container yard dedicated for cold chain products, and there are 2 temperature-controlled inspection facilities and 1 Customs-designated supervisory site to ensure fast inspection and release for reefer cargoes. There are 6 off-dock reefer warehouses with a total capacity of about 200,000 tons to provide one-stop and end-to-end fresh and frozen food services to the Greater Bay Area and even the whole country.

04 Strong Customs Support with Diversified Services

YANTIAN has been actively linking up with the Customs to ensure the smooth flow of cold chain imports. Previously, through the Dapeng Customs launched a series of facilitation measures, fresh fruit, plant seeds, dangerous goods and other time-sensitive goods can be satisfying with one-stop customs procedures, the fastest can be realized on the day of unloading goods on the same day to quickly complete the inspection, sampling and lifting operations. Previously, nearly 10,000 tonnes of containers packed with cherries docked at YANTIAN, and all the containers with cherries were unloaded in the afternoon of the same day with the cooperation of many parties, and 100% of the containers declared in advance completed all the processes and were delivered to the market on the same day. Furthermore, customers can collect the containers within 10 minutes of unloading.

We have set up a dedicated work team for import service to optimise the operation process according to customers' needs, improving the terminal operation efficiency and the clearance efficiency.

For more information about our cold chain import service, please feel free to contact:
Candy Liu, Commercial Officer
0755-25298989
candy.liu@yict.com.cn

Zhiling Jiang, Commercial Officer
0755-25296542
zhiling.jiang@yict.com.cn