The amount of tax refund applications for departure from Ningbo Port exceeded 16 million yuan in the first five months of this year, nearly doubling year-on-year

From January to May this year, Ningbo Airport Customs efficiently released 313 outbound tax refund application forms for overseas passengers, with a total amount of 16.5074 million yuan in refunded goods, an increase of 120.42% and 94.17% respectively year-on-year.
At present, Ningbo Airport has a wide variety of goods for tax refund upon departure, and fashionable items such as watches, clothing, and luggage are highly favored by overseas travelers, "said Hong Yang, Deputy Director of the Travel Inspection Department of Ningbo Airport Customs." Faced with business peaks, we have adopted both soft and hard measures, not only using information technology to make the tax refund process faster, but also adding foreign language specialists to make the service warmer, bringing a satisfactory end to the shopping journey of overseas travelers
In order to enhance the experience of tax refund for overseas passengers leaving the country, Ningbo Airport Customs has launched a series of heartwarming service measures, strengthened efficient collaboration with tax, banking and other units, achieved real-time data exchange, fast verification of tax refund items, and instant system processing, greatly reducing processing time. Set up warning signs at check-in counters and passenger entry and exit channels, strengthen customs clearance guidance, promote the use of "AI intelligent assistants for personnel entry and exit policy consultation", and increase the proportion of foreign language customs officers such as English and Korean at the exit declaration desk. Whether it is business processing or policy consultation, on-site verification and consultation one-stop services are provided to ensure that convenient policies should be enjoyed to the fullest.
On May 18th, the Ministry of Commerce and other departments issued eight optimization measures, and the relevant new regulations will be officially implemented on July 1st, including the nationwide universal "buy and refund" policy, the unified relaxation of the tax refund validity period to 28 days for departure, and the simplified sampling of small tax refunds within 10000 yuan. A series of pragmatic reforms directly target the bottlenecks of overseas tourists traveling across cities and tax refunds in other places, promoting a new paradigm of paperless and standardized national departure tax refunds.
In January of this year, Ningbo Customs, together with the tax department, launched the "one package" model for outbound tax refunds. Eligible goods no longer need to be opened for inspection, significantly reducing the waiting time for passengers; By relying on data interconnectivity, the entry of passenger identity information can automatically match tax refund documents. The 'one single package' model can keep the packaging of goods purchased by passengers intact and free from opening. Combined with the previously promoted 'buy and refund' policy, overseas passengers can receive tax refunds at the shopping site, greatly improving their consumption experience. "Hong Yang, Deputy Director of the Travel Inspection Department of Ningbo Airport Customs, said," We have also planned and deployed the new policies of 'small-scale sampling' and 'paperless processing' in advance, updated the customs inspection operation guide, and cooperated with the tax department to carry out system stability testing to ensure the smooth implementation of policies related to outbound tax refunds and inbound consumption on July 1st
Next, Ningbo Airport Customs will rely on the development trend of airport routes, continuously polish service details, optimize service processes, and expand policy promotion channels, empowering "China Purchase" with high-quality port services and continuously activating new driving forces for inbound consumption.