Located at the central part of Zhejiang province. Yiwu city is famous for its small commodity trade and vibrant free markets. It is known as the small commodities center in China. People from all over the world come to Yiwu city to buy commodities for resale. In October 2002, Hangzhou Customs District stationed a Customs office in Yiwu, thus opening a clearance express way for the numerous small commodities.
In the past six years, Yiwu Office of Jinhua Customs House (affiliated to Hangzhou Customs District) remained innovative and has adopted measures to optimize the clearance procedures. As a result, the declarations processed by Jinhua Customs House increased from 21,000 in 2003 to 277,000 in 2008, while the containers controlled increased from 51,000 TEU Twenty inch Equivalent Unit to 521,000 TEU.
With the rapid growth in export volume, Customs officers are faced with an increasingly arduous control task. In January, 2009, Hangzhou Customs District started the preparation work of building a bigger Customs administration in Yiwu after getting the approval of the State Council. Half a year later, on 15th July, Yiwu Customs House, the first of its kind which is under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Customs District and in a county-level city, opened.
