Recently, Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd., located in Yantai, Shandong, declared to export a batch of chemical products worth more than 700,000 yuan, and the export destination country is Japan. With the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) declaration of origin independently issued by the enterprise, the import tariff rate applicable to the customs clearance of goods in Japan will be reduced from 3.9% to 3.2%, and the tariff reduction will be about 5,000 yuan.
"After being recognized as an approved exporter by Qingdao Customs, we can independently issue the RCEP declaration of origin, making production and shipment more flexible." Ye Ming, marketing manager of Wanhua Chemical Group, introduced that since this year, the company has independently issued The number of RCEP origin declarations reached more than 700, accounting for more than half of the company's total free trade agreement origin certificates.
With the increasing number of free trade agreements signed by China and the continuous improvement of the level of opening up, foreign trade enterprises enjoy more convenience, while the scale of enjoyment is also expanding, and the export competitiveness continues to improve.
Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. is a global operation of new chemical materials companies. In the process of building China's global high-standard free trade zone network, the company has only applied for 30 free trade agreement certificates of origin in 2012, and has continuously achieved leapfrogging. style development. In the first 10 months of this year, enterprises have applied for or issued more than 1,200 certificates of origin for free trade agreements, and the value of exported goods has reached nearly 1 billion yuan, which is more than 50 times that of 2012. They can enjoy foreign tariff reductions of more than 1,600 yuan ten thousand yuan.
"At present, China has signed 19 free trade agreements with 26 countries and regions. In the past ten years, major trading partners such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia have been included in China's free trade 'circle of friends', and enterprises enjoy the scale of free trade agreements. With continuous expansion, tariff concessions under free trade agreements have become an important engine for export growth." Yao Yong, a senior director of the Qingdao Customs Customs Department, introduced.
In 2021, Qingdao Customs, Jinan Customs and the Shandong Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade will issue FTA certificates of origin for 731,000 batches of export goods, and the value of export benefits will be 189 billion yuan, a five-fold increase from 2012. In the first 10 months of this year, Qingdao Customs, Jinan Customs and Shandong Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade issued certificates of origin for 742,000 batches of export goods, and the value of exported goods was 221.32 billion yuan, all exceeding last year and reaching 2012. 7 times for the whole year.
Tariff reduction is the most important institutional opening result of RCEP and other free trade agreements in the field of goods trade. The certificate of origin is an important certificate for enterprises to enjoy tariff reduction under RCEP. The level of origin management by customs and CCPIT directly determines the degree of facilitation for enterprises to enjoy. The Customs and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade in Shandong Province, through an innovative supervision model, initiated the mutual recognition of the results of the country of origin investigation for the first time in the country, and continuously improved the level of facilitation for enterprises to enjoy free trade agreements.
Recently, Heze Customs, a subsidiary of Qingdao Customs, and the Heze Council for the Promotion of International Trade jointly carried out a visa inspection of Shandong Tianmei Co., Ltd. for its origin.
"Because of the needs of foreign customers, we apply for different certificates of origin at the customs and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade." Zhang Baoshan, general manager of the company, said that the joint inspection of the two competent departments effectively solved the repeated inspections of enterprises by different visa agencies for visa matters of origin .
"In recent years, the customs and CCPIT in Shandong Province have continued to strengthen information sharing, pioneered the mutual recognition of origin survey results nationwide, promoted the acceptance of consular certification of certificates of origin at one window, and jointly carried out the verification of visas of origin to facilitate enterprises to enjoy free trade agreements. .” Said Liu Jie, deputy director of the Commercial Legal Service Center of the Shandong Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
Weihai Zhongzehong import & Export Co., Ltd. is a foreign trade enterprise newly established in November this year, which is engaged in the export business of fresh and live seafood to South Korea. When the company conducts foreign trade business, it also enjoys the policy dividend brought by management innovation.
After Li Xueyan, the business manager of the company, completed the filing and registration of foreign trade operators at the Wendeng District Commerce Bureau of Weihai City, he directly went to the Weihai Customs Office in Wendeng to issue the certificate of origin with the unified social credit code, and no longer needs to go through the filing procedures for the place of origin. Simplified the work process.
The "two certificates in one" measure, which brings convenience to Li Xueyan, is a reform initiated by Shandong in August 2015.