The impressive performance report from the northward opening land hub shows that in mid August 2026, the import and export cargo volume of land ports in Inner Mongolia officially exceeded 100 million tons. Crossing the billion ton threshold a full month earlier than last year, this freight data that outperforms time has further solidified Inner Mongolia's position as the largest land port freight hub in the country.

Customs clearance reform unleashes channel vitality

Since the beginning of this year, Inner Mongolia has continuously promoted reform and innovation in the port field, optimized the customs clearance process throughout the entire chain, continuously reduced the overall customs clearance time, and maintained a positive trend of stable quantity and quality improvement in port freight operations. The continuous iteration of customs clearance facilitation measures has greatly improved the efficiency of cross-border freight circulation. Cross border goods that originally required queuing and pressure can now be cleared and released at a faster speed, directly driving the overall freight scale to steadily increase.

As the core land gateway for China's northward opening, Inner Mongolia's port channels connect the domestic market with the vast Eurasian hinterland, and the continuously growing freight volume is the most intuitive manifestation of the continuous release of regional cross-border trade vitality.

Smart ports build a solid foundation for long-term growth

The coverage of intelligent devices such as smart checkpoints and self-service verification continues to expand, and the clearance time for bicycles is constantly being compressed. The overall clearance efficiency and operational capacity of ports have significantly improved compared to previous years. The intelligent transformation that no longer relies on traditional manual verification has greatly expanded the peak traffic capacity of ports. Even during peak freight hours, smooth traffic rhythms can be maintained without large-scale vehicle congestion.

This synchronous upgrade of soft environment and hard facilities no longer relies solely on adding new port channels to increase traffic volume, but instead explores the potential of existing ports through technological transformation, laying a solid long-term operational foundation for the continuous increase and quality improvement of cross-border trade in the future. Keywords: Cross border trade, land ports

Breaking through the billion ton mark one month ahead of schedule, Inner Mongolia's land ports have confirmed with solid operational data that the advantages of opening up channels to the north are continuously expanding. With the further deepening of subsequent intelligent transformation, this land hub connecting Asia and Europe will also release stronger cross-border circulation vitality, continuously consolidating the country's core gateway position for opening up to the north.Editor/Cheng Liting