Round Moon, Southern Seas, Fragrant Flowers for Thousands of Miles - Kunming Customs Escort Mid Autumn Festival Clouds, Fragrant Flowers Drift in Southeast Asia
The picture shows customs officers conducting on-site supervision of exported fresh cut flowers in the enterprise packaging workshop, photographed by Dai Weiqi
As the Mid Autumn Festival approaches, clusters of roses, carnations, and bellflower stems from Yunnan have been set up at flower market stalls, adding a touch of fragrance to the reunion night of overseas Chinese.
Southeast Asia is the core market for Yunnan's fresh cut flower exports and one of the areas with the highest concentration of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese. During the Mid Autumn Festival, Chinese communities in some Southeast Asian countries have the custom of floral decoration and gifting to friends and family, "said Sui Yanhui, the head of Kunming Yuzhuo Agricultural Development Co., Ltd." Roses and carnations, which symbolize reunion and beauty, are the most popular varieties. In the past two months, the company's export of fresh flowers has increased by more than 30% month on month
According to Kunming Customs statistics, in the first eight months of this year, Yunnan's fresh cut flower exports reached 1.03 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.6%, and were sold to 60 countries and regions.
In the office building of Kunming Yuzhuo Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., company personnel declare the electronic information of the completed China ASEAN Certificate of Origin to the customs system through a "single window". When the electronic data meets the certificate visa requirements, the system automatically approves it and company personnel can print it themselves. With this paper, known as the "paper gold" in international trade, this batch of fresh cut flowers worth 78000 yuan can directly enjoy zero tariff treatment during customs clearance in Thailand, saving the company tens of thousands of yuan in tariff costs.
In order to assist enterprises in fully utilizing the rules of origin to seize market opportunities, Kunming Customs has implemented the "Escort" action for industrial development, high-quality implementation of RCEP, China ASEAN and other free trade agreements, and fully promoted the "intelligent review+self-service printing" mode of origin certificates. The visa duration has been compressed to "seconds" to ensure that exported fresh cut flowers are "signed and sent out at any time".
We use the mechanism of customs enterprise liaison officers to accurately guide enterprises in mastering various rules of origin and tariff reduction lists, and rely on the 'China Customs Preferential Origin Service Platform' to provide online digital services such as agreement tax rate inquiry and benefit analysis for enterprises, achieving precise matching of policy dividends and helping enterprises to enjoy benefits and choose the best, "said Li Qiyong, head of the Comprehensive Business Department of Yunnan Customs. According to Kunming Customs data, in the first 8 months, Yunnan Province issued 6231 preferential certificates of origin for export flower enterprises, involving a total value of 560 million yuan, an increase of 37.1% and 36.6% year-on-year, respectively. The enterprises can obtain import country tariff reductions of about 14 million yuan.
With the continuous release of policy dividends and the continuous improvement of customs clearance facilitation, clusters of cloud flowers crossing mountains and seas are becoming the "fragrant bond" connecting the friendship between the Chinese and Southeast Asian people. (Dai Weiqi, Duan Rui/Text)