China News Agency, Hefei, April 21 (Reporter Wu Lan) "In the first quarter, Anhui's imports and exports to countries along the" Belt and Road "were 25.69 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5%, 6.6 percentage points higher than the overall, accounting for the province's total imports and exports 23.8% of the value. "Pan Chuxiong, Deputy Director of Hefei Customs, said on the 21st that in the first quarter of 2020, the total value of imports and exports of goods in Anhui Province was 107.91 billion yuan, down 2.1% from the same period last year.
Pan Chuxiong said that in the first quarter of the year, Anhui ’s foreign trade declined year-on-year, but the overall situation is improving, with a clear rebound in March. In the first quarter, Anhui Province's total foreign trade value ranked first in central China. In March, Anhui Province ’s imports and exports were 42.04 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%, which turned from a decline of 6.6% in January-February to an increase, with an obvious rebound.
In order to promote the stable and orderly development of Anhui's foreign trade, Hefei Customs issued 16 measures to support the development of China-Europe trains, and signed a memorandum of cooperation with Manzhouli Customs to further optimize the customs clearance mode of China-Europe trains and expand the business scope of China-Europe trains. Support the development of comprehensive bonded areas, introduce 11 measures, and introduce detailed measures such as domestic sales and AEO certification.
Pan Chuxiong said: "Implement the '7 × 24 hours' customs clearance and paperless process for the cargoes transited by Hefei China-Europe trains. Actively participate in the Sino-Russian" green channel "cooperation project. On the basis of signing the memorandum of cooperation with Manzhouli Customs, further Broaden access and exit channels, and go out with customized service trains. "
According to reports, Hefei Customs continues to optimize the "Notification and Pass-through" operation in the customs area to further facilitate Anhui Province enterprises to handle export origin visa business. In the first quarter, Hefei Customs issued a total of 23,400 certificates of origin with an amount of 1.342 billion US dollars, which is expected to reduce the import tariffs of the importing country by 51.35 million US dollars. (Finish)