Recently, under the supervision of Zhaoqing Customs, 12 containers carrying 275 tons of aluminum alloy ingots were loaded onto barges after completing customs clearance procedures at The Sihui port of Zhaoqing, and then transported to Shenzhen Shekou port to be directly loaded onto international ships for export to Southeast Asia. This marks a big bay "ZuGeGang" project for the new members of the "shenzhen shekou - zhaoqing sihui" official start, also is the implementation and guangzhou nansha zhaoqing port via "bay one port" project, "shenzhen shekou - zhaoqing high" ZuGeGang project after another important measures, a large bay area of guangdong construction of harbor group continue to speed up.

　　Zhaoqing Sihui Port is located at the intersection of beijiang river and Xijiang River, with an annual import and export volume of 15,000 standard containers. However, due to the local inland waterway conditions are not suitable for large international cargo ships to enter directly, in the past, about 30% of the export goods of sihui Port need to be transported to Shenzhen seaport by transit cargo transport ships, and then loaded onto international sailing ships for shipment after going through customs transit formalities. In this mode, there are many business links and a long logistics process, which makes it difficult for export enterprises to accurately control the shipping schedule of international sailing ships and easy to disrupt their export plans.

　　The implementation of the "Shenzhen Shekou - Zhaoqing Sihui" combined port project depends on the customs of Guangzhou and Shenzhen to further optimize the customs supervision process, to achieve a seamless connection between Zhaoqing Sihui port and Shenzhen Shekou Port, equivalent to extending the shenzhen seaport to the Pearl River. Under the new mode, import and export enterprises will complete the declaration and inspection procedures at Zhaoqing Sihui port and ship the goods directly to Shenzhen Shekou port for exit.

　　Zhaoqing Dazheng Aluminum Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise to test the water of "Shenzhen Shekou - Zhaoqing Sihui" combined port project. The aluminum alloy ingots produced by the company are exported to many countries in Southeast Asia. "Applying the combined port mode not only saves the logistics cost of customs clearance, but also reduces the delivery default risk caused by logistics delay, bringing obvious benefits to the enterprise." The company customs officer said。

　　It is estimated that after the implementation of the "combined port" project between Zhaoqing Sihui port and Shenzhen Shekou port, the time for goods to complete export and departure from Zhaoqing Sihui Port to Shenzhen Shekou Port will be effectively shortened by two to three days, the comprehensive logistics cost of enterprises will be reduced by about 30%, and the terminal site and container turnover efficiency will also be further improved.

　　"Customs business model innovation effect and strengthen information system, and will promote regional logistics integration services, optimize the import and export of goods flow, large bay port logistics coordination between city and seamless, the function combination, ship loading and unloading, and synergy, port cooperation, on the basis of data driven to achieve large bay port logistics integration and intelligent supervision." Zhaoqing Customs deputy director Qiu Yalin said.

Article source: General Administration of Customs