First Bonded Import of Ethiopian Green Coffee Beans Arrives in Guizhou

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): On September 22, a batch of specialty green coffee beans from the core Sidamo producing region of Ethiopia, transferred via air-to-air transit through Chengdu Tianfu International…

On September 22, a batch of specialty green coffee beans from the core Sidamo producing region of Ethiopia, transferred via air-to-air transit through Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, arrived at the Guizhou Shuanglong Bonded Logistics Center (Type B). This marks Guizhou’s first bonded import of Ethiopian green coffee beans.

The batch totaled 411 kilograms, all Ethiopian Grade 1, comprising five micro-lots priced at 350–1,000 yuan per kilogram. At the request of Guiyang Youjing Food Co., Ltd., Guizhou Shuanglong Airport International Trade & Investment Co., Ltd. provided end-to-end services covering origin procurement, customs clearance, and bonded warehousing. The goods flew directly from Addis Ababa to Chengdu, then were air-transferred to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, entered the bonded center after customs clearance, and can later be retrieved for processing at a physical factory.

Guiyang has over 3,000 coffee shops, a density of roughly one per 2,000 people, but has long depended on coastal ports such as Shanghai and Guangzhou for transshipment, resulting in long logistics cycles and high costs. This all-air-transport routing compresses logistics time and reduces flavor loss during bean transshipment.

The Guizhou Shuanglong Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) provides services including bonded warehousing, international distribution and delivery, entrepot trade, simple processing, and cross-border e-commerce bonded stocking. Goods from abroad entering the center are temporarily exempt from import duties and VAT, which are paid only upon actual outbound sale, and support ‘phased outbound and phased taxation,’ reducing enterprises’ capital occupation.

The Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Coffee Industry in Guiyang and Gui’an (Trial), issued by the General Office of the Guiyang Municipal People’s Government, explicitly encourage enterprises to carry out bonded import business for green coffee beans, enjoy the ‘bond, exempt, refund’ tax policies and rewards for first-time bonded business, and provide import interest subsidies for green coffee bean import and export operations. This bonded import of Ethiopian green coffee beans is a substantive implementation under the guidance of that policy.

Next, the Shuanglong Bonded Logistics Center will deepen coordination with the airport customs, attract more enterprises across the coffee industry chain to settle in, and provide supply-chain support for Guiyang’s coffee industry.

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