improve customs clearance efficiency and increase enterprise orders rapidly

At about 12:00 on June 6, Chen Youfu, the person in charge of Sino-European Automobile City in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu, and merchants were still 'soaking' in the conference room, busy with the upcoming new business. As the first bonded car city in Sichuan Province, China Europe Auto City will sell cars on overseas live broadcast platforms this month.

'Currently the used car export market is just right, and all work must be done quickly.' Chen Youfu said that with the explosive growth of China's new energy vehicle market, China-Europe Automobile City In the first five months of this year, nearly 700 used cars were exported, a year-on-year increase of 60%.

On the second-hand car export track in Sichuan, the China-Europe Automobile City is not the only one that is bustling. Since the beginning of this year, Sichuan Province has actively promoted the export of second-hand cars. Since February, a total of 60 companies in the province have applied for the pilot program of second-hand car exports, and 22 companies have finally been approved.

'A large number of peers rushing into the second-hand car export market to dig gold is an opportunity and a challenge for foreign trade companies.' Chen Youfu said frankly that for second-hand car export companies, the most important There are two links: one is customs clearance efficiency, and the other is liquidity. Especially in the past few months, the export business of second-hand cars has soared, and foreign trade companies have an urgent need for more efficient customs clearance.

However, Chen Youfu also clearly felt that the greater the export volume of used cars recently, the higher the efficiency of customs clearance: Nowadays, when applying for an export license at the service window, companies only need to Submit the complete formalities at one time, and the application can be approved on the spot. It only takes 7 days to complete the signing of the trade contract, handling the transfer, applying for the export license, customs declaration and inspection, etc., to realize the export of second-hand cars. In the past, it took more than half a month to complete these links.

There is another important reason for the rapid increase in orders in China-Europe Automobile City this year: the export tax rebate time is shorter, and the flexible capital turnover effectively supports the rapid expansion of business. According to reports, the export of second-hand cars can enjoy the corresponding export tax rebate policy. In the past, due to the complicated procedures and many approval departments and links involved, it often took 4-6 months to complete the export tax rebate. 'Since the beginning of this year, multiple functional departments of the government have continuously optimized the process. At present, as long as enterprises prepare the relevant procedures in advance, they can realize one-day refund and half-day refund, which greatly reduces the pressure on capital turnover.' Chen Youfu said.

According to Chen Youfu’s plan, this year China-Europe Automobile City will carry out comprehensive cooperation with e-commerce platforms and overseas live broadcast platforms. Complete vehicle traders provide import and export services, and strive to achieve the 'small goal' of annual sales growth of 3 times year-on-year.

【Reporter Observation】

The government joins the car companies to 'sing opera' and quickly 'go out'

Chengdu Customs statistics show that from January to May this year, Chengdu Customs has supervised the export of 4,380 second-hand cars with a value of 490 million yuan. Respectively increased by 28.8 times and 17 times. Behind the rising numbers is the fact that the country has expanded the scope of pilot projects for exporting second-hand cars and steadily increased the scale of foreign trade. It is also the result of Sichuan's introduction of 'Several Policies and Measures to Focus on High-quality Development and Promote Overall Economic Improvement' (hereinafter referred to as '36'). Focusing on the stabilization of foreign trade and foreign investment, it is the most intuitive embodiment of digging out details, grasping implementation, and seeking practical results.

'Article 36' proposes to increase efforts to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, among which 'carrying out second-hand car export business in accordance with the deployment requirements of relevant central departments' is one of the many measures. How to implement the measures in a concrete and detailed way requires the cooperation and in-depth research of the relevant departments at all levels involved in the province to come up with specific, feasible and effective methods.

Currently, the pace of 'going out' in coordination with the government setting up a platform and car companies 'acting' has accelerated significantly. The Department of Commerce is planning to hold a series of activities of 'Sichuan Vehicle Trade Global Tour'. The leaders in charge of the province will lead a team to carry out a number of economic and trade exchanges overseas. Hundreds of Chinese and foreign companies actively participated in the exhibition. A group of Sichuan manufacturing companies and foreign trade companies have fully displayed their image on the international stage and explored the global market. At the same time, they have received more orders. Only three events in the Middle East, Thailand, and Laos have added 13.5 billion yuan in vehicle trade.

The customs clearance service is more thoughtful, and the measures for reducing the burden on enterprises are more practical. In view of the blockage and difficulties in the export of second-hand cars, Qingbaijiang District of Chengdu, as a pilot location for the export of second-hand cars, has opened a special train for the export of second-hand cars by sea-rail combined transport, opened up the export channel for the transportation of second-hand cars by the China-Laos train, and accelerated the normalization of the second-hand car export business. . In order to effectively improve the efficiency of export customs clearance, the local government has continuously optimized the workflow of used car storage sites, maintenance inspections, and export license applications to further reduce the export costs of enterprises. In order to improve the flexibility of corporate capital turnover, local taxation, customs, commerce, vehicle management offices and other departments have worked together to vigorously promote the resolution of used car export tax rebates, customs declaration and inspection, transfer cancellation and other issues, and effectively reduce the burden on enterprises.

Since the beginning of this year, Sichuan Province has focused on the international market expansion activities of 'Traveling in Sichuan' to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. So far, more than 50 activities have been carried out, and overseas investment has exceeded 8.55% billion US dollars, and the newly signed orders are about 35.2 billion yuan. (Chen Bihong, All Media Reporter, Sichuan Daily)

Source: Sichuan Daily