China-Russia trade has grown through ups and downs over two decades. In the past five years, the cumulative total of China’s imports from Russia has increased by 87%, and the demand for oversized cargo in the first half of 2025 has surged by 40% year-on-year. From simple freight transactions in the early days to the current complex pattern with refined product categories, stricter policies, and diverse scenarios, the professional threshold for the Russia-bound freight industry has been continuously rising. Enterprises going global are faced not only with the choice of transportation links such as road, railway, air, and sea but also with multiple challenges including product category compliance, policy changes, and border control. Shanghai SBTG has been deeply engaged in the Russia-bound freight field for exactly 20 years. Backed by professional experience accumulated over time, it has polished core capabilities such as policy interpretation, product category control, and full-chain services into core competitiveness, becoming a reliable partner for enterprises exporting to Russia.
I. Responding to 20 Years of Policy Iterations, Accurately Grasping Compliance Trends
In-depth Adaptation to Policy Changes: SBTG has fully witnessed multiple rounds of iterations of Russian customs policies, from regular supervision to refined control, accumulating mature experience in responding to various policy adjustments. In response to the 2025 Russia-Kazakhstan temporary cargo import policy (import window period without EAES status and without “Honest Marking”), it has quickly formulated adaptive solutions; for the new household appliance import regulations implemented since November 2024 (categories containing refrigerants such as R404A/R410A require licenses), it has accurately grasped the 3-4 month processing cycle and the compliance cost of 200,000 rubles per order, helping enterprises avoid policy risks.
Pre-Layout for Special Nodes: Based on 20 years of experience in holiday logistics response, aiming at potential problems such as tight transportation capacity and suspension of supporting services during the 2025 Chinese New Year (January 29 – February 12), it has established a full-process plan of “locking shipping space before the holiday, emergency linkage during the holiday, and rapid cargo clearance after the holiday”. It coordinates with Russian partners to ensure basic transit services and avoid supply chain disruptions.
II. 20 Years of Product Category Control Accumulation, Solving Problems in Segmented Fields
Full-Category Compliance Screening: Through 20 years of practical accumulation, it has sorted out a complete list of restricted/prohibited import categories in Russia and established a refined screening system. It clearly defines the export red line for categories such as Pu’er tea, strengthens the compliance review of symbols and logos for clothing products; for restricted categories such as electronic equipment with encryption functions and medical instruments, it proactively connects with departments such as the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media of the Russian Federation to efficiently complete the handling of special permits.
Polishing Solutions for Segmented Scenarios: In response to the growing demand for oversized cargo, relying on years of experience in large cargo transportation, it has activated ice-class container ship supporting services to meet the maritime transportation needs of goods such as 1420-1426mm large-diameter pipelines; combined with the characteristics of different categories such as industrial equipment and consumer goods, it optimizes the combined multi-modal transportation schemes of road, railway, air, and sea to balance transportation costs and timeliness; provides exclusive supporting services for foreign trade outsourcing enterprises, forming a full-chain collaborative plan from logistics cost assessment during supplier selection to accurate HS code classification.
III. 20 Years of Service System Upgrading, Consolidating Full-Chain Guarantee Capabilities
In-depth Integration of Core Resources: Over 20 years of deep cultivation, SBTG has gradually built a three-dimensional service network. It has set up a direct customs clearance center in Moscow, where all team members have more than ten years of local customs clearance experience, implementing a “three-document review + pre-declaration” system to efficiently handle inspection matters; it has laid out distribution warehouses in core cities and remote areas in Russia, all cooperating fleets hold complete qualifications, and fixed Ussuriysk and Belarus customs transit channels as alternatives to solve the problem of congestion at the Russia-Kazakhstan border.
Continuous Optimization of Value-Added Services: Keeping up with industry development trends, it has introduced digital insurance services, matching exclusive insurance plans for different categories of goods, realizing the full-process online insurance application and claim settlement, and shortening the claim settlement cycle; it has built a full-chain visualized tracking system, where all node information of goods from collection to delivery is pushed in real time, allowing enterprises to clearly grasp the logistics progress; adhering to the concept of long-termism and the principle of zero compromise on quality, it has served more than 400 enterprises with no major logistics accident records.
Over 20 years, SBTG has based itself on professionalism and empowered by experience, accumulating irreplaceable core competitiveness in the China-Russia freight track. We deeply understand that behind each batch of goods is the trust and expectation of enterprises. In the future, SBTG will not stop at existing experience but will continuously integrate the professional capabilities accumulated over 20 years with new industry changes, refine service granularity, and upgrade the layout of core resources. With more mature experience, more accurate solutions, and more stable services, we will become the “experience backing” for enterprises exporting to Russia, guarding every performance, and accompanying enterprises to move forward steadily in the wave of China-Russia trade.
