The 2026 Customs District Work Conference recently held by Ningbo Customs showed that by 2025, the export value of Ningbo's cross-border e-commerce special supervision area will reach 5.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.7%, and the export value will remain the highest in the country; Cross border e-commerce online shopping continues to lead in bonded import volume, ranking second in the country, and new forms of foreign trade inject fresh vitality into regional open economic growth. The level of open platform continues to rise. In 2025, Ningbo Customs will fully support the construction of the bulk commodity resource allocation hub, assist in the construction of the largest underground propane bonded warehouse in Asia, promote the successful implementation of the first bonded LNG refueling "ship first, customs declaration later" pilot project in China, break the national record with a single biofuel oil refueling of 5700 tons, and help Ningbo Zhoushan Port become the fourth largest refueling port in the world and one of the top three LNG refueling ports in China. Based on existing achievements, in 2026, Ningbo Customs will continue to implement the strategy of upgrading the pilot free trade zone, steadily expand institutional openness, optimize the innovation mechanism of free trade, expand the scope of differentiated supervision models, accelerate the landing of the first batch of liquefied propane and LNG bonded delivery businesses nationwide, and further consolidate its position as a hub for the allocation of bulk commodity resources. The logistics cycle efficiency has significantly improved. In 2025, Ningbo Customs innovatively launched the "1+3" customs port cooperation mechanism, promoting the development index of Ningbo International Shipping Center to rise to the 7th place in the world; The first national launch of the "Sea Rail Intermodal Boutique Express Line+China Europe/Middle East Express" dual fast logistics model, the "Yiwu Ningbo Zhoushan Port" sea rail intermodal line has become the first line in the country with a business volume exceeding one million containers, and the foreign trade container volume has long been ranked first in the country. In order to maintain smooth logistics circulation, Ningbo Customs will deeply participate in the reform of multimodal transport in 2026, promote the improvement and expansion of the "Zhejiang E-Port Connection", assist in the construction of key infrastructure projects in Meishan Port, and drive the container throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port to a new high through hardware upgrading and software optimization. The innovative highlights of foreign trade services are diverse. In 2025, Ningbo Customs successfully promoted the construction of a cross-border e-commerce pre warehouse "1+14+N" business model, smoothly ensuring the landing of the province's first cross-border e-commerce retail export cross customs return business, and actively supporting the vigorous development of new business models such as "bonded warehouse+live streaming"; Accurately empowering industrial upgrading, promoting the implementation of bonded maintenance projects for automotive transmissions and the first bonded research and development project for automotive chips in Ningbo Free Trade Zone. Focusing on the high-quality development of foreign trade, in 2026, Ningbo Customs will continue to implement cross-border e-commerce regulatory reform measures, deepen joint management between customs and enterprises, support the coordinated development of "front-end warehouses+overseas warehouses", further empower the integration and upgrading of "cross-border e-commerce+industrial belts", and fully support the creation of a high-level international hub for cross-border e-commerce. (New Society)