Choosing the Wrong Customs Brokerage Company = Chronic Suicide?

Mr. Zhang has been in a real bind recently - the imported equipment worth 800,000 has been stuck in customs for two full weeks, with 3,000 yuan in storage fees burned every day; Ms. Li's cross-border e-commerce orders were fully returned due to omissions in the declaration materials, resulting in losses of over 150,000 yuan. Behind these scenarios lies a key role that is easily overlooked: the customs brokerage company.

According to the data of the General Administration of Customs in 2023, the national customs declaration error rate increased by 7.2% year-on-year, with small and medium-sized enterprises accounting for as high as 83%. Many enterprises choose to handle customs declarations on their own to save costs, but they overlook three fatal blind spots:

• Policy Update Lag: The RCEP rules of origin are adjusted by more than 200 items every year, and it is extremely easy for non-professionals to misjudge.
• Hidden Cost Black Hole: A supply chain disruption caused by a single inspection delay may offset ten years' worth of customs declaration fees.
• Compliance Risk Accumulation: An electronics factory was eventually listed on the customs' untrustworthy list due to three consecutive misclassifications.

As a service provider that has been deeply involved in the industry for 17 years, Zhongshitong's original "Three-Stage Risk Control Model" has helped more than 500 enterprises resolve crises:

• Preliminary Review Stage: The AI system automatically compares the customs clearance data of similar commodities in the past three years, with an error rate of less than 0.3%.
• Declaration Stage: A dual-review mechanism by licensed customs declarants and lawyers to ensure 100% legal compliance of documents.
• Emergency Stage: There are stationed commissioners at 42 ports across the country, with an average response time of 1.5 hours.

Ms. Wang once firmly believed that "customs declaration is just filling out forms" until her cosmetics were identified as contraband due to an incorrect HS code. In fact, the five major value-added services provided by excellent customs brokerage companies are the core competitiveness:

• Tariff Planning Schemes (A customer saved 37% of taxes through classification suggestions).
• Cross-Border Logistics Link Optimization (The customs declaration time limit for the China-Europe Railway Express has been compressed to 8 hours).
• AEO Certification Counseling (The pass rate has been increased to 92%).

Try to answer these three questions: Has the other party ever the Annual Compliance Report? Can they clearly explain the 2024 Edition Tariff Adjustment newly released by the customs? Do they have an Emergency Pre-Registration Number when encountering inspections? If the answers are all negative, perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your choice.

Customs declaration may seem like the end link of the trade chain, but in fact, it determines the life and death line of the entire business. Instead of paying a huge tuition fee after the risk erupts, it's better to build a solid defense line with professional services now. Leave a comment to share your customs declaration experience, and we will randomly select three readers to provide free customs affairs health diagnosis.