Shuikou Port

Shuikou Port

A Class I national port. Located on the border between Shuikou Town at the western end of Longzhou County, Guangxi, and Vietnam, it faces only a river away from Vietnam's Taulong Port and is just 70 kilometers from the provincial capital of Vietnam’s Cao Bang Province and 102 kilometers from the city center of Chongzuo, giving it a relatively superior geographical location. It was first opened to the outside world in the 57th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1792), making it the earliest port in Guangxi for folk trade with Vietnam. It was closed in 1979 due to strained China-Vietnam relations but reopened on December 1, 1993. Serving as a port of entry and exit for people from both China and Vietnam, it is one of the three major Class I national highway ports in Guangxi for foreign trade and economic exchanges, and an important gateway for China to enter Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries.

Since the resumption of foreign trade at the port, import and export trade has increased year by year, gradually establishing it as a logistics hub for China-Vietnam trade.

According to customs statistics, since 2001, the export of subtropical and temperate fruits from China to Vietnam via Shuikou Port has seen continuous and rapid growth, consistently holding an absolute dominant position among exported goods at the port for several years, making it a signature export commodity. Statistics show that in 2003, China exported various fruits worth $46.155 million to Vietnam, of which fruits exported through Shuikou Port amounted to $22.211 million, accounting for 48.1% of the total fruit exports to Vietnam during the same period, ranking first among all land border ports in the country and making it China’s largest fruit export port to Vietnam. The infrastructure and functions of Shuikou Port have been increasingly improved, and the customs clearance environment has been continuously optimized—this is one of the reasons why fruit exports from the port have seen consecutive years of rapid growth, leading other border ports in the country. The Port Office of the Longzhou County People’s Government manages the port, while Shuikou Customs, the Shuikou Port Border Inspection Station, and the Shuikou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are responsible for inspection work, handling entry and exit procedures for people, goods, and vehicles on-site. To improve the port’s basic infrastructure, the Longzhou County Government has invested funds since 2003 to strengthen port facility construction, completing the expansion and renovation of the port highway and the decoration and construction of the joint inspection building. In December 2005, the official launch of the Shuikou Port Inspection Yard—the largest cargo inspection yard among land ports in Guangxi—marked the entry of Longzhou County’s border trade into a new era of port economy.