Customs-CIQ 3-Singles Cooperation Helps Raise Fruit Clearance Efficiency

04/10/2015

It was March 5, 2015, the very day of China’s Lantern Festival. It was busy at Qingdao Dongfang Dingxin International Farm and Sideline Products Trading Center in Jimo, a county-level city in Shangdong Province. A Qingdao company in the center imported a consignment of fresh dragon fruit with a street value of RMB 240,000 from Vietnam and cleared the goods quickly. Thanks to the great reduction of the clearance time, the fruits were ready for sale in 24 hours after their arrival.

Qingdao Dongfang Dingxin International Farm and Sideline Products Trading Center is the first designated port of entry for fruits in Shangdong Province where the new model of Customs-CIQ 3-Singles is trialed. The Customs-CIQ 3-singles model, which means “single declaration, single inspection and single release” based on the cooperation between Dagang Customs House(affiliated to Qingdao Customs District) and Qingdao Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau here at the Trading Center, combines the linear and separate operation systems of two different departments and turns them into one synchronized and “parallel” clearance procedure. This model helps cut to the utmost the clearance time. Before, 3 to 5 days is required for the clearance and now 24 hours will be enough.