Supported by the forward warehouse supervision mode of cross-border E-commerce export, a warehouse of Ningbo Yaji Logistics Co., Ltd. saw successful acceptance and release of goods recently featuring amusement facilities, plastic furniture and among others, declared as an export overseas location in the special area for cross-border E-commerce at the Meishan Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Ningbo. The price of the goods totals around RMB 194,000 and will be shipped from Ningbo to Amazon Warehouse in the United States.
Ningbo Customs, based on the characteristics of the Ningbo area of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone, has rolled out a list of 15 tasks for 2023 centering on digital reform, striving to shape iconic achievements with Zhejiang characteristics.
“With numerous policy dividends and better port business environment, Ningbo Customs will stand firm in the Ningbo area, strengthen regional linkage, deepen the innovation of customs supervision system in the pilot free trade zone, and create an optimal business environment to fully support the construction of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone,” said Hu Danchun, Deputy Director of the Free Trade Department of Ningbo Customs.
The innovative supervision mode of "inspection before shipment" for LCL goods of export has been well-received by enterprises for its pilot application in cross-border E-commerce exports. “Through extensive investigation and careful studies, a list of 15 tasks for 2023 has been formed from four dimensions: striving for replication and promotion nationwide, striving for the filing of innovative measures, focusing on promotion and integrating innovation,” according to Chen Kaiyan, Chief of the Comprehensive Department of the Free Trade Department of Ningbo Customs.
Since Ningbo saw the successful pilot application of the first batch of export overseas location in the special area in January 2020, Ningbo Customs has kept optimizing policy supply and started to apply the innovative supervision mode of "inspection before shipment" for LCL goods of export to forward warehouse of cross-border E-commerce export this year. This model “preposes” a collection and distribution center at domestic ports to exert the functions of export goods storage of cross-border E-commerce, customs inspection and LCL shipment for faster goods turnover.
Ningbo Yaji Logistics Co., Ltd., a logistics provider for global export of Amazon, was the first beneficiary of innovative regulation of Ningbo Customs. “Our export goods of cross-border E-commerce can be inspected and shipped in just one day at a lower cost, which took us 2 to 3 days in the past,” said Li Feng, head of the company.
Ningbo Customs will cast its eyes over the development of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone this year to further summarize its construction experience and achievements, while making pilot evaluations on its four new measures that have been registered with the General Administration of Customs of the PRC to enhance the depth and breadth of innovation. Also, it has put forward two new initiatives of "inspection before shipment for LCL goods of export” and "new sampling and supervision mode for imported foods" based on bottlenecks and development needs faced by ports and industries in the city, to strive for more first pilot projects nationwide to be launched in Ningbo. Additionally, Ningbo Customs will focus on project leadership and key breakthroughs, closely combine with the Ningbo area to build an international center for energy and chemical resource allocation, import more characteristic commodities from Central and Eastern European countries, and make explorations and innovations in bonded supervision of liquid chemicals, bonded mixed mining of non-ferrous metals, and merchandise import from Central and Eastern European countries.
Further, Ningbo Customs will deeply explore Ningbo's strengths in shipping logistics at ports and smart manufacturing to cultivate emerging industries, strengthen competitive industries, and present achievements in the construction of a free trade pilot zone with Ningbo characteristics, by means of 9 initiatives including supporting the import of raw materials in the new energy industry, promoting pilot projects for new marine fuel refueling, optimizing the import process of bulk commodities, creating a national hub for NEV exports, unblocking the import and export channels for automotive parts, and navigating the construction of a smart comprehensive bonded zone.
The pilot of container-based NEV export is a typical scenario of turning Ningbo Zhoushan Port to a national hub for NEV export. This innovation highlights the characteristics of Meishan Port and explores the pilot "one-stop" supervision of container-based NEV export, cutting the customs clearance period by 2 to 3 days and the cost by about RMB 800 to 1,000 per container. The effort, together with roll on/roll off shipment, has become a "dual channel" for NEV export, recording the export volume of 2,754 vehicles in 1,749 TEUs in the first quarter at Ningbo Port. (Journalist: Cheng Baige; Correspondents: Zhu Wei, Ying Jun)