More than 80 tons of medical supplies imported from Germany, including various in vitro diagnostic instruments, reagent consumables and nucleic acid detection products, arrived at Pudong Airport by a chartered flight at 1:00 a.m. yesterday.
All goods completed the customs clearance procedures as soon as possible, and were shipped to hospitals, disease control centers, pathological research centers, laboratories, etc. in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Fujian and other places on the same day.
On April 30, the five directly affiliated customs offices in the Yangtze River Delta region, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Hefei, issued a joint announcement stating that they will establish a working mechanism for ensuring smooth access and smoothness with the participation of the five customs offices, and strengthen cross-customs clearance difficult problems and emergencies. The rapid response and coordinated disposal of the company fully support the resumption of work and production.
Establish a green channel for customs clearance of key materials of key enterprises, coordinate the list of key enterprises in the industrial chain and supply chain in the Yangtze River Delta region, realize the mutual recognition of the five customs of "white list" enterprises, establish a unified green channel, realize the speedy and simplified customs clearance procedures, and make every effort to protect the Yangtze River Delta region. The industrial chain and supply chain are safe and smooth, minimizing the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development.
These shipments are the first beneficiaries to enjoy a package of safeguard measures after the announcement.
As the current round of epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai has achieved phased results, the resumption of work and production has been vigorously and orderly promoted, and the safety and smoothness of the industrial chain and supply chain has become the focus of attention from all walks of life.
Affected by the epidemic, the demand for related medical supplies by terminal hospitals and patients has grown significantly.
In order to ensure continuous supply, with the support of Shanghai Customs and China Eastern Airlines Logistics, part of this batch of more than 80 tons of medical supplies will be expeditedly shipped to Shanghai Pan-Asia Medical Laboratory for epidemic prevention and control and patient diagnosis and treatment.
"We communicate with enterprises in advance, guide enterprises to declare paperless, make online appointments for inspection, etc., and at the same time closely cooperate with ground agents. When people wait for the arrival of goods, they will be inspected and released immediately." Xu Xu, Deputy Section Chief of Pudong Airport Customs Material Control Inspection Department Zhe told reporters that Pudong Airport Customs has opened up a green channel to release and lift off in one step to ensure that the goods can complete customs clearance procedures as quickly as possible.
At present, more than 230 cadres and employees of Pudong Airport Customs are closed and on duty, making every effort to ensure the normal operation of the Shanghai International Shipping Center and provide strong support for the orderly resumption of work and production in the city.
Since March 28, the customs has accepted more than 800 batches of expedited customs clearance applications from enterprises.
According to Yang Yuyu from the General Office of Shanghai Customs, in the past few days, Shanghai Customs has launched a notice to speed up the declaration and removal of import and export goods, ensure the smooth supply chain of the industrial chain in the Yangtze River Delta region, and ten measures to fight the epidemic, protect people's livelihood and help enterprises promote development. It will benefit Shanghai's "white list" key enterprises for resumption of work and production and key foreign trade "white list" enterprises.