In 2021, the container throughput of Shanghai Seaport exceeded 47 million teUS, up 8% year on year, ranking first in the world for 12 consecutive years.

　　The growth of container throughput is closely related to the continuous optimization of cross-border trade and business environment. Recently, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Phase IV wharf completed the first international transfer and consolidation pilot business. The large-scale operation will facilitate the aggregation of high value-added logistics services such as international procurement, distribution and distribution to Shanghai Port, and promote the transformation of Shanghai Port into a comprehensive port logistics service provider.

　　"Compared with the original detour through the transit port, if relying on Shanghai port for international transit, logistics, import and export enterprises in Shanghai and even the Yangtze River Delta region can greatly save the transit time and cost." Shanghai Port Logistics LCL (Shanghai) Co., LTD.

　　Shanghai customs actively promote transit consolidation business pilot, explore to set up the center for international transit consolidation, pilot study application security technology, such as smart locks, electronic fence play creation platform, realizes the enterprise warehouse management system and the customs system networking, applying high-definition monitor system for transit consolidation work area to implement visual management all the way, It provides more secure and efficient supervision services for the pilot business of transshipment pooling.

　　At present, Shanghai International Shipping Center is moving from "basically completed" to "fully completed". As the most important port along the Yangtze River waterway, Shanghai undertakes most of the goods transshipment business along the Yangtze River Economic Belt, becoming an important node of river-sea combined transportation of the 21st century Maritime Silk Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. In 2021, Shanghai customs with nanjing customs, hefei, hangzhou customs directly under the isometric triangle of customs expand "linkage" discharge customs supervision mode, and the other port as the port of discharge to sea mountain, the implementation of "linkage, regarded as a discharge port" overall supervision, realize the import and export goods "one declaration, one inspection, a release". At present, Yangshan has formed a normal joint handling and unloading mode with Taicang port in Jiangsu province, Wuhu port in Anhui Province, Dushan port and Anji port in Zhejiang Province, realizing the goal of spreading to jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces in Yangtze River Delta in batches. In the future, it will be promoted to dafeng, Suzhou Gaoxin, Zhangjiagang, Yangzhou and other coastal ports along the river as planned.

　　According to statistics, the whole transportation time of yangshan-Wuhu Port "combined pickup and unloading" mode is about 48 hours on average, which saves nearly half of the time compared with other modes. According to the owner's calculation, compared with the traditional water-water transfer mode, the "linkage receiving and unloading" mode can save logistics costs of 400 yuan per teu for export and 200 yuan per teu for import, and the enterprise can enjoy real dividends. In 2021, a total of 271,000 TEUs of exports and 22,000 teus of imports will be completed through the combined loading and unloading mode, further highlighting the status of Shanghai port as a shipping hub.

　　Shanghai Customs will actively participate in the reform work of business environment innovation pilot program, give full play to the important role of customs in connecting domestic and international markets, and strive to promote high-quality development of foreign trade.

Article source: General Administration of Customs