General Administration of Customs: New cross-border e-commerce models become the core support for foreign trade growth
The General Administration of Customs released new data showing explosive growth in cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouse models in the first half of 2026. This trend indicates that the national level continues to strengthen support for cross-border logistics and new models, and sellers should focus on the benefits brought by overseas warehouse layouts and customs facilitation policies.
What are the key facts?
- 13.3-fold growth in cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouse exports
- 22025 cross-border e-commerce total import and export value of 2.84 trillion yuan
- 3Market procurement exports exceeded 800 billion yuan
What happened?
Wang Jun, Vice Minister of the General Administration of Customs, stated at a press conference that new models such as cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses have become crucial for the high-quality development of foreign trade. In the first half of the year, the outbound business volume of cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouses grew by 3.3 times year-on-year. The total value of cross-border e-commerce imports and exports in 2025 reached 2.84 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. Future efforts will further promote customs clearance speed and logistics efficiency, supporting multi-modal transportation reforms.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Continuing policy benefits mean sellers should accelerate overseas warehouse layouts to enhance fulfillment timeframes and leverage customs facilitation measures to reduce logistics costs.