Export enterprises are looking forward to more convenient customs clearance

Editor's note: Over the past two years, the State has been actively promoting the process of trade facilitation, aimed at helping foreign trade enterprises reduce trade costs and increase core competitiveness. Especially in the financial crisis after the outbreak, accelerate the realization of trade facilitation is unprecedented urgency, but also become a number of local governments to help enterprises tide over the difficulties of the work "fingers."　　But according to our correspondent investigation, at present, in the export process there are still some trade is not convenient links, varying degrees of influence on the normal business of foreign trade enterprises. From today, this newspaper published the "Trade Facilitation Survey" series of reports, from customs, commodity inspection, export tax rebate, export settlement of four aspects of the problem, listen to the voice, thinking about the road ahead.　　In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to the company being interviewed, the manuscript of this group conceals some of the units and names of the visitors, please forgive the readers. Mr. Chen runs a large foreign trade export enterprise in a western city. 2010, with the company's continuous expansion of the Russian business, enterprise exports increased annually, the benefits also repeatedly climbed the new step. However, in the customs clearance, the inspection of the "difficult to customs clearance" problem has plagued him. He told reporters: "Normal 1 days can be out of the goods, now need 3 days ~5 days, customs clearance cycle delay to a certain extent, affect the operating efficiency of the enterprise."　　"The situation reflected by Mr Chan is not a case in which many enterprises have issued the call for" Enhancing the facilitation of customs clearance. "　　Where customs clearance is difficult, refers to the turnover of the head of the inbound and outbound transport, import and export cargo consignor or their agents to the customs to apply for goods, goods, entry and exit procedures, the Customs submitted to its documents and the actual import and export goods and articles according to law Audit, inspection, levy taxes and charges, and finally release. According to Mr. Chen, in the location of its enterprises, due to various management is not in place, the efficiency of the release is often ineffective. "Sometimes it is clear that 100 cars can be released in 1 days, but only 50 are passed," he said. Export Logistics channel is not smooth, also caused the congestion of urban transportation.　　"said Mr. Chen. In fact, the negative impact of customs clearance has extended to more links. A person familiar with the matter told reporters that some enterprises in order to be able to timely or early delivery, to take "very means" and customs through the relationship, according to the rules of the company to do so helpless.　　This "backdoor" objectively aggravated the flow of the logistics channel is not smooth, and thus formed a vicious circle. The problem is more than that. In a coastal city of China operating a foreign trade export enterprises, Ms. Zhang to reporters that the local customs in the process of inspection of export goods often cause damage to goods.　　As a result of the company's export products have plastic film, often in the inspection, transport process was cut, which caused the enterprise economic losses. She further said: "Although the local customs inspection of goods will not produce any costs, but the goods in the yard waiting for the charge, the adjustment of the warehouse will be charged separately." A small standard box yard fee of 12 yuan/day, counting on transshipment fees, stowage fees and other non-customs costs, even if the normal 7 days shipments, a small standard box export to Europe, the extra cost of about 1500 yuan. If you catch a holidayDay delay shipments, the company's commitment to the standard box yard fees will be higher. In the case of large export bins, this fee is really expensive. "Looking forward to maximize the convenience of customs clearance according to the reporter investigation, including Mr. Chen, Ms. Zhang, many business people are Chen, in recent years, China's customs to streamline procedures, optimize customs services, improve customs clearance efficiency, reduce trade costs, facilitate the gradual advance of customs clearance. For example, Mr. Chen's city, before the clearance of traffic jams 10 days before shipment, now has dropped to 3 days ~5 days, this is undoubtedly a kind of progress.　　However, enterprises have also put forward, hope that the customs can continue to optimize management efficiency and improve customs clearance facilitation, and strive to achieve 1 days of efficient operation of customs clearance. In the clearance time, some enterprises also made suggestions. Ms. Zhang pointed out that the customs of the location of its business is often 3 o'clock in the afternoon to the office, and some goods are in the 2 o'clock in the afternoon to enter Hong Kong, the company to prepare relevant data, the declaration has been too late.　　If you catch the weekend, it means the shipment will be postponed for another two days. "If the clearance time can be extended to normal commute time, it will bring more convenience to enterprises." On the one hand, the enterprise has enough time to declare, on the other hand the goods in the yard time also shortened, reduce the delay period, the cost of the enterprise will also save a lot.　　"said Ms. Zhang. According to the reporter understands, our country customs in order to give the excellent export enterprise to provide the convenience service, has carried on the classification management to the enterprise, the different credit level enterprise enjoys the different customs clearance treatment. For example, a Class A and a type of enterprise receiving customs assessment can adopt the mode of "ex-post, paperless clearance". This model is through the network to the Customs declaration of electronic data, the entire process does not exceed 10 minutes.　　According to the data can be found, the current national Customs has found that law-abiding operators of AA and A-class enterprises up to more than 20,000. "Now, our business is still in category B, next year is expected to be promoted to Category A, I believe that will be able to obtain more convenient clearance conditions."　　"said Ms. Zhang. For the convenience of enterprise clearance, there are insiders think: on the one hand, this requires the relevant departments of the Government to further improve the management links, on the other hand, enterprises should also actively strive to improve the level of qualification, reduce unnecessary regulatory links. To conclude, trade facilitation requires a combination of both government and corporate efforts.