Yiwu small commodities cross mountains and seas to reach the world

The tide surges in the East China Sea, and goods flow throughout the world. On the map of Zhejiang's opening-up to the outside world, a Yiyong boat open passage connects Yiwu, the world's small commodity capital, with Ningbo Zhoushan Port, the world's largest port. This golden channel runs through the Yangtze River Economic Belt inwards and radiates the "the Belt and Road" outwards, allowing "Made in China" to sail from the inland hinterland to the five continents and four seas.

Since the beginning of this year, about 60% of Yiwu's small commodities have been exported to more than 230 countries and regions around the world through more than 300 shipping routes from Ningbo Zhoushan Port. Ningbo Port has become the core gateway for Yiwu's small commodity market expansion, industry development, and global connectivity.

Based on the global hub advantage of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Ningbo Customs deepens cross customs cooperation and intelligent supervision innovation, continuously optimizes the multimodal transport supervision mode, connects the logistics "fast lane" from Yiwu to Ningbo Zhoushan Port, and enables Yiwu small commodities to reach the world at lower cost and faster efficiency.

Empowered by technology, intelligent supervision accelerates the clearance process

On May 12th, before the intelligent inspection and sealing channel of Beilun Port Area in Zhoushan Port, Ningbo, container trucks passed through in an orderly and efficient manner. The daily average number of container trucks entering and leaving the port area is tens of thousands, and the efficiency of customs clearance directly affects the operation of the port and the efficiency of enterprises, "said Li Wentao, the duty manager of Beilun First Container Terminal Co., Ltd. in Ningbo Zhoushan Port.

Focusing on the demand for speeding up the export of small commodities in Yiwu, Ningbo Customs has taken safety intelligent locks as a breakthrough point for regulatory innovation, and constructed a new mode of "intelligent locking+full process tracking" for international sea intermodal transportation supervision. Different from traditional seal sealing, the security intelligent lock has built-in positioning and sensing modules, relying on electronic encryption technology to achieve "one-time locking, full process anti disassembly", and real-time feedback of key data such as location and lock status to the customs supervision platform, making the entire transportation of goods perceptible, controllable, and traceable.

After completing the customs clearance procedures in Yiwu, the enterprise installs a secure intelligent lock on the container, and the lock information is linked in real-time with the customs declaration data and vehicle information; During transportation, customs dynamically monitor through a smart logistics platform; The goods have arrived at the Ningbo Port terminal, and the fixed reader on site automatically recognizes and seals them, providing 24-hour convenient "on-site inspection" services for truck drivers.

Process reengineering, reform and problem-solving to activate the "new efficiency" of logistics

On May 11th, in the Ningbo Longxing Logistics consolidation and supervision warehouse, staff were packing a batch of daily necessities and stationery exported by Yiwu enterprises to South Korea. This batch of goods corresponds to 4 bills of lading, and all customs clearance procedures such as declaration, inspection, and release have been completed. After packing and entering the port, they can be directly loaded onto the ship for shipment.

Ningbo Customs has innovated a centralized supervision model for Yiwu small commodities, taking into account their high-frequency, small batch, and fragmented characteristics. Export small commodities are stored in the form of bulk cargo in the "consolidation warehouse" located in the port area. Enterprises can flexibly allocate containers according to the cargo booking and shipping schedule, export destination, etc. After completing customs inspection and release, they can then pack and enter the port, effectively avoiding the risks of traditional consolidation, disassembly, and shipping delays. From January to April this year, Ningbo Customs inspected and released consolidated cargo worth over 25 billion yuan under the "inspection before shipment" supervision mode.

At the same time, Ningbo Customs is focusing on the new demand for cross-border small bags to go abroad in Yiwu, making every effort to open up new channels for cross-border mail and sea freight clearance, actively opening up export mail and sea freight lines across customs districts, and jointly formulating contact and cooperation measures with Hangzhou Customs. Combined with facilitation measures such as "priority inspection" and non-invasive machine inspection, Ningbo Customs is fully committed to ensuring the rapid clearance and release of cross-border small bags, and expanding diversified logistics paths for Yiwu's foreign trade exports.

Collaborative linkage, building a smooth "seamless chain" for multimodal transportation

Yiwu, as an important source of goods and a "land bridgehead" for Ningbo Zhoushan Port, is a key node in the construction of the main channel. Ningbo Customs has deeply integrated into the construction of the "Zhejiang E-Port Connection", promoting the comprehensive relocation of customs, port, and shipping resources to Yiwu International Land Port, achieving "Yiwu departure, port station direct connection, and one-time completion".

Export goods entering Yiwu Port are considered as entering Ningbo Zhoushan Port, and enterprises can complete the entire process of customs declaration, inspection, pre loading and other procedures in one stop locally. The traditional "series operation" has been upgraded to "parallel operation", and the overall customs clearance time has been reduced by 2 to 3 days. In order to strengthen the integrated guarantee of sea rail intermodal transportation, Ningbo Customs has included railway stations in the customs supervision area, streamlined the transfer process, compressed the customs clearance time, and coordinated with railway, port and other units to break the geographical limitations of inland ports, achieve complementary advantages and coordinated development of sea ports and land ports, and build an efficient logistics system that integrates land and sea.

On May 12th, a batch of Yiwu small commodity containers departed from Yiwu and arrived at Beilun Railway Station in Zhoushan Port, Ningbo via a rail sea intermodal train. After completing the rail and bus transfer, they arrived directly at Yongzhou Container Terminal and set sail for Africa.

In the past, exports had to go through multiple links, but now Yiwu handles them on site. The sea rail intermodal trains are stable and efficient, and the goods go abroad quickly and worry free, "said Zhang Bin, the business manager of Zhejiang Boyuan Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., expressing the true feelings of thousands of foreign trade enterprises. From January to April this year, the Yiwu Ningbo Zhoushan Port sea rail intermodal train has shipped a total of 103000 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 113.1%, and the logistics vitality continues to burst. (Che Xiangdong, Hu Feng/Wen)