South American green coffee flown direct to Chengdu: 2.5 hours from arrival to port pickup

On September 27, a cargo plane carrying one tonne of Ecuadorian green coffee beans landed at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. This is the first time Sichuan has imported Ecuadorian green coffee beans through an air port, adding another direct air corridor to Sichuan for South American specialty green coffee.

In the past, South American green coffee beans entering western China’s market mostly had to be imported through coastal ports and then transshipped, which took a long time. This time the Ecuadorian green beans travelled directly from origin to Chengdu. According to the cargo owner company’s estimates, the new transport option extends this green coffee’s “cupping flavour window” by three to four weeks and can reduce logistics and capital occupation costs by 20%–25% per tonne.

Around noon that day, the shipment arrived at the customs supervision site. Officers from the Chengdu Shuangliu Airport Customs under Chengdu Customs carried out on-site inspection immediately, focusing on preventing the introduction of pests and diseases and quarantine risks such as soil and weed seeds.

“Green coffee beans are plant-derived agricultural products, and the focus of quarantine supervision is preventing the introduction of harmful organisms,” the on-site officer explained. To help enterprises seize market opportunities, customs guided companies in advance on product access and documentation preparation, and through facilitation measures such as appointment-based clearance achieved rapid inspection and rapid release of the goods. This shipment of green coffee took only 2.5 hours from arrival at the port to the enterprise collecting it from the port.

It is understood that this batch of Ecuadorian green coffee will enter the cupping, roasting and marketing stages after completing customs clearance in Chengdu.

A responsible person from Chengdu Shuangliu Airport Customs said that the shift from “entry at coastal ports, transshipment inland” to “direct air freight to Chengdu” shows that changes in transport routes not only compress logistics time but also allow enterprises to further appreciate Chengdu’s potential as an international aviation hub for importing and distributing high-quality consumer goods. With the efficient and convenient logistics and customs services of Chengdu’s air port, more quality imported goods can fly directly into Sichuan, stimulating imports of distinctive consumer goods and adding new consumption scenarios for Chengdu’s development as an international consumption centre city.

Red Star News reporter Wang Junfeng

Editor Cheng Xu

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