Policy Interpretation丨General Administration of Customs Simplifies The Cross-border Export Supervision Process to Help Sellers Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency

The policy mainly involves four aspects, namely, canceling the filing of cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse enterprises, simplifying the declaration procedures of cross-border e-commerce export documents, promoting the supervision mode of exporting LCL goods “inspection before shipment”, and promoting the supervision mode of cross-border e-commerce retail export return across the customs area.

Detailed explanations on the implementation of these four policies in Guangdong Province and the comparison of the old and new policies are as follows:

First, cancel the cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse enterprise filing

Old: In the past, cross-border e-commerce enterprises carrying out export overseas warehouse business should also carry out the export overseas warehouse business model filing with the Customs after registering with the local Customs for the record.

New: After the implementation of the announcement, enterprises do not need to apply to the Customs for export overseas warehouse business model filing, only need to complete the customs declaration unit filing and cross-border e-commerce enterprise filing, you can directly carry out business.

Interpretation: Reducing the filing process and simplifying the customs clearance procedures for enterprises will attract more enterprises to get involved in the cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse business, which will be conducive to expanding the scale of cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse.

Second, simplify the cross-border e-commerce export documents declaration procedures

Old: In the past, cross-border e-commerce retail export and business-to-business export list declaration, cross-border e-commerce enterprises or their agents, logistics companies should be through the international trade “single window” or cross-border e-commerce customs clearance service platform to the Customs transmission of electronic information such as transactions, logistics, collection, and the authenticity of the data to bear the corresponding legal responsibility.

New: After the implementation of the announcement, enterprises should be respectively through the international trade “single window” or cross-border e-commerce customs clearance service platform to the Customs to transmit transactions, logistics and other electronic information, without the need to transmit the electronic information of the receipt.

Interpretation: for enterprises to do the “subtraction”, further enhance the convenience of customs clearance, help enterprises to improve the operation of cross-border e-commerce exports and customs clearance efficiency.

Third, promote the export of LCL goods “inspection before shipment” regulatory model

Old: Under the traditional mode, export LCL goods are usually assembled and consolidated outside the supervisory site, and then arrive at the Customs supervisory workplace in full container, and the Customs implements supervision with the container as a unit. If one of the goods need to be inspected, not only need to load the container twice out of the box, the same cabinet of other goods also need to wait for the completion of the inspection of the goods to be exported together again in boxes.

New: Under the mode of “inspection before shipment”, the goods will enter the supervised operation place in the form of bulk goods, accept customs inspection first, and then flexibly consolidate and ship according to the actual demand. After the implementation of the announcement, Guangzhou, Huangpu and other customs can carry out cross-border e-commerce exports of consolidated goods “inspection before shipment” mode of supervision.

Interpretation: It improves the efficiency of customs clearance for cross-border e-commerce, aims to reduce the operating costs of enterprises, and further promotes the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce exports.

Fourth, promote the cross-border e-commerce retail export cross-border customs return regulatory model

Old: The return of cross-border e-commerce retail exports (9610 mode) by the pilot customs for non-cross-border return can only be carried out within the same direct customs area, and cannot be carried out across direct customs areas.

New: After the implementation of the announcement, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huangpu and other customs districts, as the pilot customs for cross-customs return, allow cross-border e-commerce retail export (9610) return of goods to be carried out across customs districts, and cross-border e-commerce retail export (9610) goods meeting the relevant conditions for return can be returned from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huangpu and other pilot customs districts.

Interpretation: The return process has been greatly simplified, the return logistics cost has been reduced, and the return processing has become more convenient and efficient.