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On the 13th, 60 foreign trade representatives from 34 Dongguan enterprises set out from Shenzhen Bao'an Airport to Japan to participate in the 95th Tokyo International Gift and Consumer Goods Fair (Spring), which was held in Tokyo, Japan, from February 15 to 17. This is the first overseas exhibition group promoted by Dongguan government departments after the Lunar New Year. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

The reporter visited and found that since the Spring Festival, many Dongguan foreign traders have been going overseas, either to participate in the exhibition or to visit customers: Liang Weihao, the chairman of Dongguan Deli Clock, has set off to visit customers in the United States on the second day of the year (January 23), while Liu Ren, the general manager of the company, left Switzerland on February 2. In addition to inspecting the factories set up in the local area, he also has to negotiate cooperation with European customers this year; Zhang Yuxuan, the foreign trade manager of Haixin Intelligence, appeared at the exhibition in the United States with the products of its own brand "THOR"

Although it has just entered the Year of the Rabbit, Dongguan, as a world-famous foreign trade city, seems particularly busy:

At the Dongguan port terminal, the large quayside bridge equipment is in continuous operation, and the steel structural components of offshore drilling platforms are continuously transported to the storage yard. Soon, these "big blocks" will be transported to Pakistan.

In the Humen Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone (hereinafter referred to as "Humen Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone"), which is not far from Dongguan Port, dozens of ASUS computer electronic components are transported to Dongguan Feilida Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Feilida") for storage every day. Within 24 hours, it will appear in the production lines of 12 representative factories in South China, and Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

Just after the beginning of spring, Dongguan has been overcast and rainy. The integrated circuit software upgrade service center located in Humen Port Comprehensive Protection Zone has also come to the final stage of debugging equipment, which will be officially put into production next week. This is the first "water test" international service outsourcing business in Humen Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and also the first international service outsourcing business in Dongguan under special customs supervision.

The pilot unit Dongguan Lianyida Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lianyida") is a warehousing and logistics enterprise, which mainly provides supply chain services for electronic component distributors, with integrated circuit import and export accounting for more than 50%. At the request of the customer, Lianyida needs to upgrade the software of some integrated circuit products. The products will be airlifted overseas via Hong Kong, and then imported again after the upgrade by the overseas third-party partners. The whole import and export process will take about 7 days.

"After obtaining the business qualification of 'international service outsourcing', all integrated circuits that need to be upgraded and burned can be completed in the comprehensive protection zone, and no need to be shipped overseas for upgrading. The time is reduced from 7-14 days to 1-2 days, and the logistics cost is saved by more than 70%." Wen Jinbo, general manager of Lianyida Dongguan, introduced the observation report of Huacheng import and export data.

International service outsourcing is an important measure put forward in the Several Opinions of the State Council on Promoting the High-level Opening and High-quality Development of the Comprehensive Bonded Zone. As a new model, it will promote the development of cross-border service trade and become a new driving force for the growth of foreign trade import and export.

Bonded R&D is also a good "helper" for enterprises to "go to sea". Shortly after the Spring Festival holiday, the R&D workshop, also located in the comprehensive protection area of Humen Port, was "in full swing". The workers were testing and inspecting a batch of new mobile phones that needed to be repaired on each production line, and the processes were connected in an orderly manner. After comprehensive inspection and maintenance, send the mobile phone to the overseas subsidiaries of Vivo.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, since the resumption of work this Spring Festival, about 1000 mobile phones have returned to Dongguan "across the sea" every day, and will be sent back to overseas consumers after "remanufacturing".

"The investment cost of R&D equipment is high, and the replacement is fast. We can't arrange complete R&D and maintenance equipment in all overseas markets and factories. It is difficult for overseas R&D stations to meet the in-depth R&D analysis of production materials, and there is no way to effectively improve the production and maintenance process." Ren Longzheng, the customs director of Vivo in China, said frankly.

At the beginning of 2021, Vivo and Feilida cooperated to jointly build a global maintenance center for Vivo mobile phones, servers, equipment, etc. in the Humen Port Comprehensive Protection Zone, so that overseas "Dongguan made" mobile phones could be "returned to the furnace" for bonded maintenance, reducing capital and time costs.

Fang Junchao, Bonded Logistics Supervision Section of Shatian Customs, affiliated to Huangpu Customs, introduced: "Mobile phone products have the characteristics of 'small batch and multiple batches'. According to the original general trade import procedures, the relevant licenses need to be submitted, which is time-consuming and cumbersome. If the bonded R&D business is carried out in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and the bonded R&D electronic account book is set up, the goods and articles used for R&D in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone are imported from abroad, and the import and export quota and license management are not implemented, which is conducive to shortening the R&D cycle."

"Through bonded research and development, we have developed a total of 263 case results, which makes us more confident to accept more foreign trade orders and also stabilizes the product export expectations," Ren Longzheng said.

New routes and new markets expand "circle of friends"

At the Dongguan port terminal not far from the Humen Port Free Trade Zone, the chartered ship "Stoneville" with nearly 400 Chinese-made 53-foot non-standard containers left Dongguan port slowly and started the ocean voyage to Honduras.

