This article**: People's Daily Online.
Reporter Du Haitao and Luo Shanshan.
**The General Office recently issued the "Several Measures to Accelerate the Development of Domestic and Foreign Trade Integration" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), proposing 18 measures in 5 aspects, requiring all localities and relevant departments to actively promote the implementation of various policies and measures, break through the key blocking points that hinder the integration of domestic and foreign trade, and help enterprises switch smoothly between domestic and international markets to achieve "two legs" walking.
Experts said that accelerating the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade is an inherent requirement for building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, and plays an important role in promoting economic development, expanding domestic demand and stabilizing enterprises. All localities should support advantageous industries to continue to explore the international market, expand and enrich the functions of various platforms, and provide favorable conditions for the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade.
Promote the smooth flow of domestic and foreign trade resource elements.
In the middle of winter, the wharf of Wuxi Port in Jiangsu Province is busy. With the departure of a barge named "Xiji No. 7" of Wuxi Suhua Shipping, 30 containers loaded with domestic and foreign trade goods sailed to Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port.
The attributes of domestic and foreign trade goods are different, and they need to be carried by different ships, and the utilization rate is low, and too many orders will cause the company's capacity to be tight. With the help of Wuxi Customs, which belongs to Nanjing Customs, the company has improved a series of procedures such as internal control and filing, and after the opening of domestic and foreign trade on the same ship, the barge frequency has been changed from three flights a week to daily shifts. The density of voyages has been increased, the barge transportation time has been shortened by more than one day, and the logistics cost of customers is lower. Hou Jialin, general manager of Wuxi Suhua Shipping, said.
Measures" proposes to focus on eliminating various forms of local protection and market segmentation, accelerating the construction of a unified national market, and promoting the smooth flow of domestic and foreign trade resources. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that it is necessary to support foreign trade enterprises to expand the domestic market and domestic trade enterprises to expand the international market. Through continuous docking and integration, enterprises can adapt to different standard rules and achieve "two-legged" walking. Improve the system and mechanism, build a common platform, optimize public services, and enhance the development ability of domestic and foreign trade integration of enterprises.
Measures" proposed to promote the docking of domestic and foreign trade market channels. The relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Customs said that relevant localities and departments should strengthen the promotion and business training of new forms and models of foreign trade and related policies, promote the docking of domestic and foreign trade market channels, and support domestic trade enterprises to use cross-border e-commerce, market procurement and other ways to develop the international market.
Making good use of the two markets and two resources can help enterprises better cope with market risks and expand development space. According to the relevant person in charge of Jiangsu Wuxi Vance Home Technology Co., Ltd., as a modern home textile and home furnishing products enterprise, under the guidance and cultivation of the customs, the "old three" enterprises have successfully "touched the net and upgraded", and from January to November 2023, the company's B2B export value exceeded 16 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10%.
Optimize the environment for the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade.
Recently, 77 TEUs of softwood pulp weighing 1,966 tons were loaded on Maersk Shipping Company's foreign freighter and transferred from Shanghai Yangshan Port to Qingdao Port in the "coastal piggyback" mode. According to statistics, in the first 11 months of 2023, Yangshan Customs, a subsidiary of Shanghai Customs, has supervised and served the "coastal piggybacking" business of foreign-funded liners by more than 580,000 TEUs.
As a powerful measure for the integrated reform of domestic and foreign trade, the "coastal piggybacking" business of foreign-funded liner shipping companies took the lead in piloting in Yangshan Port in Shanghai in May 2022. According to Maersk Shipping, the adoption of the "coastal piggyback" model has reduced the transit time of cargo by 7 to 20 days. At present, the company has 66 ships and 4 routes to carry out this business, and plans to gradually transfer some goods from Singapore, South Korea and other places to Shanghai for transit.
