January 3: December 27, 2007, Shanghai Customs declarations in the exports account for more than 90 percent of all the related Pujiang Customs officers at the Shanghai Shipping Exchange concentrated declaration, officially launched the pilot reform paperless customs clearance. Pilot week, Pujiang Customs at the smooth operation of export business, the new operating system operating normally, the pilot reform has achieved initial success.
In recent years, with Shanghai to achieve the "first four" to promote the "four centres," the acceleration of the pace of the construction, and the rapid development of Shanghai Port, the port function continuous advancement. According to customs statistics, in 2007 the Shanghai Customs officers monitoring the import and export value of goods is estimated at 520.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 21.4 percent, import and export trade, accounting for about a quarter of the total. At the same time, the depth of the economic globalization and international trade, promote the rapid development of new methods of trading and logistics mode of operation have emerged, all of the traditional customs management philosophy, management models and methods and means to a higher demand on the Customs management as soon as possible with the international practice to a more pressing need. Faced with the new developments in various sectors of the community to further simplify customs procedures, improve customs clearance efficiency of the ports are growing louder and louder. Early 2007 Shanghai Customs set up a paperless customs clearance reform team, in the port customs clearance status of a large number depth, detailed investigation on the basis of multilateral collective research and feasibility studies, and eventually formed a paperless customs clearance the implementation of the reform programme. Shanghai Customs General Administration of Customs on the implementation of paperless customs clearance pilot reform to a high degree of concern. October 8, 2007, and formal approval by the General Administration of Customs, Shanghai Customs in the first nationwide pilot paperless customs clearance reform. Director of the General Administration of Customs Mou Xinsheng said that the reform of the Customs operations at the scene of a profound revolution, the great and far-reaching significance, the Customs and Excise Department will further support the socio-economic development of countries and regions to play an active role in promoting.
It is understood that paperless customs clearance reform primarily through the application of risk management principles and "enterprise + differentiated operation" management tools, and improve the overall effective performance management. Commonly, that is, the credit-oriented enterprises, integrated enterprise and commodities on two factors, according to the risk level of the classification of export and import cargo management. For most of the import and export of goods integrity enterprises, the implementation of paperless customs clearance or¿ìËÙͨ¹Øsuch as mode of operation; difference to a small number of reputable enterprises in the import and export of goods, the focus of audits, and other management measures to strengthen the identification, fully embodied enterprises "to facilitate law-abiding illegal discipline "management principles.
According to understand that the implementation of paperless customs clearance reform, corporate customs clearance operations, there are two modes: one is the "paperless customs clearance, enterprise document caches" mode of operation. Namely customs categories of high-credit enterprises, the implementation of the "paperless customs clearance, enterprise document caches" mode of operation, as long as the enterprises to declare the import and export of goods in line with the Customs and Excise Department paperless customs clearance condition of the pilot, automatically by the Customs computer system to complete the examination, inspection procedures, enterprises with the feedback system to handle direct acknowledgement / shipping procedures, enterprises need further certification related to the customs declarations submitted. This model has full electronic operations, and international practice paperless customs clearance mode basically the same. Shanghai General Motors Corporation, five into the red list of the first batch of pilot enterprises. It is understood that the future of pilot enterprises Shanghai Customs will be progressively expanded to all the high credit businesses. The other is the "document classified operations" mode. Credit that to other types of enterprises and customs systems will be integrated enterprises and commodities, goods determine the risk rating for low-risk goods, the Customs and Excise Department will take the information suggested that the rapid inspection measures for high-risk business or cargo Customs will be prompted to focus on the implementation of audit, inspection, etc. and strengthen the management. 2008, the model will be gradually from Pujiang Customs officers at the scene Shipping Exchange export business expanded to Shanghai Customs all export business scene, and timely extension of the import field, a 40 per cent import declaration form and 60 percent of the export declaration forms into paperless customs clearance and rapid inspection scope.
Shanghai Customs spokesman, Shanghai Customs Bianjieyao Deputy Commissioner said that the reform will bring about vast numbers of import and export enterprises "visible" and "tangible" benefits. US Peiya with Shanghai Precision Engineering Services Limited logistics manager as saying that the application "paperless customs clearance, enterprise document caches" operations, enterprises will be signing declarations in the home, can be received within a few seconds customs clearance ADVICE , and do not have to go the Customs and Excise Department to submit documents, customs clearance costs greatly reduced. Shanghai route of the declaration declaration of the limited liability company manager told reporters that the implementation of the Customs and Excise Department as a risk management, low-risk implementation of a rapid inspection of goods, customs documents, single-vote operation time from 15 minutes down to about 7-8 minutes, in the customs declaration Members of the queue waiting time is reduced, companies reduce the cost of operation.
Of the Customs and Excise Department, the overall efficiency of customs management also will be further enhanced. Through comprehensive use of risk management, enterprise management, and other modern management concepts and advanced information technology tools, the pilot reform to achieve a customs inspection process reengineering, have considerably reduced the volume of the Shanghai Port rapid growth and a relative shortage of resources customs management of contradictions. According to estimates, 60 per cent of the Shanghai Customs declarations and exports 40 per cent of the import declaration form will be disposed of through a risk analysis after the automatic inspection of the computer. To pilot the aircraft for delivery in the declaration on the scene at the export business as an example, the first week after the commencement of the pilot, and the per capita volume of orders audit fell from 800 to 380-400 copies, is expected to be 24% by dispatching personnel. Pilot reform would enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement, reduce human intervention to strengthen the Independent Commission Against constraints, and optimize the management of the Customs and Excise Department, the mode of operation and management tools, effective and scientific management of the Customs and Excise Department will be further enhanced.
In addition, the pilot reform will be to create a "honest and law-abiding facilitate dishonesty offence punishment" a good atmosphere, and guide enterprises law-abiding self-discipline, and constantly promote ideas from the administration, "law enforcement supervision" to "monitor the service" change.
Shanghai Customs spokesman said that in the related systems and mechanisms mature, Shanghai Customs will be timely reform will be gradually extended to the promotion of regional customs clearance, transit and other transportation-related manner. It can be foreseen, paperless customs clearance pilot reform of the Shanghai Port will optimize the customs environment, the further development of the Shanghai Port aggregation and radiation functions, and make better use of the Shanghai International Shipping Center, to promote China's economic and social development of the Customs yet more fast positive contribution.
