In order to promote the implementation of the special action of the General Administration of Customs to promote cross-border trade facilitation in 2023, recently, the "Xiamen City 2023 Special Action Plan to Promote Cross-Border Trade Facilitation" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was officially issued and implemented.
The "Plan" focuses on deepening "smart ports" and digital transformation of ports, supporting industrial upgrading and the healthy development of new business formats, improving the safety and smoothness of customs clearance logistics, standardizing and reducing compliance costs in import and export links, and improving the sense of gain and satisfaction of market players. On the one hand, 35 specific measures were put forward to further optimize the port business environment and promote the high-quality development of ports.
Using digital empowerment to help improve the business environment of ports, the "Plan" focuses on deepening "smart ports" and digital transformation of ports, and details 6 specific contents. Implement intelligent cloud distribution of containers entering the gate. At the same time, promote the convenience and efficiency of goods circulation, promote the use of safe smart locks, give full play to the role of direct smart gates between logistics warehouses and terminals, optimize the operation process of export LCL goods, and deepen the "direct loading" of export goods and the "direct delivery of shipside" for imported goods. ""Ship unloading and diversion" mode.
Supporting industrial upgrading and the healthy development of new formats is one of the important roles of cross-border trade facilitation. The "Plan" proposes to explore the LCL operation of cross-border e-commerce export goods. Improve port cold chain logistics service capabilities, and create a "green channel" model for imported fruits in Southeast Asia. As the "three new items" of foreign trade continue to lead exports, the "Plan" clearly states that it is necessary to improve the infrastructure of new energy logistics services, support the construction of logistics infrastructure for refrigerated dangerous goods containers, and improve the efficiency of customs clearance for the export of new energy power batteries. In addition, in order to take advantage of Taiwan's location, the "Plan" supports the joint training of shipping talents on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, encourages Taiwan compatriots to come to Xiamen to replace their yacht driving licenses, and management-level crew members to replace their crew certificates, so as to promote cross-strait integration and development.
To further improve the safety and smoothness of customs clearance logistics, this "Plan" emphasizes more innovative explorations. For example, the software information system of the multimodal transport supervision center in the front yard has been built to realize the operation of China-Europe trains in the multimodal transport supervision center in the front yard; explore the simultaneous operation of customs-supervised goods and non-customs-supervised goods to ensure the development of domestic and foreign trade goods on the same ship; further Expand the north-south two-way channel route for sea freight to Taiwan, promote the complementary advantages of the "big three links" and "small three links" routes, and build a normalized fast logistics channel to Taiwan; establish a 24-hour customs clearance mechanism for cargo at Xiamen Airport Port, and improve the cargo clearance service capabilities of the airport port.
