Steel Camel Team Helps Conveniently Sell Small Commodities Globally

Entering the Zengcheng West Station in Guangzhou, rows of containers are neatly stacked, with the "clanging" sound of wheels and rails and the safety warning sound of gantry cranes echoing one after another. A China Europe freight train e-commerce line scheduled for shipment on the same day slowly entered. In the customs supervision area of Zengcheng West Station, Yuan Zhihua, Deputy Director of the Zengcheng Customs Supervision Department under Huangpu Customs, and his colleagues have been waiting here. They hold intelligent monitoring terminal devices, and the declaration information of each batch of goods to be inspected is displayed one by one, making the inspection requirements and key points clear at a glance.

This is already the 6th e-commerce train to be inspected this week, "Yuan Zhihua introduced

As the core channel for the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", China Europe Express has the advantages of short transportation cycle, high stability and security. With the rapid development of global cross-border e-commerce, the "China Europe Express+cross-border e-commerce" model ushers in new development opportunities.

The manufacturing industry in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area has a strong foundation, especially in popular cross-border e-commerce categories such as electronic products, home appliances, clothing, and furniture. It has a complete supply chain and rapid response capabilities, providing a stable source of goods for "selling globally". Multiple cross-border e-commerce companies have gathered around Zengcheng West Station.

In the past, our cross-border e-commerce goods mainly arrived in Europe by sea or air freight, which took more than 30 days and had relatively high air freight costs. Logistics has always been our main difficulty, "said Zhang Junmei, the customs officer of Shenzhen Jiuzhou International Logistics Co., Ltd.

After learning about the difficulties faced by the enterprise, Yuan Zhihua and his colleagues immediately sorted out the regulations for setting up cross-border e-commerce regulatory venues, providing front-end guidance on venue approval materials, layout design, hardware facilities, checkpoint management, and process settings. From the planning of functional areas to the placement of specific equipment, they provide one-on-one guidance for enterprises to implement various requirements and ensure that the venue settings strictly comply with regulations. The Guangzhou China Europe Express Cross border E-commerce Center was successfully put into operation in just 37 working days from the start of construction to the approval of acceptance, and in June of this year, the first China Europe Express e-commerce express line in Guangzhou was opened.

Compared to general trade goods, cross-border e-commerce goods are mostly small parcels with higher requirements for timeliness. In order to accelerate the development of e-commerce trains, customs is guided by the needs of enterprises and strives to provide advanced services. Yuan Zhihua and his colleagues completed the on-site inspection of the regulatory area, and then went to the office operating system to upload the cargo information and complete electronic files.

Now through the China Europe freight e-commerce express, goods can arrive in Europe in just 13 days, with a transportation time more than twice that of sea freight, and the cost is only one-fifth of air freight, "said Zhang Junmei.

At present, the Zengcheng West Station e-commerce train has become an increasingly popular logistics choice for "small commodities" in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area to go global. Zengcheng West Station has opened e-commerce routes between China, Laos, Thailand, and China Europe, extending to the three major markets of Europe, Central Asia, and ASEAN, helping cross-border e-commerce enterprises in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area to "buy globally" and "sell globally".

From January to November this year, Zengcheng Customs has cumulatively supervised and released cross-border e-commerce freight trains worth over 250 million yuan, of which the value of goods shipped in November alone exceeded 66 million yuan. (Pu Xuan/Text)