Is the export customs declaration of Zhenjiang enterprises always blocked? Here are 3 pit avoidance guides

"Mr. Zhang, the HS code of this batch of goods was wrong again, and the customs detained it for 3 days!" At 11 pm, Ms. Li sighed deeply at the computer screen in the office of a foreign trade company in Zhenjiang. Such scenes are not uncommon among Zhenjiang export enterprises. The customs clearance process is complex, the policies are updated quickly, and the document requirements are strict... How to complete the export customs declaration efficiently and in compliance has become a difficult problem for many enterprises.

As an important port city in the Yangtze River Delta, Zhenjiang sees tens of thousands of batches of goods leaving here for the global market every year. However, many business owners find that: Although the product quality is excellent, they always stumble in the customs declaration process. The main reasons are concentrated in three aspects:

• Fast policy changes: A certain chemical enterprise last year missed tariff preferences due to not understanding the new RCEP regulations;
• Detailed document requirements: A certain electromechanical exporter had the whole container stranded at the port due to omitting to fill in the power parameters;
• Long process time: The traditional customs declaration usually takes 2-3 working days, and may delay the shipping schedule in case of inspection.

Manager Wang, the customs declaration expert of Zhongshitong, revealed: "90% of customs declaration problems stem from information asymmetry." The value of professional agency institutions lies here:

• Track the dynamic of customs policies in real-time and give early warnings for code adjustments in advance;
• Establish a standardized document library and automatically verify more than 200 data items;
• Pass through the channel of AEO-certified enterprises, and the inspection rate is reduced by 60%;
• Provide "door-to-door" service, and the whole process from factory packing to port release is managed throughout.

Facing the numerous customs declaration agencies in the market, how should Zhenjiang enterprises choose? It is recommended to focus on:

• Whether it has the AA-level qualification of the customs;
• Whether there are operation cases in the same industry;
• Whether the information system supports real-time progress query;
• Whether the emergency handling team responds 24 hours a day;
• Whether the charging model is transparent without hidden terms.

With the upgrade of the "Single Window" of the customs, intelligent customs declaration is changing the industry ecology. After a cooperative enterprise uses Zhongshitong's intelligent pre-customs declaration system:

• The declaration error rate has dropped from 15% to 1.2%;
• The average customs clearance time has been shortened to 4 hours;
• Over 800,000 yuan of port detention fees have been saved throughout the year.