Recently, it was learned from Ningbo Customs that statistical data shows that last year, the customs supervised a total of 96.893 million cross-border e-commerce online purchases of bonded imported goods in the Ningbo Free Trade Zone, with a value of 21.518 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.4% and 28.7%, respectively. The business volume ranked first in a single region of cross-border e-commerce online purchases of bonded import business in China for three consecutive years.
The rapid development of cross-border e-commerce import business in Ningbo Free Trade Zone is attributed to the continuous optimization of regulatory service measures by customs and other departments, and the improvement of trade facilitation level, “said the relevant person in charge of the Ningbo Free Trade Zone Management Committee.
In order to promote the sustained and healthy development of Ningbo’s cross-border e-commerce online shopping bonded import business, Ningbo Customs has successively launched 8 measures, including “innovative tax guarantee methods”, “status mutual transfer, cross regional direct transfer”, and “pilot” new retail “, continuously optimizing regulatory services and creating a” Ningbo model “for cross-border e-commerce supervision.
Last year, in the face of the sudden COVID-19, Ningbo Customs fully supported the resumption of production of cross-border e-commerce enterprises, and launched a number of targeted service measures: support enterprises to transmit vouchers remotely and handle business online; Encourage enterprises to use bank guarantee and other guarantee modes, actively implement the Late fee relief policy, and reduce the pressure on cross-border e-commerce enterprises’ capital turnover. With the strong support of customs, the company achieved a new leap in business in 2020, with sales revenue more than double that of 2019, breaking through the 1.6 billion yuan mark, “said the person in charge of Fuli Logistics Co., Ltd. in Ningbo Free Trade Zone.
When it comes to future development, Ningbo’s cross-border e-commerce enterprises are full of confidence. Our company made a substantial breakthrough in 2020 by introducing more than 500 JD pop stores. Faced with the epidemic, we bravely advanced, and the annual outbound orders increased from over 6 million in 2019 to over 11 million, “said the person in charge of Ningbo Free Trade Zone Yongyou Trading Co., Ltd.
Up to now, there are nearly 700 cross-border e-commerce enterprises registered in Ningbo Free Trade Zone, which has become an important base for a number of domestic and foreign e-commerce giants, such as American retailers Costco, Alibaba Tmall Global, JD International, Kaola.com, Danchuang, and so on. At the same time, it has cultivated a large number of local high-quality e-commerce enterprises, such as Zhengzheng E-commerce, Yongyou Trade, and so on.
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(Contributed by Ningbo Municipal Commission of Commerce)