In order to actively implement the request of Premier Li Keqiang in the 2018 government work report that “the whole customs clearance time should be reduced by one-third”, actively completed the task of “compressing customs clearance preparation by one-third in cargo withdrawal” proposed by the General Administration of Customs. Shaoshan Customs unified its thinking, raised its sense of responsibility, and included compressing the efficiency of customs clearance in its key work range throughout the year. In conjunction with the special activities of “improving unimproved areas, changing the style and improving efficiency”, worked with the party branch and party group of the original inspection and quarantine department to hold seminars on “improving the efficiency of customs clearance and optimizing supervision services”, and established “Pioneer Party Post” and "Excellent Communist Party Member Post" at the business site to play an exemplary role. Implemented the customs clearance coordinating team system, formed a joint effort, tracked customs declarations with a circulation time of more than 24 hours, and reported weekly and coordinated the handling of abnormal customs clearance issues; optimized the customs clearance process, changed the “series” process of customs declaration and inspection, and realized synchronous "parallel" acceptance of customs declaration and inspection, canceled "inbound/outbound customs clearance form" and "inbound/outbound cargo inspection form", integrated import declaration and inspection elements, combined customs declaration and inspection into a customs declaration and a set of accompanying documents. As for export link declarations, the electronic vouchers of the export inspection and quarantine is automatically checked by the information system. Organized customs inspection business cross-learning. The former deputy director Deng Zhongqiu of the Inspection and Quarantine Bureau took the lead in reporting the customs inspection business knowledge and improving the overall quality of customs officers.
In the first half of 2018, Xiangtan Comprehensive Bonded Zone concluded 1,015 customs declarations, increasing by 195% compared with the same period of last year (343 declarations), and the customs clearance efficiency reached a new high. The import customs clearance takes 0.86 hours/form, and the export customs clearance takes 0.1 hour/form, and the customs clearance rate within 24 hours is 100%.
In the second half of 2018, Shaoshan Customs will work hard to promote the comprehensive deep integration of customs, take institutional reform as an opportunity to optimize the business environment, continue to do a good job of “reduction of customs clearance”, deepen the reform of diversified tax guarantees, and continue to carry out “self-declaration and self-paying” pilot work, strengthen the whole process monitoring of customs clearance, ensure that the average customs clearance time of import and export is shorter than the national average, support the smooth customs clearance of enterprises through practical actions, and accelerate the construction of “beautiful Xiangtan, open highland”.
