After the country launched the cross-border e-commerce pilot, the stimulus for imports was far greater than for exports. The import channels that had been “imprisoned” for a long time were in a state of excitement. Many people in society even believed that cross-border e-commerce was import. 2014 is the first year of cross-border import in China. The pilot cities for e-commerce customs clearance services are Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Zhengzhou. Later, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Fuzhou, and Pingtan successively joined. At this time, all places regard cross-border import as a focus.
Major pilot cities have expanded bonded warehouses and cross-border parks, and taking advantage of the opportunity to attract new customers, they have called on major brand e-commerce companies, logistics companies and major retail goods companies to settle in. Showing irrational exuberance. The pilot ports have slightly muddy waters regarding differences in policy interpretation and implementation standards. The layout of logistics and product selection is complex, and considering the balance of interests with traditional general trade, the pilot ports are also trying to cross the river by feeling the stones, and control quarantine standards and bonded categories. Each department is exploring and adjusting the policy during the policy implementation process. The environment involves commodity inspection, taxation, foreign exchange, customs, etc., and changes in each link have an impact on the overall situation.
The state promotes reform pilots and allows moderate trial and error in pilots. Since the beginning of the first batch of pilot projects, goods in Zhengzhou, Ningbo, Chongqing and other places have been very smooth. Shanghai, Tianjin and other places have strictly followed the rules, with little flexibility and relatively small import volumes. With the accumulation of operations, various regions have gradually explored some experience methods and launched corresponding cross-border e-commerce public service platforms. Imported e-commerce is growing day by day, and the number of domestic “overseas shopping tribes” is expected to increase to 35.6 million by 2018, with annual consumption reaching 1 trillion yuan.”
Once the policy is tried, it must be popularized. The judgment for the future is “there will be no pilot after the pilot.” In the future, cities with port and customs supervision conditions can engage in cross-border e-commerce, and there will no longer be a distinction between pilot and no. Announcement No. 57 of the General Administration of Customs in 2016 clarified the access to the “unified version of the cross-border e-commerce import system”, which is a shock to the “single window” in various places. Unified access to commodity inspection and national taxation seems to be just around the corner. Recently, 9 cities under the jurisdiction of Jinan Customs can ” “Automatically” enjoy the same tax and regulatory policies as cross-border e-commerce pilot cities, realizing “one district, multiple parks.” In short, the policies and markets are not solid enough, and there is still a lot of room for exploration.