The latest data show that in the first 10 months of this year, my country's imports and exports to the other 14 member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) increased by 8.4%, continuing to demonstrate the advantages of RCEP's regional trade liberalization. Since RCEP came into effect, various parts of my country have actively explored and promoted high-quality implementation of RCEP.
New route, new cooperation, Liaoning seizes RCEP opportunity
Liaoning has made full use of policies such as preferential tariffs, simplified customs clearance, and trade and investment facilitation brought about by RCEP to create a large logistics channel, build an RCEP (Dalian) international business district, and promote in-depth docking with RCEP partners.
Recently, the "Hailean No. 3" container ship with a full load of 1,000 TEUs departed from Panjiang Port, Indonesia, and berthed at the Dalian Port Container Terminal, marking the official launch of the direct route from Dalian Port to Southeast Asia. The fourth route opened by RCEP countries mainly meets the needs of chemical products, electromechanical exports in the hinterland of Northeast China, Indonesian minerals, and Vietnamese fruit imports. The annual cargo volume will exceed 500,000 tons.
Yin Yujing, Director of Logistics Operations of a certain group: The opening of this route has minimized our transit risk, and allowed us to undertake bulk cargo, alleviating the difficulty in shipping bulk cargo in Northeast China.
Seizing the opportunity of RCEP, Dalian Port made every effort to build a large logistics channel. The throughput of container business increased by 10% year-on-year, and the growth rate ranked among the forefront of major domestic coastal ports.
Li Xiaoguang, General Manager of Dalian Port Container Development Co., Ltd. of Liaoning Port Group: With the help of favorable policies, we will continue to develop emerging businesses in Southeast Asia and other RCEP regions. Strengthen the traditional advantageous routes of Japan and South Korea, actively strive for the temporary addition of ships, and integrate into the "Belt and Road" construction.
Not long ago, the Dalian area of the Liaoning Free Trade Zone created the RCEP (Dalian) International Business District. Combining its own advantages, it formulated and introduced supporting policies such as enterprise settlement support, attracting RCEP-oriented corporate headquarters bases and economic and trade promotion centers to gather.
Zhuang Shuguo, Director of the Dalian Area Investment Promotion Bureau of the Liaoning Free Trade Zone: RCEP is a new opportunity for the first multilateral trade agreement between China, Japan and South Korea. Advantageous industrial chain, strive to build Dalian into the "first stop" for enterprises in the RCEP area to enter China.
Jiangsu's RCEP visa export value ranks first in the country
Jiangsu is a major foreign trade province. According to statistics from Nanjing Customs and the Jiangsu Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, in the first 10 months of this year, the export value of RCEP visas in Jiangsu Province was 41.998 billion yuan, ranking first in the country.
Tariff reduction is the biggest highlight of RCEP, highlighting the price advantage of export products, and the benefits of real money also make the enthusiasm of enterprises continue to rise. This high-tech enterprise is engaged in the R&D, production and sales of food-grade and high-end special industrial-grade cellulose materials. Its products are sold to more than 70 countries and regions around the world. The certificate of origin is worth 455,000 US dollars. With this certificate, the goods can enjoy nearly 10,000 US dollars of tariff reduction in the importing country.
Xu Hongfang, deputy general manager of a Changshu Technology Co., Ltd.: In the first 10 months of this year, our exports to RCEP member countries increased by nearly 40% year-on-year, and we applied for 49 RCEP certificates, with a total amount of 7.06 million US dollars, and nearly 200,000 US dollars in tariff reduction .
The implementation of RCEP promoted the first tariff reduction commitment between China and Japan. Since the beginning of this year, Japan has lowered import tariffs under RCEP twice, and many foreign trade companies in Jiangsu have also fully benefited from it.
In order to help enterprises make good use of the RCEP preferential tariff policy, Jiangsu Nanjing Customs and Commerce Department have held several RCEP special policy presentations since the beginning of this year. "Self-printing" visa mode to reduce business costs.
In addition, various parts of Jiangsu have also established relevant mechanisms and platforms according to their needs: Nanjing has launched an FTA benefit enterprise "one-click" smart platform, and enterprises can inquire about the optimal tax rate corresponding to the commodity with one click; Suzhou has built an RCEP enterprise service platform, and Wuxi has established a RCEP National Sister City Cooperation Mechanism. A series of measures help enterprises seize the opportunity of RCEP to expand the market.
Qian Zhijun, member of the Statistical Analysis Section of Kunshan Customs: According to the characteristics of the company's product shipments, Kunshan Customs has improved measures such as 24-hour appointment release, checkpoint support for entering and leaving the zone, and fully leveraged the role of the logistics distribution center in the Kunshan Comprehensive Bonded Zone to guide companies to make full use of them. Modes such as distribution and collection of declarations and consolidated taxation guarantee fast customs clearance for enterprises.