Tianjin Port has witnessed import surges in necessities and resources such as frozen meat, soybean and gas in the first four months of the year, according to Tianjin Customs.

The port handled imports of 611,000 tonnes of frozen meat in the period, a 75.3 percent year-on-year increase.

The meats are a major supply source for markets in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, one of the most populated mega city clusters, with 110 million people - eight percent of the whole country.

The imported meat includes 308,000 tonnes of frozen pork, up 156.9 percent year-on-year, while frozen beef totaled 242,000 tons, up 43.7 percent.

These imports provide strong support in terms of stabilizing the domestic meat market and meeting demand for domestic consumption amid the COVID-19 epidemic, according to customs officials.

Imports from the European Union, Brazil and Argentina jointly accounted for 60.4 percent of total frozen-meat imports via the port.

As for soybeans, a total of 2.02 million tonnes has been imported via the port from January to April this year, representing an increase of 66.9 percent year-on-year.

The imported goods will be used for oil pressing and feed processing. Among the soybean imports that came through the port, soybeans from the Americas amounted to almost 2.01 million tonnes, accounting for 99.4 percent of the total.

Over the four-month period, the port ranked first in the country by importing 3.92 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), accounting for nearly 20 percent of the country's total LNG imports.

The LNG imported through the port mainly came from Australia, Russia and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

As an efficient and green energy source, the imported LNG ensures a supply for winter heating and new energy vehicles like LNG buses in northern China.