The reporter learned from Fuzhou Customs that a few days ago, Fujian's first "inland river freight deduction" benefited goods were successfully cleared at Mawei Port in Fuzhou, and a single batch saved nearly 10,000 yuan in taxes for the enterprise, which also means that the "inland river freight deduction" benefits The company's initiative officially landed at the port.
According to the person in charge of the Mawei Customs Comprehensive Business Section 1 under the Fuzhou Customs, according to the current policy, the domestic freight of imported goods can be exempted from tax calculation, but since the freight of imported goods by sea is usually settled according to the total cost of international and domestic connections, enterprises cannot obtain from the shipping company. There is no calculation standard issued by an authoritative organization in the market after obtaining the freight information of the domestic segment, and the tax can only be declared and calculated according to the entire freight.
Recently, the General Administration of Customs issued the "Guidelines for the Valuation of Inland Waterway Transportation and Its Related Fees Not Included in the Duty-Paid Value of imported Goods", which clarified the relevant work requirements for "Deduction of Inland Waterway Transportation Fees". about 30% of the imported goods at Mawei Port are imported via inland branch lines. Enterprises need to deduct a large amount of inland river freight every year, and they look forward to the early implementation of the policy.
In order to solidly promote the implementation of the "inland waterway freight deduction" policy, Mawei Customs, on the basis of thoroughly understanding the relevant requirements, jointly set up a special working class with commercial and other departments to investigate and visit the shipping companies that operate the internal feeder line customs transit business at Mawei Port, Find out the price composition and influencing factors of sea freight, promote it to calculate and calculate domestic freight separately for import and export enterprises, break through the long-standing market practice, and thus provide an objective and quantifiable basis for "inland river freight deduction".
Mawei Customs also cooperated with the Fuzhou Customs Tariff Office to hold a number of policy presentations to guide import companies to deduct freight according to the description of the internal feeder transportation costs provided by the transportation company, so as to help companies make full use of the preferential policies. The full rollout of the new measure of "Deduction of Inland Waterway Freight" is expected to save over 15 million yuan in taxes for enterprises importing from Mawei Port each year, which will effectively enhance the competitiveness of Mawei Port.
"In the next step, we will continue to cooperate with ports, commerce and other departments to continue to reduce taxes and fees for more foreign trade companies, create replicable and scalable samples, and promote the interconnection of ports in Fujian Province and the linkage between rivers and seas." Mawei Customs Deputy Commissioner Zheng Shuo said.