Picture shows customs officers supervising live Aquatic animal supplied to Hong Kong at the transit centre

              Late at night, boxes of sea-caught red crabs, tiger prawns, Stomatopoda and other wild seafood were loaded onto trucks at a transit Aquatic animal on the western side of the Golden Beach River in Eysturoy, Yangjiang. “After the establishment of the transit centre, we have a wider variety of marine products for supply to Hong Kong and are more popular in the Hong Kong market. At the same time, the 'carpooling' method saves four thousand Yuan in transportation costs per trip, which has also attracted more and more small and medium-sized suppliers and fishermen,” said Lin, head of export at Yangjiang Toyo Biotechnology Co Ltd..

              The Yangjiang Customs and Excise Department (C & Ed) , in conducting a survey on the aquaculture industry in Yangjiang Yangjiang, has learned that as there is no Aquatic animal transit market in Hong Kong, the aquatic products supplied to Hong Kong by the aquaculture enterprises have to be transported to transit markets in other cities for export, the high transportation cost and the low survival rate of transshipment affect the development of the industry. Aquaculture companies are keen to tap into the supply chain that sells directly to Yangjiang's markets, and local fishermen are keen to increase the supply channels.

              After understanding the needs of the enterprises, the customs and Excise Department immediately held talks with more than 10 aquaculture enterprises to analyze the export situation, interpret the access policies of target markets, promote the construction of intermediate Aquatic animal, and enhance the supply of live fish to Hong Kong.

              At present, the transit yard has been successfully put into use through the customs on-site assessment. In this mode, multiple suppliers can share a transit to achieve“1 + N” operation, but also through the“Carpool” way to help enterprises save transport costs, more small and medium-sized suppliers involved. As at the end of the 2023,45 batches of live Aquatic animal, totalling 127.2 tonnes, or $13.213 million, have been supplied to Hong Kong in the past month since registration.

              Since the launch of the second thematic education, the pass has actively carried out the“Four-down grass-roots” to solve the problems of anxiety and anxiety in enterprises, and focused on doing a good job of benefiting enterprises, in the light of“The customs promotes the high-quality development of the 'Blue Granary' industry”, we conducted 14 surveys to enterprises and trade associations, and collected 25 questions from enterprises, all 4 items have been solved and transformed.