Qingdao Airport escorts fresh Russian king crabs to port
On the morning of August 11th, JD496 flight carrying 11 tons of Russian king crabs landed steadily at Qingdao Airport. This is the fourth batch of king crabs imported in the past 20 days. In addition to the previous three batches, Qingdao Airport has ensured the smooth clearance of nearly 40 tons of international imported fresh king crabs.
Unlike conventional imported frozen seafood such as salmon, king crabs have extremely strict requirements for temperature, humidity, and oxygen content, and any slight delay may affect their freshness and taste. In order to maintain the "golden shelf life", Qingdao Airport has specially opened a "green channel for frozen seafood products", which connects customs declaration data with shippers and agents 24 hours in advance to achieve "information communication before goods arrive"; The inspection process implements "priority review+appointment inspection", achieving "immediate arrival, immediate inspection, immediate verification, and immediate release", compressing the time from unloading to delivery to a shorter time.
At present, Qingdao Airport has two regular flights from Moscow to Qingdao every week, with a guaranteed capacity of 206 tons in 2024 and an expected capacity of over 300 tons this year. In addition to Emperor Crab, Qingdao Airport's cold chain security network also covers dozens of fresh products such as salmon, lobster, cherries, blueberries, beef, etc. Since the beginning of this year, Qingdao Airport has guaranteed a total of 98 tons of imported fresh products such as lobster, king crab, and king salmon. The relevant person in charge of Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs stated that they will continue to optimize the inspection process, compress customs clearance time, and promote more high-quality fresh products to enter the domestic market through air transportation.
Relying on efficient customs clearance and full chain cold chain facilities, Qingdao Airport has formed eight major port functions covering imported plant seedlings, fruits, chilled aquatic products, edible aquatic animals, meat, pharmaceuticals, etc., becoming a fully functional and efficient airport in Shandong Province.
In the future, Qingdao Airport will continuously improve the speed and quality of fresh air transportation, allowing the "taste of fresh food" from all over the world to fly into thousands of households, serving more high-quality agricultural and aquatic products to enter the domestic market, effectively promoting the virtuous cycle of "promoting transportation through trade and revitalizing trade through transportation", and injecting new momentum into regional economic development.