Trade volume exceeds 100B yuan at Beijing's Daxing airport

Beijing Daxing International Airport had handled a cumulative import and export value of 102 billion yuan ($14.19 billion) as of April this year since its opening in 2019, according to the Beijing Customs on Wednesday. This included 33.77 billion yuan in import and 68.23 billion yuan in export.

Data shows that the airport has seen solid growth in import and export value in recent years, with annual figures surpassing 20 billion yuan in 2023 and 50 billion yuan in 2024. In the first four months of this year, the airport handled a total trade value of 16.1 billion yuan, up 6.8% year on year.

"Trade at Daxing airport is characterized by a focus on high-tech products and close ties with Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries," said Dong Ruiqiang, director of the Statistics and Analysis Department at Beijing Customs.

High-tech goods have played a leading role, with total trade in such products reaching 61.98 billion yuan, accounting for 60.8% of all import and export through the port. In the first four months of this year, high-tech product trade reached 9.33 billion yuan, up 6.7% year on year. 

Since 2019, the airport has established trade links with 127 countries participating in the BRI, with the cumulative import and export value hitting 56.3 billion yuan, accounting for 55.2% of the total foreign trade volume handled by the airport. From January to April 2025, the airport saw trade with BRI partner countries totaling 7.83 billion yuan, up 48.6% year on year.

Daxing airport is emerging as a new engine for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin- Hebei region. Data shows that since opening, the airport has served enterprises from 31 provinces and municipalities nationwide, with non-Beijing enterprises contributing 60 billion yuan in trade volume, accounting for 75% of the total. 

Notably, companies from Tianjin and Hebei posted sharp increases, with trade volumes reaching 1.4 billion and 1.35 billion yuan, respectively, up 113.9% and 59% year on year.

The Daxing airport free trade zone is also seeing rapid growth, with total trade volume hitting 9.89 billion yuan in 2024, closing in on the 10-billion-yuan mark. In the first four months of the year, trade through the zone reached 2.67 billion yuan, up 50.9% year on year, with imports surging 260.3% to 2.4 billion yuan.