General

On May 23rd, at Guangzhou Nansha Port, the largest comprehensive hub seaport in South China, international cargo ships were berthing and departing in an orderly manner. After the goods arrive at the port, relying on the new mode of "centralized and intelligent management" by customs, goods involving multiple cargo owners can be declared independently, and goods that do not require inspection can be quickly cleared through customs. At the busy Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, relying on intelligent regulatory systems such as the "Guangzhou Air Logistics Public Information Platform", customers only need to enter the platform's webpage and enter the cargo waybill number to check the customs clearance status

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, in recent years, in accordance with the unified deployment of the Party Committee of the General Administration of Customs, Guangzhou Customs has conscientiously implemented the "three intelligences" concept of "smart customs, smart borders, and smart sharing connectivity", continued to promote the construction of smart customs and the "smart customs power" action, fully played the leading and supporting role of technology, assisted in the modernization and facilitation of customs clearance, and promoted the "stable scale and optimized structure" of foreign trade. According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, in April this year, the overall clearance time for imports and exports at Guangzhou Customs was 19.8 hours and 0.55 hours, which were 76.23% and 95.12% shorter than in 2017, respectively.

Intelligent supervision helps efficient customs clearance

Guangzhou Nansha Port has the characteristics of multi subject participation and multiple business forms in large-scale seaport logistics transportation, and the demand for efficient and fast new logistics models by enterprises is constantly increasing. In order to accelerate the rapid and convenient flow of elements in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou Customs focuses on the goals of digitalization of logistics and paperless operation, explores a new regulatory model of "centralized and intelligent management", and continuously improves the efficiency of customs port enterprise linkage.

Recently, a batch of refractory bricks from Germany were allocated to warehouses, involving multiple shippers. Relying on the new model of "centralized and intelligent management", each cargo owner independently declares, and goods that meet the inspection instructions enter the customs inspection process. Goods that do not require inspection are directly released and picked up, greatly improving the efficiency of customs clearance.

The "Jipin Intelligent Management" is a logistics reform launched by Nansha Customs, affiliated with Guangzhou Customs, for Jipin imported goods. In traditional mode, container consolidation requires waiting for all goods to complete declaration, inspection, release, and other procedures before unpacking and lifting them out. For some goods that do not require inspection, additional time is required. In the new mode, all goods loaded in the same container can be entered into the warehouse before declaration, and each shipment can independently complete customs clearance procedures and be picked up in a timely manner, effectively reducing the time of goods at the port.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, in addition to the freight site, Guangzhou Customs continues to expand its technological innovation application fields, widely applying intelligent supervision methods such as automatic cruise control, intelligent identification, intelligent monitoring, intelligent analysis, and intelligent warning in the supervision of inbound and outbound personnel, transportation vehicles, and other fields, and promoting the implementation of all-weather intelligent customs clearance.

Technological Innovation Promotes Cost Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement

"We have a shipment of goods already arrived, and we want to inquire about where it is now." Recently, a customs broker from COSCO Shipping Air Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. hurried to the order receiving hall of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to inquire about the customs clearance of raw materials urgently needed for the production of a shipment.

After learning about the situation, the customs officers of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, affiliated with Guangzhou Customs, immediately inquired about the information for the enterprise. At the same time, they proactively introduced the "Guangzhou Air Logistics Public Information Platform" that was launched and used this year to the customs declaration personnel. Based on the platform system, customers only need to enter the platform webpage and enter the bill of lading number to check the customs clearance status of goods. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

We often receive customer calls to inquire about the customs clearance status of goods. In the past, we could only go to the freight station and customs on site to inquire about the customs clearance information of a shipment, which took 1-2 hours. Now, through the 'Guangzhou Air Logistics Public Information Platform', we can easily check the customs clearance process of goods through the platform with just one finger and 1-2 seconds, which is simple and clear, "said Zeng Guobin, the customs manager of Guangzhou COSCO Shipping Air Freight Agency Co., Ltd.

At present, Guangzhou Customs relies on the "single window" platform to integrate 21 customs services such as 12360 hotline fingertip service, mobile remote supervision, and appointment customs clearance. With the launch of 6 high-frequency government service items on the "Digital Guangdong" platform, Guangzhou Customs actively promotes customs passenger fingertip services, achieving "more travel" for data and "less travel" for enterprises and people. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

He Minhui, Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Business Department of Guangzhou Customs, stated that the customs will continue to be guided by the concept of "three intelligences" and take the lead in launching a batch of "smart customs" reform projects that are close to people's livelihoods in key areas such as the Nansha Pilot Free Trade Zone. At the same time, they will actively strengthen communication with relevant departments, improve the level of port informatization through intelligent means, further optimize processes, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and promote high-level opening-up through services.