Seed entry is more efficient and smooth
At 1am, the emergency duty window of the customs declaration hall at Beijing Capital International Airport was brightly lit. Customs officers were processing emergency clearance procedures for a batch of imported corn seeds from France. After completing the procedures, the company left overnight and the seeds could be delivered to the breeding base by dawn.
During the spring plowing season, time is the yield and the benefit. It is the all-weather customs clearance service provided by the customs that has helped us regain valuable breeding time, "said Ye Ying, General Manager of Beijing Huasheng Yimei Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.
In order to improve the quality, efficiency, and competitiveness of agricultural production, support the introduction and promotion of high-quality seeds, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration of Taxation, and other departments issued the "Notice on Preferential Policies for Import Tax of Seed Sources during the 15th Five Year Plan Period" in February this year, clarifying that from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030, imported seed sources and other goods will be exempt from import value-added tax.
Since the implementation of the new policy, Beijing Customs has responded promptly and made every effort to open up the high-speed entry channel, helping high-quality seed sources to rush to the front line of spring plowing in a timely manner. Considering the practical situation of fresh and vulnerable seed sources, as well as high requirements for timeliness, the Beijing Customs Capital Airport Customs has opened a green channel for seed sources, set up a dedicated window, and fully implemented a 7 × 24-hour customs clearance operation mode. It accepts declarations, reviews documents, and handles release procedures in a timely manner, cooperates with the policy of conditional withdrawal across directly affiliated customs areas, and maximizes the compression of customs clearance time to help enterprises seize the golden window period for spring plowing and breeding.
At the customs inspection center of the capital airport, customs officers are conducting a detailed inspection of a batch of herbal flower and sparrow seeds from Costa Rica. Imported seeds may carry quarantine pests, and once introduced and spread, it will pose a serious threat to China's agricultural production ecology.
It needs to be both fast and manageable. Beijing Capital Airport Customs strictly adheres to the quarantine line, relying on the construction of "smart customs" and using intelligent inspection equipment such as individual terminals to quickly complete document verification, physical inspection, and sampling inspection. While ensuring customs clearance efficiency, it continues to increase supervision, strictly controls the safety of seed source imports, and builds a strong national security barrier.
This batch of seeds has a value of over 400000 yuan per kilogram. Customs officers conducted meticulous inspections and strict supervision throughout the process, helping us maintain our safety bottom line. This is the greatest protection for us, "said Lv Huibin, General Manager of Beijing Huabei Tongyun International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd.
In order to accurately meet the needs of enterprises, Beijing Customs proactively visited seed source import enterprises before spring plowing and sowing, providing precise and advanced services, understanding import plans, customs clearance difficulties, and actual demands; One enterprise, one policy "provides assistance, arranges expert teams to solve doubts and doubts face-to-face, focuses on promoting convenient customs clearance measures such as" early declaration "and" two-step declaration ", guides enterprises step by step to standardize declaration, reduces customs clearance bottlenecks from the source, and enables enterprises to run fewer errands and handle affairs more efficiently, bridging the" last mile "of policy implementation.
On the one hand, we have effectively implemented facilitation measures through pre service and targeted policies, reducing the burden and increasing efficiency for enterprises, and assisting in the smooth progress of spring plowing production. On the other hand, we have strictly implemented the responsibility of safeguarding the biosecurity of the country's borders into every seed's entry journey, "said Wang Wei, Director of Customs Clearance at Beijing Capital International Airport.
According to statistics, in the first quarter, the green channel of Beijing Capital International Airport Customs released a total of 260 shipments of various types of seed source goods, with a value of 31.58 million yuan, including crop seeds such as corn and sunflowers, as well as aquatic livestock and poultry sources such as rainbow trout eggs and fresh pig semen. The relevant person in charge of Beijing Customs stated that they will continue to optimize the customs clearance supervision process, continuously improve the level of customs clearance convenience, and make every effort to ensure the safe and efficient entry of more high-quality seed sources.