Shanghai FTA will be launched after acceptance of "cross-border" electric platform

China (Shanghai) Free Trade test area at the beginning of the operation, as one of the first entry into the FTA pilot project, from the east to pay for investment in the "Cross-border" E-commerce platform has been basically completed, is currently testing the operation, to be passed through the General administration of customs can run online.





cross-border Electronic commerce refers to a kind of international business activity which is divided into different customs parties, through the E-commerce platform to reach a transaction, carry out payment settlement, and deliver goods through Cross-border logistics. In recent years, the rapid development of Cross-border E-commerce in China, especially in Cross-border E-commerce Enterprises in the consumer model, the current management system, policies, regulations and existing environmental conditions have been unable to meet its development requirements of practical problems. On the one hand, the desire of domestic consumers to buy and use overseas goods is becoming stronger overseas clothing, shoes and hats, digital home appliances and other daily consumer goods, as well as domestic and foreign products such as watches, cosmetics, and some overseas countries and regions of the characteristics of the advantages of commodities such as infant milk powder, have become consumers through the network "Sea Amoy" the goal On the other hand, the lack of formal cross-border online shopping channels, a large number of goods to express, mail Logistics Way Import and export, unit value small, lot, not only the risk of buying fake and inferior goods, but also to the customs, inspection and quarantine departments such as the supervision of the difficulty, resulting in the loss of import taxes, commodities did not pass quarantine and other risks.





in response to the current development of Cross-border E-commerce Trade, the National Development and Reform Commission commissioned the General administration of Customs to implement Cross-border trade E-commerce service pilot, Shanghai electronic port to build Cross-border E-commerce service platform-"cross-border", Shanghai customs completed with the completion of the customs clearance system part of the construction, for domestic consumers to provide a sunshine , convenient and fast Cross-border network to buy new channels.





Oriental Payment general manager Wang Peng, "cross-border" E-commerce platform looks like an electric business site, a variety of products displayed. On the platform, the cooperative merchants have been filed by the customs, avoiding the risk of buying fakes, and have the service guarantee for the goods sold. And every product on the platform, will indicate the price of the commodity itself, import duties and logistics costs, so that consumers pay their own composition at a glance, to avoid businesses in the price of "boring bag", consumers can also obtain the corresponding tax vouchers, shopping channels more standardized transparent, more secure and reliable source of goods. After the purchase, generation of orders, because the consumer is certified by real name, to confirm the goods in line with the customs requirements of personal belongings reasonable amount of use and limit, you can pay online.





Wang Peng said that with the development of the FTA Pilot Zone, this Cross-border electricity business platform will attract more overseas well-known brands of electric dealers, and is expected to form a warehouse to the personal direct sales model, reduce consumer purchase costs, "we can not guarantee that the goods here than all the site is not standardized purchasing cheaper, but the goods here is absolutely authentic, Have customs records, and sampling comparison, the same international brand goods, prices are lower than the domestic physical stores about 30%. ”





It is understood that, thanks to the convenience of the FTA, the future of major overseas brand merchants can set up in the test area bonded warehouse, bonded display base, so that the brand to facilitate the efficient management of goods logistics deployment, here become their logistics center, Operation Center. As long as domestic consumers purchase orders, the goods in the test area in advance can be quickly transported to the hands of consumers.





, director of the Shanghai Customs Department, said that through docking with the platform, customs clearance system will use the whole process of electronic, custom formation of "information Flow", "Capital Flow", "logistics" three-dimensional information integration, real-time monitoring, to achieve effective inspection of goods, and import business in the transaction process of all reporting data controllable, visual, Traceable.