The value of cross-border e-commerce sea freight exports at Shanghai Port in the first five months of this year has exceeded that of the entire year last year

On June 2nd, a batch of handheld small fans worth 18000 yuan were successfully shipped overseas under the supervision of the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs (hereinafter referred to as "Waigang Customs") at the Shanghai Shipping Cross border E-commerce Operation Center at the Zhendong Port in Waigaoqiao, Shanghai. Relying on the innovative "total bill+LCL" supervision mode of customs, this batch of cross-border e-commerce zero bulk cargo can be directly loaded and shipped together with other general trade export goods in a full container state.

We have innovated our regulatory approach by combining the general order operation mode with the LCL mode. Through trial and improvement, we have gradually explored an innovative regulatory mode of 'general order+LCL': 'general order' refers to cross-border e-commerce goods that are supervised by the bill of lading. These 'small batch' goods can take advantage of the 'ride' and be exported together with the most common and common 'general trade' export goods through LCL. After being released by customs supervision, the goods can be directly loaded onto the ship for shipment, fully leveraging the advantages of cross-border e-commerce logistics chain in terms of timeliness and flexibility, "said Zhang Long, head of the Inspection Department of Outer Harbor Customs.

In the past, small and multiple batches of cross-border e-commerce orders had to wait for a long time to form a full container, which was difficult to meet the timeliness requirements of cross-border e-commerce goods. Now, even if there are only a few cubic meters of goods, they can be shipped by sea at any time, and the logistics cost has been directly reduced by 30%. "Looking at the fully loaded containers, Yang Chengwu, the general manager of Youlianda Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., said," This' break even 'LCL model has greatly improved our sea going speed and saved a lot of transportation costs for enterprises

Logistics companies can also enjoy the policy dividends of the new model. Liu Hongfeng, Chairman of Shanghai Limeng International Logistics Co., Ltd., said, "In the past, cross-border e-commerce consolidation was a 'box for goods' policy. Now, customs have broken down the barriers between cross-border e-commerce and general trade goods, and it has become a' box for goods' policy. LCL goods can be inspected and released in one go at the operation center, which is both efficient and convenient. After the implementation of the new model, the consolidation time of logistics enterprises has been shortened by 50%, saving an average of about 4000 yuan in logistics and time costs per TEU

The "total order+LCL" model not only unleashes the foreign trade momentum of small and medium-sized enterprises, but also attracts large e-commerce platforms such as Amazon to "siphon" and gather goods at the Shanghai port through efficient logistics supply, promoting cross-border e-commerce sea freight exports to enter a phase of massive growth. In the first five months of this year, Shanghai Customs has supervised over 5.2 million packages of cross-border e-commerce sea freight exports, with a value exceeding 5.8 billion yuan, surpassing the value of the entire year last year. (Xu Weizhong/Text)