Recently, a cargo plane carrying 1 ton of Ecuadorian green coffee beans landed smoothly at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. This is Sichuan’s first import of Ecuadorian green coffee beans through an air port, adding a direct air corridor from South America’s specialty green coffee beans straight to Sichuan.
An officer from the Chengdu Shuangliu Airport Customs under Chengdu Customs explained that, to help enterprises seize market opportunities, the customs guided companies in advance on product access, documentation, and other preparations, and through facilitation measures such as appointment clearance, achieved rapid inspection and rapid release. From the beans’ arrival at port to the enterprise’s pickup took only 2.5 hours.
In the past, South American green coffee beans entering China’s western market mostly had to enter through coastal ports and then be transshipped, taking a long time. According to calculations by the owner enterprise, Sichuan Langhao Import & Export Group Co., Ltd., this direct Ecuador-to-Chengdu shipment extends the beans’ “cupping flavor window” by 3–4 weeks and cuts per-ton logistics and capital-occupation costs by 20%–25%. From “coastal entry, inland transshipment” to “air direct to Chengdu,” the change in transport path not only compresses logistics time but also lets enterprises further see the potential of Chengdu’s international aviation hub in importing and distributing high-quality consumer goods, providing new options for more distinctive consumer goods to enter the western market. (Sichuan Daily all-media reporter Chen Bihong)
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