On April 20, the surging news reporter learned from Shanghai customs that in the first quarter of this year, the total export value of cars in Shanghai was 24.26 billion yuan, an increase of 194.4%, of which the export of electric manned cars was 16.94 billion yuan, an increase of 374.2%.
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co.Ltd(600648) port Haitong automobile terminal is currently the largest ro ro automobile terminal in China, with a special storage yard for 30000 cars at the same time. Ou Hui, chief of the first section of comprehensive business of foreign port customs, introduced: “since the new round of segmented and grid nucleic acid screening in Shanghai, 56 customs officers of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co.Ltd(600648) port customs have set up a commando team to stay overnight, be on duty 24 hours, smooth the communication mechanism between customs enterprises, implement contactless customs declaration, and ensure the normal operation of import and export businesses such as automobile export.”
Chen Jia, chief of the nine inspection sections of the foreign customs, said, “we have promoted the application of the ‘unaccompanied inspection’ mode, which facilitates enterprises under personnel control to submit inspection applications. While ensuring the rapid inspection and release of inbound and outbound vehicles, it also reduces the unnecessary gathering of different personnel during the epidemic prevention and control period, ensures the safety and smoothness of the port, and also maintains the bottom line of epidemic protection.”
In the first quarter of this year, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co.Ltd(600648) port exported 272800 vehicles, an increase of 76.6% year-on-year.
Shanghai Nangang wharf, located in the port area, has undertaken the import and export Automobile Ro ro business of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co.Ltd(600648) wharf gradually moving south according to the overall planning of Shanghai. Xiong Wenwen, chief of comprehensive business Division I of Yangshan customs, said: “The automobile import and export business of Nangang wharf has been on the right track. We have polished the customs clearance brand of ‘FAW Hecheng’ automobile and its accessories, established a” one-to-one “customs clearance liaison with key enterprises such as SAIC Volkswagen, unblocked the online business coordination mechanism during the epidemic, and ran out of the acceleration of customs clearance efficiency through the superposition of ‘two-step declaration’, advance declaration, summary taxation and other ‘policy baskets’.”
He Dongan, chief of the fifth logistics monitoring section of Yangshan customs, said: “the RO ro shipping schedule is relatively flexible. We work closely with the terminal operator to obtain the berthing plan in advance and arrange special personnel to establish a ‘inspection special line’ to ensure that the RO ro import and export vehicles can roll up normally.”
In the first quarter of this year, Nangang wharf completed 150 berthing ships and 174300 ro ro throughput, involving famous brands such as SAIC mingjue, Datong and domestic Renault.
Since April, the situation of epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai has remained grim and complex. Shanghai Customs has successively issued two batches of customs clearance guarantee measures to speed up the declaration and withdrawal of goods, and make every effort to ensure the safety and smoothness of Shanghai ports. From April 1 to 18, the total number of imported and exported vehicles at Shanghai Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co.Ltd(600648) port and Yangshan Port exceeded 46400.