Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Helan Date: 2009-07-26
Figures fromYiwu Customs indicate that every three minutes a declaration check is finished and a container truck full of goods passes the Customs supervision gate . Every hour customs officers will receive 100-130 export declarations, and every day there are as many as 1,400 container trucks passing through the gate and going to 212 countries and regions .
"Customized" supervision mode brings efficiency To deal with the problems in the customs supervision,such as the large quantity, variety and low value of goods,which make the one-byone declaration time-consuming,the Customs created a special freight supervision mode for "tourismshopping goods",and put into use a matching "System for Commodities Simplification and Classification",thus reducing the tariff numbers of commodity export declaration from over 8,000 to only 98. The simplified declaration procedures improved the efficiency of dealing with customs formalities . Qian Hongwei,person in charge of declaration in Yiwu Huahao International Transport Co.,Ltd, said,"The commission fees of foreign trade container are also lowered,and each declaration could save about 200 yuan ."It is estimated that the reduced commission fees only can bring about 100 million yuan saved in foreign trade cost every year .
Upgraded equipments result in high efficiency and low cost in export In addition to the new supervision mode, Yiwu Customs also equipped itself with latest supervision devices,developed efficient clearance systems and tried to deal with declarations with scientific examination techniques and methods,in order to bring about high efficiency and low cost in commodities export . The newly implemented clearance mode, which allows the "clearance of goods in the place of origin and check and release of goods at ports" as well as "multispots for clearance and release",makes it possible for commodities to be cleared,checked and released at their "doorsteps". The "Clearance Logistics Control System" realizes the timely separation of containers and motor vans before
the gate,and shortens time by one hour for containers to go through the procedures . The "Container Information Service System" integrates the information of demands for containers in ports,shipping companies and container yards,which not only avoids empty trucks but also prevents the customs data repetition .The "Rail-Sea Combined Transport" clearance mode,which brings lower cost compared withzhighway transport,saves logistics costs and also creates a new export channel by "reaching Ningbo Port by railway".
It is learned that Yiwu Customs will use a new work platform for commodities examination and an on-the-spot business lining system. This systemwill ease the problems of long vehicle queues and traffic jams in the supervision station, optimize the declaration order,and further improve the speed of customs examination and clearance .
The new Customs working mechanism smoothed the export channel and made Yiwu export keep a good momentum even in the financial crisis . This June,the Customs received 27,000 commodities export declarations , supervised 49 , 000 standard containers,up 12 . 5% and 6 .5% over the same time of last year respectively, also an increase of 17.4% and 14% respectively fromthis May.
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