Qingdao
CNQINChinaEast Asia Reefer
Qingdao (CNQIN) is a sea port in China. What follows is what an exporter checks before booking: how the port handles cargo, what it requires on arrival, and who works there.
Agri-food handling
- Reefer traffic
- Yes
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Quarantine and pratique
- Yes
Providers near Qingdao
Storage, freight, customs brokers, inspection and treatment providers listed in Qingdao.
Bringing goods into China
Full market requirements- MEAT-CN — Australian Government export health certificate for meat and meat products to ChinaDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
- Establishment listing: China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) / GACC overseas manufacturers register (Decree 248, Article 7)
- Establishment listing: DAFF overseas/importing-country establishment listing for China (MICOR Meat)
- Product is fully traceable: bovine animals traceable to the birth farm (or to first place of residence / port of entry for imported animals) via unique identifier, and carcasses/beef/beef products are uniquely identified and controlled through to shipment.
Sources last checked 2026-06-19.
Deadlines and alerts for China
- China GACC Decree No. 280 — overseas food manufacturer registration2026-06-01
Port facts
- Harbour size
- Large
- Harbour type
- Open roadstead
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Channel depth
- 17.1 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 18.6 m
- Anchorage depth
- 23.2 m
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Cranes
- fixed, mobile, floating
- Repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Rail connection
- Yes
- Supplies
- provisions, fuel oil
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub 150). A row is absent where the dataset records nothing for this port.