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Starting from June 1, 2023, the China Uganda Customs AEO mutual recognition arrangement will be officially implemented. AEO, also known as "certified operator", is a standard advocated by the World Customs Organization (WCO) to achieve global trade security and convenience. It has now become a major measure of China's customs to integrate enterprise credit assessment with international trade.

Changzhou Machinery Equipment Import and Export Co., Ltd., located in Changzhou, Jiangsu, is an agricultural machinery equipment company that integrates trade, manufacturing, and investment. It is a key international trade and export enterprise in Changzhou. The company's main export markets are concentrated in Africa and Southeast Asia, and it has a wholly-owned subsidiary in Tanzania. Referring to the official implementation of China Uganda Customs AEO mutual recognition, Zhang Qiugang, the general manager of the company, said with a smile: "Our company has been deeply involved in the African market for more than 30 years. From January to April 2023, the value of our company's exports to Uganda has reached 7.631 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 108.6%. China Uganda Customs AEO mutual recognition will help enterprises enjoy many customs clearance convenience measures and help them further explore foreign markets

It is understood that as of now, China Customs has achieved AEO mutual recognition with 51 countries and regions from 25 economies such as Singapore, the European Union, and South Africa, maintaining the world's largest number of countries and regions for mutual recognition. As the number of countries and regions that recognize each other with China increases, AEO policies bring more convenience to enterprises in expanding international trade markets, and customers and orders from around the world are also increasing.

This year is the fifth year for Changzhou Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co., Ltd. to become a customs senior certification enterprise. After passing the AEO advanced certification by customs, we fully enjoy convenience measures such as priority inspection and customs clearance. Efficient customs clearance efficiency means more stable production and delivery capacity of the enterprise, which is our 'bonus point'. Customs clearance in countries with mutual recognition is very smooth, greatly reducing the additional fees that customers may incur at the destination port, reducing logistics costs, and customers are very satisfied with the company's service, "said Zhang Qiugang.

Jiangsu Changfa Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., also a agricultural machinery enterprise deeply rooted in the African market, has won the favor of customers due to AEO's "golden business card". Recently, the company shipped 412 agricultural diesel engines to Uganda.

Uganda is our newly developed international trade market in the past two years. Although the absolute value of export volume is still low, exports have maintained double-digit growth year-on-year, "said Huang Jinfeng, the company's overseas general manager, As a customs AEO advanced certification enterprise, we not only enjoy customs clearance convenience, but also receive customs support in terms of origin visa and intellectual property protection. With the official implementation of the China Uganda customs AEO mutual recognition arrangement, the company further opens up the Ugandan market

As of now, there are a total of 522 advanced certification enterprises in the Nanjing Customs Zone. In the next step, Nanjing Customs will focus on the AEO enterprise certification standards, focus on the enterprises specialized in and new to the "the Belt and Road" and the state-owned trade contacts of RCEP members, carry out key credit cultivation and related guidance, help more enterprises pass the AEO certification, and enjoy the convenience of domestic and international trade customs clearance. At the same time, we will continue to deepen the cultivation of existing AEO enterprises, promote the catalog of customs certified enterprise management measures, guide enterprises to fully enjoy the reform pilot of the "Enterprise Self Inspection Result Recognition Model", obtain approved exporter qualifications, promote processing trade group bonded and other facilitation measures, release the policy superposition effect, and assist the high-quality development of foreign trade in Jiangsu Province.