Hainan Closure to See Changes: Yangpu Port Imported Fruit Business Exceeds 2025 Year-round

March 19, 2026

China News Service

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The article reports the remarkable progress made by Yangpu Port in the import fruit business after the closure of Hainan Free Trade Port. Data show that the first quarter of this year has not yet ended, and the port's import fruit business volume has exceeded the total volume of 2025, an increase of 12% over last year, showing a leap-forward growth trend. This achievement benefits from the location and policy advantages of Yangpu Port: it is close to the core fruit production area in Southeast Asia, with intensive flight schedule, convenient water and water transfer and sufficient transport capacity, which can realize direct flights without transfer and efficient customs clearance. Outstanding performance in logistics timeliness. For example, Vietnam's fresh durian takes only 2-3 days by sea, which saves nearly half of the time compared with traditional land transportation. Thailand's fresh longan can reach the domestic market from the orchard in 4 days at the earliest. This year, while consolidating the import business of fresh coconut, Yangpu Port has successfully added Southeast Asian fresh fruit categories such as Indonesian mangosteen, Thai longan and snakeskin fruit, continuously enriching the types of imported fruits, accurately meeting the diversified and high-quality consumer demand of the market, and continuously releasing the open development dividend of Hainan Free Trade Port.

　　China News Service, Hainan Yangpu, March 19 (Fu Meilan) After the closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port, Yangpu Port has leveraged its location and policy advantages to boost cross-border trade in specialty fresh produce. Data provided by COSCO Shipping Yangpu Port on the 18th shows that, although the first quarter of this year has not yet ended, the port's fruit import business volume has surpassed the total for the entire year of 2025, marking a 12% increase compared to last year, achieving leapfrog growth.

　　COSCO Shipping Yangpu Port has core advantages such as proximity to Southeast Asia's fruit production areas, dense shipping schedules, convenient water-to-water transshipment, and ample cabin capacity, enabling direct shipping without transshipment and efficient customs clearance.

　　Due to outstanding logistics efficiency, Yangpu Port has successfully added Southeast Asian specialty fresh fruits such as Indonesian mangosteen, Thai longan, and salak while consolidating its fresh coconut import business this year, continuously enriching the variety of imported fruits, precisely meeting the market's diverse and high-quality consumption demands, and continuously releasing the benefits of the Hainan Free Trade Port's open development.

　　Currently, it takes only 2-3 days for fresh Vietnamese durians to reach Yangpu by sea, saving nearly half the time compared to traditional land transport; fresh Thai longans can reach the domestic market from the orchard in as fast as 4 days, ensuring efficient and smooth transit with freshness fully guaranteed. (End)

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