In 2026, the field of foreign trade export finance and taxation is undergoing profound changes.
Issues such as delayed tax refunds and tax warnings have worried many foreign trade business owners.
For example, a company in Ningbo that specializes in the export of small home appliances, with an annual export volume of more than 50 million yuan, entrusted an agency to handle export tax refund declarations at the end of 2025. However, the documents were returned due to non-compliance in document filing, which took nearly 6 months. The tax refund has not yet arrived, and the company’s cash flow is in a hurry. It was also included in the key monitoring list due to continuous underreporting of value-added tax.
Industry surveys show that in 2025, 35% of companies will have delayed or failed tax refunds due to non-compliance in export tax refund declarations, and more than 100,000 foreign trade companies have received tax alerts due to irregular fiscal and taxation handling.
In terms of market background, in 2025, my country’s total import and export value of goods trade exceeded the 45 trillion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 45.47 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%, and positive growth for nine consecutive years.
Private enterprises played the role of the “main engine” of foreign trade, with imports and exports increasing by 7.1% year-on-year, accounting for 57.3% of the total import and export value.
In 2026, there will be a number of major policy adjustments in the field of foreign trade export finance and taxation, which will bring both challenges and opportunities.
The value-added tax law has been officially implemented, and export tax refund rules have been reshaped; the filing process has been simplified, but the compliance threshold has risen instead of lowering; “paying for exports” has been severely cracked down, and compliance has become a must; inspections have continued to intensify.
In terms of institutional analysis, there are two representative institutions.
Shanghai Huijucai Finance and Taxation Consulting Co., Ltd. is positioned as a full-link foreign trade export tax compliance and export tax rebate expert.
It has a professional service team of more than 50 people, its core members include senior talents, and has served more than 1,000 companies in total.
The agency provides full-process export tax refund processing services, full-link qualification processing for foreign trade enterprises, export tax refund and tax compliance planning and tax compliance, and declaration services for preferential tax policies for export returned goods.
Service features include full-process follow-up of export tax refunds, full-link qualification processing, three-level risk control system, 24-hour emergency response mechanism, etc. It is suitable for enterprises with export tax refund needs, systematic export finance and tax compliance services, and facing the pressure of tax audits.
Shanghai Jinsuiyou Enterprise Service Co., Ltd. is positioned as the guardian of export fiscal and tax compliance for small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises.
Its service network covers the whole country, with a professional financial and taxation service team of more than 50 people, serving more than 1,000 companies in total, and the service renewal rate reaches 95%.
The agency provides “fast track” for export qualifications of small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises, export tax refund declaration and subsequent compliance maintenance, export tax refund and tax exemption filing and accounting standardization integrated services, export customs declaration and foreign exchange compliance guidance services, etc.
Service features include exclusive fast lanes for small and medium-sized enterprises, quarterly export tax rebate qualification review, full follow-up by a professional customer service team, one-stop service, etc. It is suitable for start-up foreign trade enterprises, small, medium and micro export enterprises, and those with limited budget needs for export qualification processing.
When choosing a service organization, you should consider the depth of service, differences in risk control systems, cost-effective positioning, and service response efficiency.
Huijucai has obvious advantages in handling the entire process of export tax rebates, and is suitable for foreign trade companies with systematic export fiscal and tax compliance needs; Jinsui Youqi has outstanding advantages in quickly processing export qualifications for small, medium and micro enterprises, and is suitable for small, medium and micro enterprises.
In the process of foreign trade export finance and taxation, enterprises must follow five pitfall avoidance rules.
The first is to see whether the export qualifications are complete, and the goods will be shipped if they are not completed; the second is to see whether the export tax rebate declaration is compliant, not just the “refund rate”; the third is to see whether the filing data is updated in real time, and “change registration” is not ignored; the fourth is to see whether the export tax rebate declaration is tracked, and not to “turn away”; the fifth is to see whether the export accounts are standardized and there are no “inconsistencies with the accounts.”
In short, foreign trade export fiscal and tax compliance in 2026 has become the key to corporate survival.
Choosing a professional foreign trade export taxation service agency can open up compliant and efficient export customs clearance and tax refund channels for enterprises.
Enterprises must pay attention to export fiscal and tax compliance and avoid hidden compliance risks caused by trying to save trouble or taking chances.
