New progress of the eWTP international trade public service platform: simplified export customs declaration, reducing costs for small and medium-sized enterprises by 50%

On June 9, a batch of cross-border e-commerce parcels were declared to the customs through the Yiwu International Trade Public Service Platform under eWTP in the cross-border export (9610) list mode, and the customs clearance procedures were successfully completed at the Yiwu Express (Cross-border) Supervision Center. They were cleared by sea-rail transport to Ningbo Customs and finally loaded and shipped out of Ningbo Beilun Port. They will be directly shipped by sea to Los Angeles, USA.

This marks the successful completion of Zhejiang Province’s first “ cross -border e-commerce (9610) + sea-rail transport” export business, and is also the first step in realizing the cross-border “one order nationwide”.

It is understood that 9610 is the customs supervision code, which refers to the direct mail model of cross-border e-commerce. It was launched by the state to facilitate tax refunds for small and medium-sized enterprises. Its advantages are "list verification and release" and "consolidated declaration".

Previously, companies had to declare their exported goods one by one, which was very expensive , took up a lot of manpower and time, and was prone to errors. "List verification and release" can make companies more efficient and reduce customs clearance costs; in addition, in the past, the tax refund process for companies was complicated, and sometimes companies even obtained tax refund funds through freight forwarding companies and underground banks, which was extremely unsafe. "Summary declaration" means that export e-commerce companies regularly summarize lists to form customs declarations for declaration, and the customs will issue tax refund certificates for the customs declarations to the companies, solving the problem of difficult tax refunds for companies in the past .

In fact, in order to facilitate the export of small and medium-sized enterprises, the government proposed the 9610 model as early as 2014, but there are many problems in the specific operation process, especially for multi-port exports, agents must be found at each port for customs declaration. There are few agents familiar with 9610 customs declaration , and the selection cost is high. Recently, the Yiwu International Trade Public Service Platform under the eWTP has for the first time straightened out the export channel of cross-border e-commerce export packages from "inspection and release at the supervision center - railway transit transportation - exit from Ningbo Beilun Port", realizing "one-time sealing, full customs clearance, and direct loading at the port", effectively improving the efficiency of small parcel transfer for cross-border e-commerce, and also giving small and medium-sized enterprises the opportunity to use the 9610 model.

In addition, the 9610 model was previously used mainly for air transport, but this time the Yiwu International Trade Public Service Platform has connected the 9610 and sea-rail transport modes, which can reduce the transportation costs of enterprises and increase the volume of cargo. It is understood that there are 2.1 million small and micro export enterprises in Yiwu, and this model can save 40%-50% of the comprehensive customs clearance costs for enterprises that choose sea transport . At the same time, when goods enter the Yiwu railway port, they can achieve "one declaration, one inspection, and one release", which can save 2-3 days compared to the ordinary sea transport export mode. Based on this, small and medium-sized cross-border e-commerce enterprises have a new channel option for exporting low value-added and high-volume packages.

Next, Yiwu International Trade Public Service Platform will continue to open up ports such as Shanghai, Qingdao, and Xinjiang, providing cross-border e-commerce companies with more abundant trade channels to achieve "one order nationwide" ; it will also build its own digital capabilities and work with local governments, foreign exchange management, taxation and other departments to jointly promote trade model innovation and policy innovation, and provide cross-border e-commerce companies with taxation and foreign exchange settlement services.

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