In the future, customs clearance of key commodities imported and exported at Liaoning Port will be faster, international passenger transit will be smoother, and the operating costs of foreign trade companies will be lower.
Recently, the “Several Measures of Liaoning Province to Optimize the Port Business Environment and Promote the “Three Improvements” of Port Customs Clearance Capacity” were officially released.
The director of the Customs Clearance Coordination Office (Electronic Port Office) of the Provincial Department of Commerce said that the new policy focuses on the customs clearance demands of enterprises and passenger travel needs. It focuses on improving the customs clearance facilitation of major import and export goods, improving the customs clearance service experience for international passengers, and increasing the speed of smart port construction. It has launched 14 key measures to effectively reduce institutional transaction costs, improve logistics efficiency, and optimize service experience.
For import and export companies, the new policy accurately responds to the customs clearance requirements for key commodities.
The new policy introduces customized convenience measures for major imported goods such as crude oil, iron ore, soybeans, and aquatic products, and major export categories such as steel, ships, clothing, automobiles, and spare parts.
For example, in the process of vehicle entry and exit, Dalian Customs has pioneered the country’s first artificial intelligence high-speed camera VIN code (vehicle identification number) identification technology. It can achieve “second-level identification and AI actuarial calculation” of the vehicle VIN code of vehicles passing through customs. The vehicle’s entry and exit logistics center has achieved “second-level” card clearance, reducing corporate logistics costs by about 50%.
Lithium batteries are one of the “three new items” in my country’s foreign trade exports. In recent years, automotive lithium batteries are becoming a new growth point for Liaoning’s foreign trade exports.
Lithium batteries are dangerous goods and there is no precedent for their packaging to be reused.
Dalian Customs focuses on the recycling demands of automotive lithium battery export enterprises and innovatively implements a new model for recycling export lithium battery packaging boxes. Enterprises can reuse plastic packaging boxes that have passed customs performance inspection to ship lithium batteries for export, significantly reducing packaging costs for enterprises. Currently, it has saved enterprises more than 160 million yuan in costs.
In the new policy, these measures will cover more enterprises, reduce their burdens, ensure the stability and efficiency of the industrial chain and supply chain, help enterprises respond to market demand more flexibly, and enhance the price competitiveness of their products in the international market.
The new policy also provides effective solutions to the special problems of the imported aquatic products industry.
Previously, red fish meal produced by Russian fishing vessels processing red fish at sea was classified as dangerous goods due to the inability to provide proof of non-self-heating properties, resulting in a serious loss of frozen fish import business in Dalian Port.
Through repeated professional tests and research, Liaoning Maritime Safety Administration successfully solved this dilemma, allowing frozen red fish meal to be managed as general cargo, leading to an increase in the import of more than 200,000 tons of frozen fish products at Dalian Port, with a value of 600 million yuan.
For international tourists and inbound consumer groups, the new policy is also further improving travel convenience and consumption experience.
Shenyang Customs supports the opening of Northeast China’s first international flight route, and cooperates with the taxation and commerce departments to establish a rapid response mechanism for tax refund requests to improve passengers’ shopping experience.
Liaoning Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station has promoted Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport and Dalian Port to be included in the 240-hour transit visa exemption scope. Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport has become the first airport port in Northeast China to replicate and promote the convenient measure of “24-hour direct transit passengers are exempted from inspection procedures”.
Data shows that these entry and exit policies have shown their effect and have laid the foundation for wider promotion in the future.
In the first two months of this year, more than 55,000 foreigners entered Liaoning ports, a year-on-year increase of 34.89%, of which more than 43,000 were visa-free, an increase of 77.58%, injecting new momentum into activating inbound consumption.
