the reporter learned from zibo comprehensive free trade zone that on march 18, 2021, with the approval of the state council, the ministry of commerce, the development and reform commission, the ministry of finance the general administration of customs and other six departments jointly issued the notice on expanding the pilot of cross-border e-commerce retail import and strictly implementing the regulatory requirements (shang cai fa [2021] no. 39, hereinafter referred to as the notice)
the notice further expanded the scope of cross-border e-commerce retail import pilot cities, and expanded the cross-border e-commerce retail import pilot to all pilot free trade zones, cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, comprehensive bonded zones, import trade promotion and innovation demonstration zones the city (and region) where the bonded logistics center (type b) is located, which means that as one of the cities with comprehensive bonded zones in the province, our city can be included in the pilot cities of cross-border e-commerce retail import, enjoy various dividends of the pilot cities, and bring significant benefits to the development of cross-border e-commerce in our city
according to the person in charge of zibo comprehensive bonded zone, previously, for non pilot cities, cross-border e-commerce enterprises can only choose" online shopping bonded import a"(supervision method code 1239) for bonded import. according to the spirit of the notice, in the future, after the relevant cities (regions) are confirmed by the local customs to meet the supervision requirements, they can import in accordance with the regulations according to the notice of the development and reform commission of the ministry of commerce, the ministry of finance, the general administration of customs, the state administration of taxation and the state administration of market supervision on improving the supervision of cross-border e-commerce retail import (shang cai fa [2018] no. 486), carry out online shopping bonded import (customs supervision mode code 1210)
"compared with the 1239 model, the biggest advantage of the 1210 model is that all imported goods can be supervised according to the imported goods for personal use, and the requirements for the first import license, registration or filing of relevant goods are not implemented. for example, cosmetics, infant milk powder and health food, which account for a large proportion of cross-border e-commerce imports, have the requirements for the first import license or filing. after the pilot expansion, the new cross-border e-commerce imports into the city relevant commodities can also enjoy the policy dividend of exemption from license, registration or filing. this will be a major positive for both cross-border e-commerce practitioners in our city and citizens who like "overseas shopping." chang jinting, deputy director of zibo comprehensive free trade zone service center, told reporters
in an interview with reporters, many enterprises with cross-border e-commerce business in our city said that after being approved to carry out online shopping bonded import (customs supervision mode code 1210), the tariff of imported goods will be reduced accordingly. the regulation of goods imported for personal use is even more important than tax preference, which is the biggest policy advantage and bonus of cross-border e-commerce import
in an interview with reporters, the relevant person in charge of zibo customs said that zibo customs would give full play to its functions, strengthen supervision, optimize services, publicize policies, answer questions and dispel doubts through "online offline", multi department cooperation, questionnaire survey and accurate docking, so that more enterprises could understand the new policies, help the implementation of the new deal as soon as possible, empower the comprehensive insurance zone and boost the development of cross-border e-commerce in our city
it is understood that the new deal has no transition period, it has been implemented since march 18, 2021 . the current cross-border e-commerce retail import policy is still in the pilot stage, and the relevant departments will continue to adjust and improve it in the next step according to the problems and conditions
source: zibo