Qinhuangdao Customs provides quality control services for Afra type crude oil to rotate "cargo" into "ship" (picture)

The picture shows Qinhuangdao Customs officers conducting on-site supervision of Afra type crude oil tankers manufactured by enterprises in their jurisdiction. Photo by Zhuo Zongkui

Recently, the 115000 ton giant ship "Kaiyi" slowly departed from Qinhuangdao Port, sounding its horn and successfully delivering for export. This voyage is not only the starting point of the Afra crude oil tanker's voyage to Deep Blue, but also the completion of the legal identity transition from "export cargo" to "international navigation vessel".

Newly built ships are different from ordinary goods, possessing the dual attributes of 'export goods' and' transportation vehicles', "said Wang Hao, a customs officer in Qinhuangdao. This particularity determines that its customs clearance process must cross two key stages: first, completing export clearance as "goods", handling customs declaration and other procedures, and obtaining an "export certificate"; Then switch the regulatory mode as a "ship", complete the procedures for international navigation vessel registration, issuance of exemption from health control measures certificates, etc., and declare exit through the "single window". The entire process covers the full chain of customs duties from goods supervision to transportation vehicle supervision.

To ensure the efficiency and smoothness of this special customs clearance process, Qinhuangdao Customs will deeply embed supervision and services: during the export stage of goods, closed-loop management will be implemented for ship bonded materials, strictly adhering to the compliance bottom line; In the stage of identity transformation, we will implement "one-stop" processing and open a "green channel" to quickly complete a series of procedures and effectively shorten the delivery cycle of ships.

With the full support of Qinhuangdao Customs, we have successfully delivered the first new ship of this year, which is also the largest tonnage oil tanker currently built by the company, "said Che Dexin, the company's person in charge." Currently, there are still two similar oil tankers under construction, and the company's orders are steadily increasing. "(Cui Meng, Wang Hao, Luo Tao/Wen)