Online Interview
Topic: What’s New about the 14 Innovative Measures Issued by Shanghai Customs to Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone?
Time:01:30 PM (Wed) June 04, 2014
Special Guests:Zhang Hualu, Member of the Board, Counsel and Group Leader of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Customs Office, Shanghai Customs District Shu Qinfang, Deputy Counsel and First Deputy Group Leader of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Customs Office, Shanghai Customs District Qiu Haiying, Deputy Director, Division of Processing Trade, Shanghai Customs District
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What’s New about the 14 Innovative Measures Issued by Shanghai Customs to Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone?
[Zhang Hualu]: So far, all the policies for the FTZ are applicable to the enterprises incorporated in the zone only. Surely, if you consign any enterprise of the zone, such as SLC, for logistics, customs clearance and warehousing and storage services, since SLC is an enterprise in the zone, the relevant policies of the FTZ will be applicable to the relevant business consigned to SLC. 06/04/2014 14:35:21
[Net Friend: Manager He]: For the repair-at-home-and-abroad project, can an enterprise disassemble electronic products returned from overseas and then return or sell the materials and parts domestically and overseas? 06/04/2014 11:03:36
[Qiu Haiying]: For goods originally produced in the FTZ and returned for replacement after exit to overseas, application can be made to the competent customs house for undertaking the relevant business. After the goods are declared for entry into the zone, the Customs will supervise by “status of materials”. The relevant bonded materials must be kept consistent with the status at the time of declaration for entry. For goods not originally produced in FTZ, disassembly is not allowed. 06/04/2014 14:36:04
[Net Friend: Riding the Wind and Waves]: The Customs issued in succession new policies for the FTZ and publicized them by diversified means, with video and figures, and the interviews is accessible. It’s the first in the country. We hope there will be more similar activities to better serve the processing trade enterprises. 06/04/2014 14:28:58
[Anchor]: Thanks for the comments of this net friend! We are willing to interpret the relevant policies and regulations in a more accessible way and serve enterprises effectively. Thanks for your attention! We expect for more suggestions to help in our improvement. 06/04/2014 14:37:37
[Net Friend: anonymous]: Now the declaration procedures are suspended for different bonded areas around the country. Will it affect the replication and popularization of those innovative measures for Customs supervision? After all, the Customs Houses in the bonded areas have better conditions in terms of hardware and software for such innovative measures. 06/04/2014 14:26:09
[Shu Qinfang]: Those innovative systems currently introduced by Customs in Shanghai FTZ will be reproduced and popularized after the evaluation and arrangements by GACC. 06/04/2014 14:45:15
[Net Friend: anonymous]: How will the establishment of Shanghai FTZ influence the import and export of commodities? 06/04/2014 14:09:35
[Qiu Haiying]: Upon establishment of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, we have introduced a series of measures to facilitate the enterprises’ declaration for import and export of goods. By allowing enterprises to “enter first and declare later” and for picking up goods before entering the zone by presenting the manifest of imported and exported goods, the time and costs of customs clearance are reduced; by allowing enterprises to transport the imported and exported goods without using the customs-controlled vehicles, the logistics costs are reduced. These measures have sharply increased the efficiency of enterprises in customs clearance for imported and exported goods declared and saved the time. 06/04/2014 14:45:35
[Net Friend: Chaidana]: Is the quantity of goods still subject to supervision in the bonded zone? For instance, if I open a shop in the zone and mail the goods one by one, will it be deemed as tax evasion? 06/04/2014 14:06:40