General

The bonded area is the first and core area of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, and it is also an important carrier for Shanghai to build an international trade center, a core area for an international shipping center, and an important breakthrough point for an international financial center.

According to the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Free Trade Zone Administration, up to now, the total number of demonstration enterprises of the International Trade Distribution Center in the Free Trade Zone has reached 64, accounting for 64% of the city's share, covering integrated circuits, medical equipment, automobiles and spare parts, and bulk commodities. And consumer goods and other fields, with a large distribution business scale and international and domestic radiation scope.

Strong distribution business strength, the ability to coordinate and allocate global resources has obvious advantages

The international trade distribution business refers to the trade format in which international trade enterprises build or lease sites inside and outside the special customs supervision area, with bonded logistics import and export as the main method, and also carry out the import and export of goods by other trade methods.

At the end of August, at the 2022 Shanghai International Trade Distribution Center Demonstration Enterprise Awarding Ceremony, 41 enterprises from the bonded area were certified. The certified enterprise has a large distribution business scale and international and domestic radiation scope, which has a greater impact on the global supply chain of its operating commodities.

Take Shanghai Kintetsu International Logistics Co., Ltd. listed above as an example. The Kintetsu Semiconductor Global Distribution Center, which was built and used in December last year, is the first fully intelligent all-weather semiconductor global distribution center in China. , The semiconductor global distribution center with the largest business volume, the center realizes "one-click ordering, day and night, intelligent delivery, global speed delivery" through the use of the full-process automation system and the support of the all-weather customs clearance service of Shanghai Customs. Even the customer's demand for "one chip and two chips" can be shipped from Pudong to the world and delivered to home. The completion and use of this center further enhances the global resource allocation capability of the bonded area and the right to speak in international trade.

At present, the number of international trade distribution enterprises in the bonded area and the ability to coordinate the allocation of global resources have obvious advantages. In 2021, the total import and export volume of bonded areas will be 1,127.77 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6% over 2020, accounting for 27.8% of the city's total. Among them, the import value was 819.79 billion yuan, an increase of 11.0%, accounting for 32.9% of the city; the export value was 307.98 billion yuan, an increase of 13.5%, accounting for 19.6% of the city.

Optimize commodity structure and expand trade functions Regional import and export trade business grows year by year

On September 29, 2011, the Ministry of Commerce approved the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone as the first national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zone. Since the approval, the scale of import trade in the bonded area has been increasing year by year, the innovation of trade functions and transformation and upgrading have been accelerated, the supporting trade services and business environment have been continuously optimized, the competitiveness as an import base and import trade service base has been further improved, and the ability to allocate global trade resources has been further improved. The power of control and voice in the middle and high-end industrial chain has been further enhanced, and the main economic indicators are among the best in the national customs special supervision area. It has become a trade platform serving the Yangtze River Delta and radiating the whole country and an important carrier for the construction of Shanghai international trade center. It is also a leading area in Pudong. important functional areas for construction.

In recent years, in order to accelerate the construction of an international trade center that plays a pivotal role in the global trade and investment network and promote the high-quality development of trade, the bonded area relies on the policy advantages of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and the functional advantages of the special customs supervision area, and promotes trade through innovation in the trade system. Facilitation and other supporting measures, improve the supporting level and service level of the professional trade service platform, implement the global operator plan, help enterprises to face the world, operate the world, configure the world, vigorously develop the international trade distribution business, and actively guide the international trade distribution center Enterprise agglomeration.

At the same time, the region promotes the construction of national (regional) centers by continuously optimizing the product structure, expanding trade functions, and expanding and strengthening professional trade service platforms such as wine, watches, smart manufacturing, medical equipment, cosmetics, and culture, and constantly cultivate new trade Models, new business formats, and the establishment of a "6-day + 365-day" perennial display and trading platform have greatly promoted the growth of regional import and export trade business.

The Bonded Zone Administration stated that in the future, the bonded area will focus on the goal of building a free trade park with the highest international standard and the best level, further support the licensed enterprises to improve their international and domestic resource allocation capabilities, and cultivate and expand the scale of demonstration enterprises of international trade distribution centers. Further develop new international trade, expand and strengthen international trade distribution business, enhance regional international trade radiation, and contribute more to the construction of Shanghai International Trade Center and Pudong to build a leading area for socialist modernization.