Shandong cross-border e-commerce starts to scale up and "sell globally"

Jinan Qingdao Customs cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot launched, allowing enterprises to enjoy convenient customs clearance

Shandong cross-border e-commerce starts to scale up and "sell globally"

In order to further improve the work of "six stability" and "six guarantees", the General Administration of Customs has decided to add 12 directly affiliated customs offices such as Qingdao and Jinan to carry out cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot projects, which will be officially implemented as of September 1. Shandong cross-border e-commerce has entered the era of large-scale "selling globally" from personal overseas shopping and commercial retail.

At around 0:00 on September 1st, enterprises in the Qingdao area of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone completed the first batch of cross-border e-commerce enterprise to enterprise export business in Shandong (hereinafter referred to as "cross-border e-commerce B2B export"). Under the supervision of Huangdao Customs under the jurisdiction of Qingdao Customs, a batch of export tapes, box sealers, and golf clubs, T-shirts, cardboard boxes and other goods from Qingdao United Hengtong International Trade Co., Ltd., as well as First International Trade Co., Ltd., have been cleared and released at the cross-border e-commerce supervision center of China Merchants Bureau of Qingdao Qianwan Bonded Port Area. At 0:1:25 am, the beauty products declared by Shandong Xingyitang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. through cross-border e-commerce B2B export were successfully cleared through customs.

According to introduction, cross-border e-commerce B2B export refers to a trade form in which domestic enterprises transport goods to overseas enterprises or overseas warehouses through cross-border logistics, and complete transactions through cross-border e-commerce platforms. It is divided into two modes: cross-border e-commerce enterprise to enterprise direct export and export to overseas warehouses. In order to further improve the work of "six stability" and "six guarantees", the General Administration of Customs has decided to add 12 directly affiliated customs offices such as Qingdao and Jinan to carry out cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot projects, which will be officially implemented as of September 1. Shandong cross-border e-commerce has entered the era of large-scale "selling globally" from personal overseas shopping and commercial retail.

In the early morning of the same day, the first batch of cross-border e-commerce B2B export business was completed in many places in the province. In Linyi, the export commodities of six local enterprises such as stationery, hardware, and clothing will be cleared at the Linyi cross-border e-commerce regulatory center, and will be shipped to overseas warehouses in Germany and Hungary, as well as to places such as Thailand and the United Arab Emirates; In Heze, 123 sofas declared for export by Shandong Inland Port Cross-border E-commerce Co., Ltd. were quickly cleared under customs supervision; In Yantai, a batch of clothing and small household appliances worth 138000 yuan were cleared and released under customs supervision and shipped to Japan and South Korea.

Carrying out cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot projects aims to help enterprises further reduce customs clearance costs and improve customs clearance efficiency. According to reports, cross-border e-commerce B2B exports have obvious policy advantages. For export goods that originally required a 10 digit tax number for declaration, the declaration of enterprises in the comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zone can be simplified to 6 digits, and the customs can prioritize the arrangement and inspection of them. Goods exported to overseas warehouses can be returned duty-free within one year. In addition, other customs clearance modes such as customs integration can be superimposed to further amplify the reform effect.

According to statistical data, as of 12:00 on September 1, there were 10 customs sites under the jurisdiction of Qingdao Customs to carry out cross-border e-commerce B2B export business, with 40 enterprises participating in the pilot project. A total of 110 tickets were declared and released, with a value of 4.45 million yuan, covering 17 categories of goods in Shandong's traditional export industries, including furniture, sports goods, clothing, shoes and bags, wigs, small household appliances, daily necessities, mechanical equipment, and packaging materials, with destinations including Japan, South Korea, Europe, America Southeast Asia and other export countries and regions. On the first day of the pilot, the value of cross-border e-commerce B2B exports supervised by Jinan Customs reached 1.0302 million yuan.

"We will make good use of this policy and strive to build offshore warehouses." Zhang Zhimou, General Manager of First International Trading Company, said that the company's first batch of cross-border e-commerce B2B export goods were cardboard boxes with a total value of less than 5000 yuan, which were directly declared in the form of a list. Compared to previous years, not only has customs clearance costs been reduced, but also customs clearance efficiency has been improved.

"The new model simplifies the declaration process, improves customs clearance efficiency, innovates the return model, reduces enterprise operating costs, and is more competitive in overseas markets, helping us export our goods," said Xie Chang, manager of Shandong Inland Port Cross Border E-commerce Co., Ltd.

Xu Lixiang, General Manager of Jinan Weixi International Trade Co., Ltd., stated that in the past, exports of goods to overseas enterprises through cross-border e-commerce trading platforms could only be declared in accordance with general trade, and the actual export scale of cross-border e-commerce was difficult to reflect through statistical data, which prevented them from obtaining preferential policies from customs, taxation, and other departments. After the pilot launch, cross-border e-commerce enterprises have a separate regulatory approach and statistical caliber, and relevant departments can tailor more preferential measures for them.

Yang Luquan, director of the Jinan Customs Port Supervision Department, said that pilot enterprises can enjoy paperless customs clearance through the entire process, increase convenient declaration channels, simplify declaration in comprehensive pilot zones, facilitate returns, and give priority to inspection through "one registration" and "one point connection".

"The business to business model is a new model in the new business form of cross-border e-commerce, which fits in with the actual operation of foreign trade enterprises under the current situation." Wang Bin, director of the Postal Administration of Qingdao Customs, said that the implementation of this model will provide new convenient customs clearance channels for traditional advantageous industries such as clothing, furniture, straw and willow knitting, wigs, labor protection supplies, etc., boost enterprises to use the "Internet plus" to expand exports, and provide a new platform for stabilizing foreign trade Inject new kinetic energy.