Also known as the BC model. The customs supervision code is “9610”, the full name is “cross-border trade e-commerce”, or “e-commerce” for short.
According to the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 12 of 2014, under this model, domestic consumers order foreign goods on e-commerce trading platforms, and foreign goods are transported to cross-border e-commerce supervision sites through international logistics. Cross-border e-commerce companies, payment companies, and logistics companies transmit order, payment and logistics order information to the customs through the cross-border e-commerce customs clearance service platform, and the customs will release the goods after comparing the “three orders”. Considering the actual transaction of direct purchase imports, postal companies and inbound and outbound express operators can accept the entrustment of cross-border e-commerce platforms or domestic agents of cross-border e-commerce companies and payment companies, and transmit electronic information such as transactions and payments to the customs on the premise of promising to bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
It can be seen that the characteristics of direct purchase import are as follows:
First, it is a centralized import, which is characterized by a wide variety of goods, separate packaging based on orders, and centralized delivery with one ticket;
Second, there are many choices of goods. The direct purchase import model is often shipped directly by overseas suppliers or overseas warehouses, providing more choices of goods, especially new goods that can be sold across borders at the first time;
Third, it is an agent to push orders. Under this model, postal enterprises and inbound and outbound express operators are allowed to accept the commission, commit to responsibilities, and then push order and payment order information to the customs.
Similar to online shopping bonded imports, direct purchase imports also require the “three orders” to be compared and released before they are correct.