The Measures propose to strengthen cross-border transportation cooperation with overseas ports, and encourage shipping enterprises to expand the scope of cross-border transportation of domestic and foreign trade goods based on the principle of marketization. The relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Customs said that whether it is a domestic trade enterprise "going out" or a foreign trade enterprise "turning to domestic sales", a good channel platform and targeted measures are needed. It is necessary to actively support the acceleration of the development of rail-water combined transport in coastal and inland ports, support eligible enterprises to carry out domestic and foreign trade container transportation on the same ship, improve logistics convenience, and create a good development environment for the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade.
Not long ago, the first batch of "molten iron multimodal transport" transit cargo in Shanghai Port was successfully shipped from the fourth phase of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Area. The batch of more than 300 tons of zinc ingots from Kazakhstan was transported to Lianyungang Port by China-Europe train from Alashankou, and then transported to Laem Chabang Port in Thailand by Lianyungang Port to Shanghai Port after being reloaded with shipping containers.
The relevant departments of Shanghai have strengthened the cooperation of cross-border transportation in ports, realized the efficient combination of railways and waterways with railways, ports, inland rivers and other resources, improved the internal and external logistics network, and provided enterprises with more cost-effective transportation modes, routes and multimodal transport products.
Intensify reform and innovation in key areas.
Recently, after completing the customs clearance procedures, the pile leg chord pipe manufactured by Shandong Yantai Tiezhongbao Iron and Steel Processing Co., Ltd. was successfully loaded and exported to overseas markets.
Although the previous products were exported overseas as parts and components, along with drilling platforms and special ships, it was not easy to find that it was not easy to start a foreign trade business independently. Qu Xiaoqun, deputy general manager of the company, said that in order to stabilize the "first step" of exports, the company chose to start with the processing method. Yantai Customs, a subsidiary of Qingdao Customs, understands the import plan of raw materials of enterprises in advance, ensures the rapid inspection and release of imported equipment and materials, and guides enterprises to apply for the Certificate of Origin of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), exempts and exempts tariffs on imported raw materials, and reduces production costs. In the first 11 months of 2023, the total import and export value of enterprises exceeded 700 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18 times.
Measures to promote the high-quality implementation of RCEP and other free agreements, and expand the international development space of enterprises. The relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Customs said that it is necessary to work hard to promote the docking of domestic and foreign trade market channels, continue to promote the high-quality development of processing, the implementation of comprehensive reform measures for cross-border e-commerce customs supervision, and support the development of new business formats such as market procurement and bonded maintenance.
As an economic functional zone that attaches equal importance to both domestic and foreign opening-up, the comprehensive bonded zone plays an important role in smoothing the domestic and international dual circulation and accelerating the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade. The "Measures" proposes to give better play to the demonstration and leading role of open platforms such as free pilot zones, state-level new areas, state-level economic and technological development zones, and comprehensive bonded zones, and encourage the increase of reform and innovation related to the integration of domestic and foreign trade.
In the production workshop of Riyue New Semiconductor (Weihai) ** in Weihai Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Shandong, the processed transistors went off the production line, and then they were packed and sent to domestic new energy vehicle manufacturing enterprises according to the "entrusted processing" mode. In 2023, the import and export value of the company under the "entrusted processing" model will exceed 2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of more than 40%.
In recent years, with the changes in the domestic and foreign markets, enterprises in the CBZ hope to give full play to their surplus production capacity and undertake domestic production. The General Administration of Customs (GAC) issued the Announcement on Supporting Enterprises in Comprehensive Bonded Zones to Undertake Entrusted Processing Business by Domestic (Outside the Zone) Enterprises to facilitate the use of domestic and foreign production resources and the expansion of international and domestic markets.
Experts said that all local departments should take multiple measures at the same time, strengthen coordination, accelerate innovation, continue to promote the convergence and integration of domestic and foreign trade rules and systems, serve the docking of domestic and foreign trade market channels, optimize the integrated development environment of domestic and foreign trade, accelerate the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade in key areas, help enterprises deepen the domestic market, open up the international market, and promote the quality and efficiency of foreign trade.
People** December 24, 2023 Edition 02).