Optimize Customs Clearance Mode And Promote High-Quality Development Of Cotton Import Business

In the first half of the year, Qingdao Customs has supervised the import of 1.01 million tons of cotton, a year-on-year increase of 120.8%, accounting for more than half of the national import volume.

As the largest cotton port and distribution center in China, Qingdao Port accounts for more than half of the country's annual imports, of which more than six are bonded imports. The speed of cotton customs clearance is closely related to the revenue of domestic cotton textile enterprises. In order to effectively promote the trade of imported cotton and help the security and stability of the industrial supply chain, Qingdao Customs took the initiative to optimize service measures, innovate the regulatory model, and continue to promote the high-quality development of cotton import business in its jurisdiction.

As an important textile raw material, its price fluctuation always affects the 'nerve' of the textile industry. Bonded cotton is stored in the customs special supervision area for a period of time, and then imported after customs declaration and tax payment, and then circulated in China, which can realize on-site trade and effectively attract more enterprises to carry out import cotton business.

It is understood that bonded warehouse cotton is loaded with destination inspection instructions when entering the first line and exiting the second line, which requires batch inspection, which is time-consuming and laborious. In view of the characteristics of bonded cotton, Qingdao Customs, guided by "small incision" to solve major problems, implemented the new model of "one-time inspection and rapid exit" for imported cotton.

By using various conformity assessment methods and digital means such as inspection, verification and conformity assurance, data comparison is carried out for the second line exit of bonded cotton, and document review and release are carried out after the relevant materials are verified to ensure that the second line exit does not need repeated inspection or command release on the basis that the first line entry area has been inspected. It is a great benefit for cotton import enterprises to implement only one inspection for bonded cotton when the first line enters the zone and the second line leaves the zone.

Since the implementation of this model on August 15, 2023, Qingdao Customs has reviewed and released 1085 batches of second-line cotton, 136900 tons, saving enterprises more than 50000 hours of customs clearance time.

Since this year, the inbound and outbound of imported cotton has increased by 40% year on year. From declaration to transaction, a single container can save more than 500 yuan, and truly enjoy the innovation dividend.

In addition to solving the difficult problems in the process of cotton customs clearance, Qingdao Customs, based on the needs of the industry, relies on the construction of smart customs and the action of "smart customs power", implements the supervision mode of "integrated inspection", develops smart weight verification systems, and develops smart weight verification equipment, so as to achieve rapid and accurate supervision over the situation of excess and short shipments, and further improve the customs clearance efficiency of imported cotton, We will safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of both trading parties and continue to promote the high-level development of the port business environment.

Recently, China Cotton Group Co., Ltd. successfully received the payment of USD 25273 due to the shortage of cotton weight based on the weight appraisal issued by Huangdao Customs.

Domestic cotton traders use the Quality Certificate and Weight Certificate issued by the customs as the main basis for external claims.

It is understood that the traditional cotton weight identification uses the method of shoulder cart pushing and platform scale weighing, which requires a large number of weighing workers and manual statistics. Not only the identification efficiency is low, but also the labor cost is high, and the accuracy of the weight identification data is often controversial.

The "integrated inspection" mode of imported cotton integrates customs port quarantine, destination inspection, weight identification, sampling and inspection, realizing "one-stop" supervision. The fast non-contact weight identification of imported cotton is realized through the "automatic weight identification of the whole box" and "intelligent weight balancing of bags" of imported cotton.

At the same time, Huangdao Customs, by optimizing the quality of document service, achieved "daily clearing" of documents, improved the efficiency of enterprise visa use, and escorted the import enterprises to claim for compensation at the first time.

Since this year, Huangdao Customs has issued 2825 Quality Certificates and Weight Certificates for enterprises, with a year-on-year increase of 68.1%. The accumulated amount of foreign claims directed by domestic enterprises totaled 50.194 million yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 10.3%.

In order to further strengthen risk control and improve the efficiency of customs clearance, the customs comprehensively used such convenient customs clearance measures as early declaration, summary tax payment, paperless customs clearance, unaccompanied inspection, and fast exit of bulk commodities, and continued to promote the high-quality development of cotton import business in the area under its jurisdiction.