Are there hidden risks in import and export agency pictures? 90% of people don't understand

Have you ever been curious about how overseas products cross thousands of mountains and rivers to reach your hands? Behind those seemingly simple import and export agency pictures, there are complex codes of international trade. Today, we will lift the mysterious veil of this "economic map" in the most intuitive way.

Mr. Zhang recently received a batch of German equipment. The customs declaration form picture attached to the box made him suddenly realize that information such as the value of the goods, HS code, and place of origin had already been visually processed by the agency company. "It's as simple as cooking according to a recipe," he said with a smile. Such pictures distinguish required items (such as those with red borders) by color marking, give icon prompts for common errors (such as yellow exclamation marks), and even use flowcharts to explain the tax refund steps.

• High information density: A single A4-sized picture can hold more than 20 key fields.
• Reduce communication costs: Bilingual comparison in Chinese and English reduces email exchanges by 70%.
• Risk visualization: Mark sensitive item names with ⛔ symbols to avoid goods detention.

During last year's Double Eleven, Ms. Li's goods were stranded at the port because she a false qualification picture. Later, experts from Zhongshitong pointed out the flaws: A genuine customs record screenshot should have a dynamic watermark and a 13-digit record number. Common risks also include:

• Photoshopped expired food quarantine certificates.
• Blurry photos of container seals.
• Agent authorization letters without perforated seals.

When Mr. Wang was taking pictures of chemical raw materials with his mobile phone, the consultant from Zhongshitong suggested: Shoot the label at a 45-degree angle (to avoid reflection), add a reference object (such as an A4 paper to show the scale), take three consecutive pictures (with different focal lengths). High-quality pictures can increase the customs clearance speed by 30%, especially for:

• UN packaging marks for dangerous goods.
• Close-up shots of nameplates of mechanical and electrical products.
• Component labels of textile products.

A certain cross-border e-commerce platform automatically extracts the difference between the invoice amount and the customs declaration form through image recognition technology, with the error rate dropping by 92%. When you see an advertisement for "intelligent classification" on your WeChat Moments, don't forget that the machine learning behind it has analyzed millions of document pictures. But machines will always need the final check by humans - just like no matter how accurate a navigation system is, it still needs the driver to judge the actual road conditions.

After reading this, you might as well open your mobile phone album: Do the freight forwarder pictures you've taken hide any undiscovered business opportunities or risks? Welcome to share your most "valuable" or "thrilling" import and export picture stories in the comment section.