The pilot work of cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B export is promoted: streamline the process and make customs clearance more convenient

Simplify the declaration process and introduce regulatory facilitation measures; Provide online and offline guidance to help enterprises better understand business processes; Focus on the pain points of the industry, help enterprises to "go out", "go back"... For some time, Guangzhou Customs has been taking advantage of the pilot customs and opening up multiple channels by sea, land and air. The pilot work of cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B(business-to-business) export is progressing in an orderly way.

At guangzhou's busy Nansha port terminal, vehicles loaded with a variety of import and export goods ply the area. Since July this year, more cross-border e-commerce B2B(business-to-business) exports have appeared here. A container truck loaded with clothing, household goods, office supplies and other goods went to nansha Customs supervision and operation site, completed customs clearance within 15 minutes, and then the goods were shipped from Nansha Port and left China.

A few days ago, Guangzhou Customs took advantage of the advantages of the first batch of pilot customs, actively promoted the pilot work of cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B export, opened up multiple channels including sea, land and air, and realized the full coverage of four business types under the supervision mode of cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export (9710) and cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse (9810).

Efficient and convenient, a new way of supervision

At about 11:00 a.m. on October 15, several batches of vans arrived in sequence and docked at the receiving platform of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport International Air Cargo Terminal. The staff unloaded the goods from the vans and sent them to the X-ray machine for security check. At the same time, they sent export goods arrival instructions to the customs. Guangzhou Customs will send "check" or "release" instruction to counter the goods information with the inspection instruction through the intelligent system.

The goods in need of inspection are directly transported to the customs inspection area, and the customs officers give priority to the B2B export goods according to regulations, quickly check the name, specification and quantity information of the goods, and use AI to identify the right of the product trademark and other technologies to release the goods quickly. Goods that do not need inspection can be assembled directly and loaded for exit after the flight stops. It takes less than one hour to clear customs.

Under the new mode, not only the customs clearance time is greatly shortened, but also the declaration process is easier. At the Guangzhou Kaiyue Freight Forwarding Co., LTD office in Nansha Port, Guangzhou, workers log on to the "Single window of China's International trade" to declare the export cargo information of list 9710 to the customs.

"Our company exports small quantities of goods, low value, a variety of goods, every declaration is a headache." Company operations director Huang Jinning introduction, "before the same goods, exports of general trade mode, need at least three customs personnel to spend the day time, now through the new 9710 model simplified notification, not only 80% less than the old mode of processing time, and for only 1 person to handle the can, can greatly reduce product classification error."

"Different from the 10-digit commodity code declaration requirements for general trade exports, the new policy allows the declaration in the comprehensive pilot zone of cross-border e-commerce, in which cargoes with a single invoice value of less than 5,000 yuan are declared according to the 6-digit customs code to simplify the declaration mode." 'This has reduced the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises,' said Wang Zhongquan, chief of the cross-border e-commerce supervision section of Nansha Customs, which is affiliated to Guangzhou Customs.

In addition to simplifying declaration, cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision has introduced a series of targeted regulatory facilitation measures, including one-time registration of enterprises, a bit of docking, priority inspection, etc., to provide cross-border e-commerce enterprises with more convenient customs clearance options.

In the first two months of the pilot program, Guangzhou Customs supervised and supervised a total of 1.098 million cross-border e-commerce B2B export declarations and declaration lists, with the value of 6.52 billion yuan.

Orderly push forward, provide business guidance for enterprises

In the face of the new cross-border e-commerce export policy, customs staff have also made a lot of efforts in the process of practice and promotion.

"Since the implementation of the new policy, customs officials have taken the initiative to connect with relevant enterprises. "Some enterprises are not familiar with the policy, so they are highly motivated but lack the motivation to act." Wang Zhongquan said.

"Fully understanding the implications, regulatory requirements and facilitation measures of the new model is critical to stimulating engagement." Lin Jianbin, director of cross-border e-commerce Business Division of Guangzhou Customs Postal Supervision Department, said.

In order to inform the enterprises of the latest policy requirements and support measures in the shortest time, Guangzhou Customs, together with the commercial departments of Guangzhou and Foshan, and customs declaration association, held a number of policy talks and online live broadcast. More than 300 enterprises participated in the talks, which received a warm response.

In addition, in order to make enterprises better understand the business process, Lin Jianbin and Colley's colleagues carefully sorted out the business process and filling requirements of relevant electronic documents, made the new media product "Guangzhou Customs Cross-border E-commerce B2B Export Clearance Guide" in an easy-to-understand form, and released it through relevant public accounts.

At the early stage of the pilot, many enterprises are not familiar with cross-border e-commerce B2B clearance requirements, and often encounter problems such as failed order transmission and failure to timely record overseas warehouses. Guangzhou Customs has set up special pilot work groups to provide business guidance, deal with various problems, and help enterprises get familiar with the new model better and faster.

"At the beginning, we were worried about this new customs clearance model and system access requirements, fearing that problems with system docking and data declaration would affect customs clearance." "But under the guidance of Guangzhou customs, everything went much more smoothly than we thought," said Jiang Jianbo, a business manager at Foshan Wending Green E-commerce Co LTD.

"A single listing of cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision mode will help the customs to accurately identify and accurately statistic the export data of cross-border e-commerce, and reflect the import and export situation of China's cross-border e-commerce more systematically and accurately." Lin said that in order to ensure that the cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B export reform can be replicated and promoted in the national customs in a timely manner, he and his colleagues are actively summarizing relevant experience and deficiencies while promoting the orderly implementation of the pilot.

Expand the scale, help businesses to develop the market

"With the implementation of the new policy, it will be easier for us to keep our overseas warehouses stocked and move goods across borders, which will help us continue to expand our overseas warehouses and help companies expand their overseas markets." Guangzhou Wenfeng Trading Co., LTD is cainiao's partner in overseas warehouses. Feng Bo, a supply chain customs expert of the company, said 9810 cross-border e-commerce export model can help Chinese merchants quickly prepare goods for overseas warehouses in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian consumers can deliver goods from overseas warehouses as soon as the same day after placing orders, which helps to enhance the competitiveness of Chinese merchants in the international market.

Feng also believes that in the process of operation, there are still some problems to be solved. For sellers, some small and medium-sized e-commerce enterprises purchase commodities through the wholesale market, so they may not be able to provide VAT invoices, and tax treatment may be involved after export. For this kind of goods, enterprises are also eager to support the tax and foreign exchange related policy details as soon as possible, so that B2B exports show more vitality.

Overseas markets can "go out" or "go back in". Since the beginning of this year, the General Administration of Customs has promoted the return of goods exported by cross-border e-commerce across the country to help cross-border e-commerce enterprises withstand the impact of the epidemic.

"In the past, the return cost was higher and if the product didn't sell well abroad, you either had to occupy the warehouse or sell it at a reduced price," Says Huang. "This policy will greatly reduce the burden on enterprises and make it easier for them to better serve overseas customers and expand markets."

"In the past, it was difficult for tax and business departments to identify cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B and overseas warehouses, and many policies were not well promoted." Liu Feina, secretary general of the Guangdong E-Merchants Association, said that with the launch of the new export policy for cross-border e-commerce, it is believed that various government regulatory departments will introduce corresponding supporting policies to promote the compliance of related businesses.