Attention to Lithium Battery Export Enterprises! New Customs Policy Released!

In 2026, Chinese energy storage enterprises are accelerating their pace of global expansion.

In recent years, driven by the surging global demand for new energy vehicles and energy storage products, China’s lithium battery exports have witnessed explosive growth. In 2025, the overseas order volume of Chinese energy storage enterprises reached 366GWh, a year-on-year increase of 144%. More than 70 enterprises have expanded their businesses overseas, covering over 60 countries and regions worldwide.

Undoubtedly, opportunities come hand in hand with challenges.

As Class 9 dangerous goods, lithium batteries have long been subject to the strict regulatory model of batch-by-batch inspection. Every consignment of export goods needs to wait for on-site customs inspection, which is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive but also raises warehousing and logistics costs.

Now, a turning point has arrived!

1. Market Background: Why Are Lithium Battery Exports So Crucial?

In the first quarter of 2026, China’s energy storage battery exports hit 27.3GWh, up 15% year-on-year. Among this, exports in March alone stood at 13.8GWh, a month-on-month increase of 96.9%, showing a robust growth momentum.

From the perspective of global demand, three major driving forces are fueling the continuous rise of lithium battery exports:

• Soaring power consumption of AI data centers: AI computing centers have become new major power consumers, triggering explosive growth in demand for energy storage.
• Aging renovation of European power grids: Numerous European countries are in urgent need of energy storage equipment for power grid upgrading.
• Mandatory demand for new energy grid connection: Large-scale grid integration of renewable energy such as wind and solar power makes energy storage a stabilizer for power grids.

In the first quarter of 2026, Chinese enterprises secured over 120 overseas energy storage orders with a total capacity exceeding 100GWh.

China’s lithium batteries are evolving into a core driving force for global energy transition.

2. Core Policy: What Does “One Inspection, Mutual Recognition Across Regions” Mean?

In January 2026, the General Administration of Customs announced the nationwide rollout of 25 cross-border trade facilitation measures. Among them, Optimizing the Inspection and Supervision Model for Exported Lithium Batteries ranks first in the section of optimizing the supervision model for special commodities.

The core of this new policy is the implementation of the batch inspection model:

Simply put, lithium batteries of the same model with the same manufacturer, transportation mode, packaging specifications and marks are classified as one batch. After the customs completes and approves the packaging appraisal centrally, enterprises can export goods in separate batches according to orders without repeated on-site inspections for goods from the same batch.

Meanwhile, the convenient cargo acceptance model of One Pre-review, Multi-terminal Sharing has been first launched in Guangzhou. Guangzhou has built the country’s first cross-border e-commerce service platform for goods with built-in batteries, simplifying transportation document requirements and greatly cutting testing and operational costs. According to China Business News, Guangzhou’s cross-border e-commerce import and export volume grew by 19.2% in 2025, exceeding 200 billion yuan.

3. Concurrent Focus: Adjustment of Export Tax Rebate Policy

It is worth noting that while the new policy brings convenience, another policy is undergoing adjustment.

In accordance with Announcement No. 2 of 2026 issued by the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration, namely the Announcement on Adjusting the Export Tax Rebate Policy for Photovoltaic and Other Products, the VAT export tax rebate rate for battery products will be lowered from 9% to 6% starting from April 1, 2026;

The tax rebate will be completely abolished as of January 1, 2027.

This adjustment reflects the policy orientation of China’s new energy industry shifting from price competition to quality competition.

Impacts on Export Enterprises:

• Short term: Overseas markets may see advance stockpiling and rush installation of projects, keeping the supply chain tight.
• Long term: It will force enterprises to shift from price competition to competition in technology, service and quality.

Against the backdrop of declining tax rebate rates, cost optimization in the logistics chain has become increasingly important. Choosing professional and efficient logistics service providers to ensure the safe and rapid global delivery of battery goods will become a core competitiveness for export enterprises.

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Whether you are a new energy vehicle enterprise, energy storage equipment manufacturer or consumer electronic battery exporter, we can customize the safest and most efficient logistics solutions tailored to your needs.