Warm Current in Spring - Jiangmen Customs ensures smooth customs clearance of imported coal during the Spring Festival

Recently, a foreign ship "Dolphin 76" loaded with coal drifted from Indonesia and slowly docked at the coal dedicated dock of Guoneng Yuedian Taishan Power Plant. The customs officers of Taishan Customs under Jiangmen Customs, who are on duty, quickly mobilized to carry out supervision, delivering a rolling "warm current" to ensure the energy supply of Taishan.

Coal is the 'food' for power plants, and the Spring Festival is the peak period for electricity consumption. If coal passes customs one minute earlier, the power plant will have less pressure and will not dare to delay for a moment. After boarding the cargo ship, the on-site customs officers began to inspect and orderly carried out processes such as manifest verification, radiation testing, sampling and inspection.

To ensure smooth energy supply during the Spring Festival, Taishan Customs promptly launched the "Spring Festival Supply Guarantee" plan. Establish a Spring Festival supply guarantee team before the holiday, establish a communication mechanism with import enterprises, grasp import plans in advance, and provide one-on-one guidance for enterprises to efficiently handle procedures such as goods inspection and assessment, tax guarantee, etc; Implement "appointment customs clearance" and "7 × 24 hours" round the clock duty to ensure the rapid progress of goods inspection work, achieve "zero errors" in coal declaration, "zero waiting" for inspection, and "zero delay" for customs clearance; Assign a dedicated person to follow up on laboratory testing results "point-to-point" to ensure that they are released as soon as possible after the results are qualified, ensuring both supply and safety.

Previously, during the Chinese New Year, we were most afraid of ship pressure, and unloading goods one day later would incur a considerable demurrage fee. Now, the customs provide us with 'Spring Festival supply guarantee' and efficient services, and inspect the ship as soon as it docks, effectively reducing our customs clearance costs, "said Mei Jianyun, fuel supervisor of Guoneng Yuedian Taishan Power Generation Co., Ltd. This enterprise is an important coal-fired power generation base in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, providing solid energy security for the local economic and social development.

As dusk deepens, the last coal truck departs from the dock, while customs officers remain steadfast. From "waiting for ships" to "waiting for ships", this group of "guardians" on the national border are taking concrete actions to become unknown "escorts" on the path of warmth transmission.

During the Spring Festival, Jiangmen Customs supervised a total of 119800 tons of imported coal with a value of 46.31 million yuan. These coal will turn into electricity and warmth in the shortest possible time, lighting up the lights of thousands of households and guarding every light of the Spring Festival.