2025 Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport Freight Whitepaper

Basic Information

Name: Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport

IATA Code: CGO

ICAO Code: ZHCC

Address: Yingbin Avenue, Xinzheng City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province

Facilities and Scale: Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport has two runways that can accommodate large cargo aircraft such as the Boeing 747-8F. The North Cargo Area has a total construction area of 160,000 square meters and an annual cargo handling capacity of 1.1 million tons. It is equipped with a leading national smart cargo terminal system, including 60 unmanned forklifts, intelligent three-dimensional shelves, and AI algorithm cameras, achieving efficient handling of 700 pallets of goods per hour. The average handling time for all-cargo aircraft is only 2 hours, and it can simultaneously handle 8 wide-body cargo aircraft. In 2024, the cargo and mail throughput exceeded 800,000 tons, and the freight routes cover 60 cities worldwide, spanning Europe, America, and Asia.

Contact Information:

Freight Inquiry Telephone: 0371-96666

Official Website Address: zzcargo.com

International Freight Routes

As the core hub of the only national aviation economic comprehensive experimental zone in central China, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport has built a "double-hub" international freight network spanning the three major economic regions of Europe, America, and Asia, covering 60 cities in 27 countries around the world.

Asia

Europe

Americas

International Freight Airlines

Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport brings together many core international airlines from around the world, forming an efficient freight network covering Europe, America, and Asia. Korean Air (KE) operates the regular Zhengzhou-Seoul-Chicago route with B777 full-cargo aircraft; Cathay Cargo (CX) uses Zhengzhou as a hub to fly directly to Hong Kong with full-cargo aircraft and connect to Southeast Asia, Europe, and America markets, supporting the transportation of extra-long and oversized goods and cold chain, with an annual freight volume of over 150,000 tons. In the Southeast Asia direction, Vietnam Airlines (VN), VietJet Air (VJ), Thai Smile Airways (WE), etc., operate more than 10 flights per week through passenger-to-cargo conversion or charter flights to transport fresh produce and cross-border e-commerce goods.

Airline	Name	Code
	China Southern Airlines	CZ
	Air China	CA
	Beibu Gulf Airlines	GX
	Spring Airlines	9C
	Korean Air	KE
	China Eastern Airlines	MU
	Cathay Cargo	CX
	Jetstar Pacific Airlines	BL
	Sky Angkor Airlines	ZA
	West Air	PN
	Lucky Air	8L
	Vietnam Airlines	VN
	Red Earth Airlines	A6
	Emirates	EK
	Singapore Tiger Airways	TR
	Indonesia Lion Air	SL
	VietJet Air	VJ
	Thai Smile Airways	WE

Types of International Air Cargo

Relying on the world-leading smart cargo terminal system, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport has formed a diversified international air cargo system with cross-border e-commerce, fresh cold chain, oversized equipment, and electronic products as the core. With an annual cargo handling capacity of 1.1 million tons, it supports the efficient logistics models of "6-hour express customs clearance" and "air-to-air transfer". The following are the types of international air cargo and the required documents:

Cross-border E-commerce Goods

Transportable Range: Light and small commodities such as fashion clothing, household daily necessities, 3C electronic products, and festival gifts.

Required Documents: Electronic Airway Bill (declared through the aviation e-freight platform), commodity list, Certificate of Origin (required by some countries).

Fresh Cold Chain Goods

Transportable Range: Malaysian fresh durian, Thai golden pillow durian, South American cherries, Southeast Asian tropical fruits, and chilled aquatic products.

Required Documents: Animal and plant quarantine certificate, health certificate, cold chain transportation agreement (must comply with international cold chain standards).

Oversized Equipment and Industrial Components

Transportable Range: Oversized goods such as a 51-ton steam turbine rotor, a 26-meter-long aircraft engine, and mining equipment.

Required Documents: Oversized cargo transportation permit, lifting plan (to be reviewed by the airport cargo terminal), transportation insurance policy.

Electronic Products and Precision Instruments

Transportable Range: High-value-added products such as iPhones, semiconductor chips, and medical equipment.

