In 2026, Xuchang’s sweet industry is taking the express train of efficient customs clearance services and accelerating towards the international market.
On June 12, Zhai Xiaomei, head of the foreign trade department of Fumei Lipid Chemical (Henan) Co., Ltd. located in Changge City, said happily: “Thanks to the efficient customs clearance service, the company’s batch of beeswax worth 537,000 yuan has been successfully shipped and is expected to arrive in Italy in early July.”
As an AEO advanced certification company, the company enjoys exclusive services such as the lowest inspection rate, priority customs clearance, and export ‘green channel’. Bee product processing trade is also exempt from deposits.
Zhai Xiaomei said that the customs clearance services and business guidance not only greatly shortened the customs clearance time and effectively alleviated the financial pressure of enterprises, but also helped the company improve its internal management level, giving the enterprise more confidence to explore new markets.
“This year we are accelerating the transformation from primary agricultural product processing to new product research and development, making every effort to build our own brands and increase the added value of products. It is expected that export orders will increase by 20% throughout the year.”
As an important bee product processing and export base in the country, Changge City has a significant advantage in the scale of the bee industry.
There are more than 200 bee product processing companies in the city, including 2 national-level leading agricultural industrialization companies and 6 provincial-level leading agricultural industrialization companies.
Beeswax production and sales have long ranked first in the country. The annual processing volume of major beeswax products accounts for 85% of the national total, propolis accounts for 80%, bee pollen accounts for 50%, and royal jelly and honey account for 20%.
Behind this outstanding report card, Xuchang Customs’ full-chain and precise service support is inseparable.
Li Jiwei, head of the sales department of Henan Changxing Apiculture Co., Ltd., said frankly that the international market, especially the EU market, has high entry barriers and rapid iteration of technical standards. In the past, companies often fell into passivity when faced with technical trade barriers.
Xuchang Customs takes the initiative to provide front-line services, and through mechanisms such as “customs chief delivers policies to your doorstep” and “one-to-one customs enterprise liaison”, it helps enterprises solve many problems such as commodity classification and raw material quality control, guides the enterprise’s beeswax products to successfully pass EU TRACES certification, and helps enterprises complete the recommended registration work for the EU.
The high-quality and thoughtful customs clearance services not only provide a strong guarantee for bee product export companies, but also continue to enhance the international market competitiveness of Changge City’s bee products.
Wang Meng, deputy director of Xuchang Customs, said that so far, Xuchang Customs has guided 15 companies to obtain key market access qualifications such as the European Union, helping Changgefeng products successfully explore emerging markets such as Belarus, Saudi Arabia, and Norway.
Wang Meng said that in the next step, Xuchang Customs will continue to optimize supervision services, guide enterprises to establish and improve a quality management model with the HACCP system as the core, smooth the entire chain channel “from wild beehives to overseas shelves”, polish the business card of Changge Bee products, and promote the high-quality development of local foreign trade.
