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As the national gate of import and export of goods, the port inspection process is indispensable. However, the cost of a container inspection is as low as several hundred yuan, and more than one thousand yuan, accounting for a large proportion of the logistics costs of import and export enterprises. Starting from December 9, the comprehensive pilot work for lifting, shifting and warehousing costs of foreign trade enterprises without any problems will be implemented at Ningbo Port. Ningbo Port has also become the first port in our province to implement this pilot policy.

The pilot policy will be implemented at the shipping port of Ningbo City. The import and export container (heavy box) cargo and van container trucks that have no problem for customs inspection will be exempted from the lifting and moving of foreign trade enterprises that are directly involved in customs inspection and related to customs inspection. Position, storage costs. This fee is borne by the central government. Each business service unit that provides customs inspection services shall be exempted from the first, and then operated in accordance with the results of the inspection, and the foreign trade enterprises that have no problem goods shall be exempted from lifting, shifting and warehousing.

It is understood that according to the manual inspection method, the displacement and lifting cost of a 20-foot ordinary container for unpacking the whole container is about 600 yuan; for a 40-foot ordinary container, the cost is 900 yuan. In addition, the storage fee is calculated from 0.3 yuan to 2 yuan / ton · day.

It is worth noting that the implementation time of this pilot policy is from April 1 this year. Therefore, before April 1st to December 9th, 2016, the foreign trade enterprises have already paid for the hoisting that should be exempted from the scope of inspection. , shifting, storage costs, can be based on the invoice issued by the business service unit, apply for a refund to each business service unit.

"For foreign trade enterprises, it is indeed a big benefit." After understanding this policy, Wu Xiangjun, head of Ningbo, a foreign trade integrated service platform company, Zhejiang Yidatong Enterprise Service Co., Ltd., conducted a statistical review of the company's inspection costs. . “Between April and October, more than 1,500 cases of goods from our company were exempt from the fee range. It is estimated that our customers can get a refund of nearly one million yuan.”

"Implementing this pilot policy is a major measure to implement the "Several Opinions of the State Council on Improving Port Work and Promoting Foreign Trade Development", which is conducive to reducing the burden on foreign trade enterprises, reducing corporate costs, promoting stable growth of imports and exports, and facilitating support and Encourage foreign trade enterprises to abide by the law and integrity management, and enhance the service environment of Ningbo Port." The relevant person in charge of Ningbo Port Customs Office said that according to preliminary statistics, this pilot policy will benefit more than 17,000 foreign trade enterprises. Referring to the pilot policy, only from April to October this year, the related expenses for returning enterprises will reach more than 30 million yuan.

Source: Zhejiang Online