East China’s Jiangsu province is sparing no effort to tackle the difficulties of business operation and stabilize foreign trade amid the heightened prevention and control of the covid-19 epidemic.
In Jiangyin's Comprehensive Bonded Zone, a small cross-border e-commerce company was kept busy preparing to export 7.75 million yuan worth of clothing in more than 700 tons.
The company has reported a doubling of exports for the fourth consecutive month. Six months ago, the company was worried about how to get through the cross-border logistics, transportation and distribution links.
The local government coordinated the company to set up a warehouse of more than 10,000 square meters in Los Angeles, USA, and started the overseas warehouse business.
In the past, they had to go through customs clearance procedures one by one when exporting goods. Through the new model of overseas warehouses, they can now achieve one-time unified delivery, integrated LCL, centralized customs declaration and delivery.
Tong Liangyi, General Manager of Jiangyin Chengyou E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
For our company
the overseas warehouse
has reduced transportation costs
by about 50% with local delivery taking
an average of 2 working days
to reach the destination
So in just four months
we reported an export transaction value
of 20 million US dollars
and at the same time greatly improved
the overall customs clearance efficiency
Since the beginning of this year, Jiangsu has successively issued policies to continuously promote the construction of overseas warehouses. Preliminary statistics show that more than 70 enterprises in the province operate more than 200 overseas warehouses of various types in more than 40 countries and regions, with a total storage area of about 2 million square meters.32 provincial-level public overseas warehouse construction and operation companies serve nearly 2,000 enterprises.
Huang Hongqi, Director of Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce
Overseas warehouses can integrate logistics resources
provide supporting customs clearance services
improve the efficiency of goods entry and exit
help exporters optimize inventory
reduce the risk of slow sales
and provide export services
for traditional enterprises
The recent outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Shanghai has blocked the inter-provincial freight transport of container trucks, affecting foreign trade companies that choose to import and export through Shanghai Port.
Several government departments in Jiangsu have made coordinated efforts to change the destination port of import and export for Jiangsu foreign trade enterprises. Since March, Taicang Port has added 150 freighters to and from Shanghai Port to ensure that the goods are transferred to Shanghai Port within 48 hours after arriving at Taicang Port.
Chen Yixin, Manager of Logistics Department of VAG Water Treatment (Taicang) Co., Ltd.
Taicang Port sends barges to Shanghai every day
which saves the time and cost
of picking up containers
so that we can deliver the goods
to customers in time
We can save about 600 yuan per TEU
Wei Wei, Chief of Taicang Customs Logistics Management Section
We cooperated with Shanghai Customs to run
the "Yangshan-Taicang Port 'Unloading'" supervision mode
The goods are imported and exported
through Taicang Port and Yangshan Port
with one declaration
one inspection, and one release
Currently, Jiangsu has opened 62 near-ocean routes and 6 air routes for international cargo. It is also operating 23 China-Europe-Asia freight trains on a weekly basis with additional trains when situation arises. These freight trains reach out to more than 20 cities in 17 European countries, nearly 50 cities in 5 Central Asian countries, and 3 cities in ASEAN.
