Shanghai Securities News (reporter song Weiping) since RCEP came into effect on January 1 this year, the trade of goods involved in Shanghai Customs has been implemented smoothly and the overall business development is in good condition. The reporter of Shanghai Securities News learned from Shanghai customs that as of January 31, Shanghai Customs had accepted 273 import preferential customs declarations, with a value of 280 million yuan and a tariff reduction of 4.895 million yuan; 4553 RCEP certificates of origin were issued, with a value of 1.79 billion yuan; The total value of imports and exports under preferential trade reached 2.07 billion yuan. Two approved exporters were approved, and the enterprise independently issued a declaration of origin, with a value of US $11.394 million.
It is reported that in order to ensure the smooth implementation of RCEP, Shanghai Customs has done enough homework, strengthened services, established and improved relevant working mechanisms and business processes, and efficiently facilitated enterprises to handle RCEP import and export business. Shanghai Customs shall establish a three-level emergency duty mechanism at the business site to respond to and coordinate the settlement of RCEP customs clearance matters at the first time; Since 2022, it has cooperated with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and other departments to carry out four online policy publicity, implementation and Q & A, involving more than 500 import and export enterprises to help enterprises understand the policies and regulations; Guarantee the release of imported goods that have not obtained RCEP certificate of origin in advance to help enterprises pass customs quickly.
Based on the upgrading of RCEP origin management information application system and the training of internal personnel, Shanghai Customs continued to promote the facilitation measures such as intelligent examination of origin, self-service printing and immediate examination, so as to give play to the superposition effect and improve the level of facilitation; Carry out “one-to-one” publicity for relevant key export enterprises, take the initiative to send policies to the door, use the enterprise contact group and wechat platform to push policies, and guide enterprises to enjoy policy dividends in accordance with the law; We have strengthened the cultivation of approved exporters, and are cultivating more than 10 enterprises to guide enterprises to master the rules of origin and help enterprises better “go global”.
The biggest benefit of RCEP coming into force for enterprises is the reduction of import costs and the increase of export opportunities brought by the reduction of tariffs. Nakamura Qingren, general manager of Daikin Chemical International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., introduced that after the implementation of RCEP, the company will enjoy tariff concessions for the purchase of fluorine chemical products originating in Japan. It is conservatively estimated that the annual reduction can exceed 5 million yuan, and the import scale will increase by 10%.
Wu Kaite, Minister of Commerce of Gaohua (Shanghai) International Trade Co., Ltd., said: “Our company exports a large number of chemical products to Japan every year. In the past, taxes were paid according to the MFN tax rate. For example, 4-chlorophthalic acid, the original import tax rate in Japan was 3.1%, and now with RCEP certificate of origin, the import tax rate was reduced to 2.8% in the first year. It is expected to enjoy tariff relief of more than 300000 US dollars a year. In this way, the price advantage of our products in the Japanese market will be further improved Now, the international market competitiveness will also be significantly enhanced. “
On February 1, RCEP came into force for South Korea. The tariff of 38.6% of South Korean products was immediately reduced to zero when the agreement came into force, and the tariff of 86% of South Korean products was finally reduced to zero. China South Korea trade will usher in a new situation. Shi Min, director of the customs office of Shanghai Customs, said that Shanghai Customs will continue to carry out interpretation and guidance of RCEP rules of origin to import and export enterprises, expand the scale of approved exporters, guide enterprises to make full use of policies, and let more enterprises enjoy the dividends of RCEP policies.
