2014-6-28

    Reporters on the 5th learned from the Chinese General Administration of Customs, the first quarter of 2014, the National Customs for paperless customs clearance declarations 11.24 million, accounting for nearly 73% of the total number of declarations for the same period. This year, will strive to paperless customs declaration reached more than 80%.
         New Finance Beijing June 5 Power (Peng Dawei) reporter from the China General Administration of Customs on the 5th was informed that the first quarter of 2014, the National Customs for paperless customs clearance declarations 11.24 million, accounting for nearly 73% over the total number of declarations. This year, will strive to paperless customs declaration reached more than 80%.
Paperless customs clearance, means that companies can "mouse, customs clearance of goods." Customs in August 2012 first in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other 12 regional Customs part of the business scene starts paperless customs clearance reform work.
From April 1, 2014, the Customs Department will expand the range of reform measures and pilot site to the National Customs for all business and operational areas, and gradually achieve full coverage of paperless customs clearance reform.
Customs spokesman Zhang Chi said the paperless customs clearance changed the original paper documents submitted by the site's operation, so that no time limit enterprise space, "homes" to complete the customs formalities, to save paper document printing, delivery, storage costs as well as customs officers and from customs fees, customs clearance efficiency while significantly improved, reducing corporate clearance costs and promote steady growth of foreign trade marked success.
Zhang Zhi introduction, the current average import clearance shortened by 15.96 hours to 3.57 hours, customs clearance efficiency by 77.63%; average export clearance reduced from 1.59 hours to 0.22 hours, customs clearance efficiency by 86.16%. 2013 reforms have benefited the paperless customs clearance and export enterprises, customs agents about 236,000 enterprises.
Zhang Zhi said that as one of the customs measures to support the steady growth of foreign trade, customs clearance operations paperless full implementation of reform, the next will focus on accelerating the regulatory documents online verification, simplified declaration accompanying documents, optimize the sound supporting business rules and norms and other aspects, strengthening the foundation of reform and further reform the bonus is released to improve customs clearance efficiency and effectiveness of customs supervision, for paperless declarations will reach more than 80% during the year.