Required Documents: Product manual (including technical parameters), anti-vibration packaging certificate, intellectual property authorization letter (for brand products).

Automotive Parts

Transportable Range: High-end automotive parts of Mercedes-Benz/BMW, new energy vehicle battery packs.

Required Documents: Quality certification (such as ISO/TS 16949), parts list, destination customs clearance documents.

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies

Transportable Range: Imported vaccines, biological agents, emergency medicines.

Required Documents: Drug import license, inspection and quarantine certificate, cold chain transportation temperature record.

High-Value Goods

Transportable Range: Luxury goods, jewelry, artworks.

Required Documents: Value statement, transportation insurance policy, escort personnel qualification certificate.

Air Freight Booking Agency Services

As a professional freight forwarder deeply rooted in Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, we always take "Connecting the World, Enjoying Efficiency" as our core. Relying on the airport's advantages as the core hub of the "Air Silk Road" and its intelligent logistics network, we create end-to-end air freight solutions for customers, enabling every shipment to achieve value enhancement in safe and fast transportation.

Our advantages come from the deep integration of airport resources - 62 international freight routes covering 28 countries around the world can help your goods reach major markets in Europe, America, and Asia at high speed. Whether it is Southeast Asian fresh cold chain, European precision instruments, or Middle Eastern oversized equipment, we can match the best cabin space and transportation plan; the smart cargo terminal system supports 7×24-hour full-process digital operations, from electronic airway bill declaration to "6-hour express customs clearance", with full-process visual tracking so that the logistics status is under control; an annual cargo handling capacity of 1.1 million tons and experience in handling 51-ton single-piece oversized goods ensure the safe transportation of special goods such as high-value electronic products, automotive parts, and biomedicine.

We provide agency services for all types of goods: cross-border e-commerce goods can enjoy convenient customs clearance of "list verification and release", with a daily processing capacity of over 500,000 orders; fresh cold chain is equipped with professional temperature control facilities, from Malaysian durian charter flights to South American cherry special transportation, achieving the fresh promise of "from origin to table"; for industrial equipment and precision instruments, we provide customized packaging, lifting plans, and full-process insurance, successfully ensuring the zero-damage transportation of over 200 oversized goods in 2024. In addition, our customs team is proficient in customs clearance policies of various countries and can handle documents such as certificates of origin and animal and plant quarantine, reducing the cumbersome links of cross-border trade; value-added services include air-to-air transfer, multimodal transport (seamless connection of air-rail/air-road), and warehousing and distribution, saving customers more than 30% of comprehensive logistics costs.

Choosing us is not just choosing a transportation service, but also choosing a logistics partner oriented to customer needs - full-process exclusive customer service response from inquiry to delivery, a 24-hour emergency handling mechanism, and in-depth cooperation resources with airlines such as UPS, SF Airlines, and Korean Air, making your goods always one step ahead in the global supply chain. We look forward to working with you to build a new channel for efficient logistics with professionalism and warmth.

Export Customs Clearance

Basic Process

Relying on the intelligent customs clearance system, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport has built an efficient customs clearance model of "full-process electronicization + quick clearance". The core links are as follows:

• Advance Declaration and Cargo Manifest Confirmation: Enterprises submit customs declarations and pre-allocated cargo manifests through the international trade "single window" or the aviation e-freight platform. The system automatically verifies the compliance of commodity codes and declaration elements, supporting advance declaration within 72 hours.
• Cargo Warehousing and Arrival Report: After the goods arrive at the West Cargo Terminal of the airport, the cargo terminal automatically collects data such as the number of pieces and weight through RFID technology and sends an arrival report to the customs, triggering the "second-level release" mechanism.
• Intelligent Inspection and Risk Prevention and Control: Non-intrusive inspection of high-risk goods is carried out using technologies such as CT machine inspection and AI image recognition, and low-risk goods are directly released; for goods requiring manual inspection, the customs dynamically allocates resources through the "inspection appointment system" to achieve "on-arrival inspection".
• Tax Payment and Electronic Release: Enterprises can pay customs duties and value-added taxes online through the "single window". After the customs approves the tax, an electronic release certificate is generated, and the goods are directly loaded for shipment.

