China News Service, March 10th. According to the website information of the General Administration of Customs, combined with the measures that have been introduced in the previous period, the General Administration of Customs has recently launched effective measures to reduce or eliminate late payment and late payment, customs guarantee insurance, processing trade write-off, and carry-over. The four aspects of postponement of business such as domestic sales and domestic sales further reduce the customs clearance costs of import and export links, actively promote the resumption of production and production of enterprises, and promote the steady growth of foreign trade.
Data sheet: Customs officers are examining masks. Photo by Lupin Pin, China News Agency
According to the new measures, imported goods that have arrived at the port before the epidemic situation but failed to be declared due to the epidemic situation, and imported goods that cannot be declared due to operating difficulties or shortage of funds after the company resumes work due to the epidemic situation, can be based on The "Measures for the Collection of Delayed Reporting of Imported Goods by the Customs" applies to the customs of the place of declaration for reduction or exemption of delayed reporting.
If the import enterprise does not have the ability to pay the tax due on business difficulties due to the impact of the epidemic situation, it may apply to the customs of the place of declaration for a written tax extension and provide a tax payment plan (up to 3 months). If an enterprise pays taxes in the tax payment plan approved by the customs, the customs shall reduce or levy the late payment fee.
For goods declared to be imported before the end of April and released with bank guarantee or customs guarantee insurance, the enterprise can apply for a maximum extension of three months. At the same time, if the company's hand (account) book is overdue due to delayed resumption of work during the epidemic period, the company may apply to the competent customs to temporarily extend the validity of the hand (book) book; external processing, deep processing carry-over, and domestic sales declaration business exceeds the prescribed time limit If so, the enterprise may apply to the competent customs for an extension of customs procedures.
In the next step, while ensuring that the port's epidemic situation prevention and control is in place, the customs will give full play to the advantages of the new customs functions, make good use of various policy measures and tools, further simplify customs clearance procedures, promote reduction of import and export links, and deepen the "single window" of international trade. Application, reduce port, inspection and quarantine charges, and go all out to promote the steady growth of foreign trade.
It is understood that the customs has vigorously promoted efficiency and cost reduction in the import and export process. In 2019, the overall clearance time of imported and exported goods was reduced by 62.3% and 78.6% compared with 2017. Two import and export food safety certificates withdrew from port inspections and promoted the cancellation of 118 automatic import licenses for mechanical and electrical products. The basic service functions of the "single window" in international trade were expanded to 598, and the main application rate was 100%. According to the World Bank Business Environment Report, China's cross-border trade facilitation ranks 56th in the world, an increase of 9 places from 2018.