Nation First: Bonded Transshipment Model for King Crab Launched at Hunchun Port

Updated : 2026-02-27Source : Jilin Release
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At the first press conference interpreting the 2026 Key Action Plan for Further Optimizing the Business Environment in Jilin Province, Chen Xiaobo, Deputy Director of Changchun Customs, announced the opening of a "green channel" to facilitate customs clearance. Jilin has taken the lead across Northeast China—including Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region—in obtaining approval from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) to optimize inspection and supervision procedures for ten categories of key imported automotive components including tires, engines, and brake pads. These reforms have reduced customs clearance time by more than 95%, enabling goods to be cleared and released in merely five minutes.

 

China's first bonded transshipment model for imported live king crab has been launched at Hunchun Port. Under this model, live king crabs imported through Hunchun Port are transferred under bonded status via the Hunchun Comprehensive Bonded Zone for transshipment. The entire import-export process—from shipment out of the bonded zone, to export loading at Changchun Longjia International Airport, to arrival of the crabs in Hong Kong, China—can be completed within a single day. Compared with the traditional indirect transshipment method, which requires overland transport to southern ports before re-export to Hong Kong, the new model shortens delivery time by an average of four to five days, ensuring that seafood products remain genuinely fresh and alive from source to table.

 

Concurrently, Jilin is encouraging cross-border logistics enterprises to adopt the TIR international road transport system. Under this framework, approved vehicles carrying TIR carnets can enjoy streamlined customs procedures across 77 contracting countries, allowing for "single declaration and direct cross-border transport". Estimates indicate that, compared with conventional road transport, the TIR model can reduce transit time by up to 58% and transportation costs by up to 38%.


Source: Jilin Release  Editor: Liu Jiadi