Policy Advantages

The customs of Zhengzhou International Cargo Airport has innovatively implemented a "7×24-hour on-arrival inspection" mechanism, breaking the traditional customs clearance time limit and achieving all-weather services for goods to "land in the early morning and be released at sunrise". Through the deep integration of the international trade "single window" and the aviation e-freight platform, enterprises can complete the full-process operations of customs declaration, tax payment, and electronic release online. The system automatically verifies the compliance of goods, and low-risk goods achieve "second-level release". For high-risk goods, relying on CT machine inspection and AI image recognition technology, the efficiency of non-intrusive inspection has increased by 70%.

As a core node for the "pilot first" of national cross-border e-commerce, Zhengzhou International Cargo Airport has opened up three customs clearance modes: 9710 (B2B direct export), 9810 (overseas warehouse export), and 9610 (B2C retail export), forming a policy matrix covering the entire trade form. The 9710 mode supports batch declaration by enterprises, and the customs clearance time is compressed to 4 hours. In 2024, it handled over 34,000 tons of goods; the 9810 mode allows advance stockpiling in European and American overseas warehouses, and overseas orders are "sent and received immediately", reducing logistics costs by 30% and helping "Henan manufacturing" quickly reach the global market; the 9610 mode, with the convenient measure of "list verification and release", has a daily processing capacity of 500,000 orders. With the addition of more than 10 full-cargo aircraft special line such as "Zhengzhou-Tashkent-Zurich", it has achieved a new logistics speed of "3-day delivery" to Europe, becoming the preferred channel for small and medium-sized e-commerce enterprises to expand into international markets.

Relying on the policy advantage of "integration of zone and port", the Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone and the North Cargo Area of the airport are seamlessly connected through a fence channel. Goods can achieve "one declaration, one inspection, one release" from the bonded warehouse to the aircraft cargo hold, directly reducing logistics costs by 50% and increasing efficiency by 60%. In 2024, the "air-to-air transfer" business innovatively adopted the cross-airline transfer mode, and the India-Zhengzhou-USA route achieved 12-hour express transfer. The annual transfer cargo volume reached 25,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 81.9%, providing a "global relay" transportation solution for high-efficiency goods such as electronic products and precision instruments.

In the fields of intelligent and green logistics, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport has built a "air-rail-road" multimodal transport network. The high-speed rail freight train is directly connected to the airport cargo terminal, reducing the domestic transportation cost by 20% compared with road transportation and doubling the efficiency; international road transportation is linked with the GMS economic corridor through the TIR convention, opening 19 cross-border routes, saving up to 58% of transportation time. As the only national aviation e-freight pilot, it reduces 1.5 million paper documents annually, reduces the customs declaration error rate by 40%, and increases data transmission efficiency by 20%, truly achieving "more data running, fewer errands for enterprises".

Warehouse Storage

Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport has built an intelligent storage system covering the whole category and the whole process, providing efficient and safe cargo storage solutions for the global supply chain with professional storage facilities and customized service capabilities. The airport's storage system deeply integrates policy dividends and technological innovation, forming four core functional modules: "bonded storage + cold chain logistics + cross-border e-commerce + oversized goods". Through intelligent management and all-weather services, it realizes full-cycle precise control of goods from storage to distribution.

Air Freight Price Reference

International Route Freight Rate Reference (Updated in April 2025)

In April 2025, the international route freight rates of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Cargo Airport implement a tiered preferential system. For goods of 100kg+, the rates are 38 CNY/kg to Frankfurt, 45 CNY/kg to Los Angeles, 19 CNY/kg to Singapore, 25 CNY/kg to Dubai, and 18 CNY/kg to Bangkok. As the cargo volume increases to 1000kg+, the unit prices drop to 24 CNY, 30 CNY, 11 CNY, 16 CNY, and 10 CNY respectively. This quotation includes fuel and security surcharges. Light and bulky goods are charged according to volume weight. The larger the cargo volume, the more significant the cost advantage. The routes cover major markets in Europe, America, and Asia, suitable for the transportation of electronic products and fresh cold chains.

Local Fees