On 7 October 2026, CCTV reported that cross-border e-commerce at Shanghai ports stayed busy through the National Day holiday, with imports cleared quickly and exports packed into containers for overseas markets. Overseas e-commerce platforms are in their stocking period for year-end promotions.
At the Shanghai sea cross-border e-commerce operation centre in the Waigaoqiao port area, clothing, gifts and other goods made by Yangtze River Delta factories keep arriving. A customs supervision model that combines a master bill with less than container load shipments has solved a long-standing problem for small and micro businesses that could not wait to fill a full container but found shipping alone too costly. At the Songjiang air cargo pre-station, daily outbound volume during the holiday reached 100 tonnes.
A logistics company manager said that delivering goods to the pre-station now works like boarding a direct export lane, effectively moving the airport cargo terminal into the industrial park and cutting logistics costs by 10% to 15%. Customs staff said non-intrusive smart inspection lets most goods clear without stopping, cutting average logistics time by 30%. Customs data show Shanghai port cross-border e-commerce exports have passed 100 billion yuan this year, up nearly 30% year on year, with double-digit growth for eight consecutive months. Pudong Airport has ranked first nationally among air ports for cross-border e-commerce declaration volume for three years running.
In Hubei, Ezhou Huahu International Airport, described as Asia's first dedicated cargo airport, averaged about 30 flights a day during the holiday. International cargo and mail throughput passed 380,000 tonnes in January to September, up 6.9% and a record for the period. The airport runs 122 cargo routes, the most in China, including 59 international routes reaching more than 170 countries and regions. Ezhou Customs says its air-to-air transfer model lets cargo transfer within the supervised zone without repeat declarations, cutting express clearance time by 70%.