The charter export mode is a mode in which shipowners and freight forwarders jointly charter foreign trade ocean-going ships to carry out export business in order to speed up the delivery of goods to European and American countries during the period of high sea freight and extended shipping cycle. Compared with the traditional export mode of collecting goods at Dongguan Port and transporting them to the hub port, charter export has the advantages of short shipping cycle, strong flexibility and low freight.

It is reported that since the first charter voyage on July 26, 2021, Dongguan Port has opened a total of 24 routes, covering Europe, the Mediterranean, Canada, the United States and other countries and regions, with a throughput of 120000 TEUs. Huacheng import and export data observation report.

"Ocean charter shipping has relatively advantages. According to the production and out-of-stock conditions of large manufacturing industries, the mode of one-time packing, one-time loading, and then shipping to the destination has strong operational competitiveness." Deng Henggui, director of the Commercial Department of Guangdong Hongfu Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. (Phase III Terminal) of Dongguan Port Group, explained: "General containers are 20 feet or 40 feet. These non-standard 53 feet containers are manufactured in China and mainly sold to European and American countries for railway freight transport."

The data shows that since the Spring Festival (January 22 - February 2), there have been 6 foreign trade ships at the 9/10 terminal of Dongguan Port, an increase of 80% compared with the same period last year; Import and export foreign trade containers were 2767 TEUs, up 100% from the same period last year.

New business forms and new models "ride the wind and waves" bring new growth in foreign trade, while new routes bring new markets and expand the "circle of friends" of Chinese manufacturing exports. In September of last year, the ASEAN Express "Dongguan Haiphong" point-to-point route was officially opened, with three ships sailing to and from "Dongguan Vietnam" once a week to establish a faster logistics supply chain channel between Dongguan enterprises and Southeast Asian enterprises.

"ASEAN Express has been popular with enterprises since its opening, with a loading rate of 70% and 80%. It often goes to sea full, and becomes a stable growth point of foreign trade exports." Deng Henggui said that the main goods shipped to Vietnam are shoe materials, shoe machines, etc. The operation mode of ASEAN Express point-to-point service can achieve two days of port-to-port and five days of door-to-door service, with the advantages of fast time and strong stability.

"This year, we will continue to seize the opportunities of RCEP, add more routes to other ASEAN countries, and accelerate the expansion of the 'ASEAN Express' route layout," Deng Henggui said.

In addition to "going out", the relevant person in charge of Shatin Customs said that the import of fruit business in Dongguan Port was also popular during the Spring Festival, and the import of fruit business is currently under continuous development, which will further maintain the import and export balance of the port. Fruit importers can enjoy customs clearance services such as advance declaration, direct delivery and green inspection provided by the customs at Dongguan Port, Realize the "release upon arrival" of imported fruits after arriving at Dongguan Port.

New opportunities and new playing methods win the first chance

Cosmetics, biscuits, mother and baby supplies... imported goods from different countries are checked, packed one by one and put on the shelves of Tmall Global Mall. After placing an order, the consumer shall declare through customs clearance in the bonded warehouse and pack the goods out of the warehouse. As the "March 8th" Festival approaches, the bonded warehouse in Humen Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Cainiao Network is bustling, and the sound of express packaging tape keeps coming and going.

"During the Spring Festival, we did not close our doors. As long as consumers placed their orders, they could ship the goods on the same day." Cainiao Network South China Customs Service once looked forward to introducing that the bonded warehouse in the Humen Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Cainiao Network mainly carried out cross-border e-commerce and other businesses in the bonded mode, and imported products of beauty, mother and baby, food and other categories, which undertook the business functions of warehousing and delivery of imported goods.

The relevant person in charge of Shatin Customs said that in Humen Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone, "365 days off", "24 hours customs clearance formalities" and "declaration on the same day out of the zone" have been realized, and the time from the consumer's fingertip to the smooth receipt of goods is shorter.

In recent years, cross-border e-commerce has shown the characteristics of continuous expansion of the main body and rapid development of industrial clusters. The market procurement trade is being continuously piloted and improved. The advantages of the integrated platform for domestic and foreign trade are obvious. Overseas warehouses have become an important grab for enterprises to accelerate the global supply chain layout. According to the data, in 2022, Dongguan's cross-border e-commerce import and export volume reached 81.86 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% year on year, ranking the top in the country. Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

"Since the establishment of the bonded warehouse in Humen Comprehensive Bonded Zone, our business volume has been increasing, with a growth rate of about 20%." Zeng Pan said, "In the future, we also hope to continue to expand the storage capacity and expand the business content."

This is also one of the starting points for Dongguan to play the "five external linkage" combination boxing. It is understood that this year, Dongguan will focus on the Alibaba Global Service Center for Cross-border Retail Export, the Cainiao Network Large Import South China (Dongguan) Regional Center Project, the National Smart Logistics Backbone Network South China Core Node Project and other stock projects, and strive to build the "1+N" system of cross-border e-commerce cluster, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

Next, Dongguan will accelerate the expansion and quality improvement of the special customs supervision area, promote the upgrading of Humen Comprehensive Bonded Area from warehousing function to composite function, and build a electronic component distribution trade center; At the same time, we will promote Humen Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone to focus on the development of new generation of information technology and high-end equipment manufacturing, attract world-renowned enterprises to set up global and regional international logistics distribution centers and procurement and sales centers, and strive to become "Dongguan model".