Today, cross-border micro-e-commerce is becoming a mainstream trend, recognized and favored by more and more consumers, because it is not only fashionable, but also affordable and convenient.
For example, if we want to buy a Korean brand induction cooker, it costs more than 900 yuan to buy the genuine product through purchasing agent, while the same induction cooker sold through bonded area delivery often only costs about 650 yuan, which is basically close to the market price of the place of origin. This is a case demonstrated through cross-border trade e-commerce, which is now more widely accepted by people.
So, what is the import process of cross-border micro-e-commerce? Generally speaking, the import process of cross-border micro-e-commerce is divided into seven steps.
1. General cargo inspection
General cargo inspection refers to the overseas supplier delivering the goods to the checkpoint of the construction and management center, and the customs inspects the goods against the goods declaration form. After the inspection, if the goods meet the requirements, they will proceed to the next step; if they do not meet the requirements, the customs will refuse to accept the goods.
General cargo refers to ordinary cargo and general cargo, which is mainly for dangerous goods (such as alcohol, fireworks, sulfuric acid and other flammable, explosive and corrosive items are dangerous goods), while other items are ordinary cargo (such as furniture, televisions, mobile phones, etc.).
2. Sorting
After the general cargo inspection is completed, the warehousing and logistics staff will receive the goods that meet the customs requirements, and then classify these goods and affix barcode labels.
3. Goods on the shelves
The goods with barcode labels have a unique identity certificate, and then they will be neatly placed on the shelves in the bonded warehouse by the staff. The bonded warehouse is clean, bright, spacious, and easy to store goods. At this time, the goods on the shelves will be quietly placed here, and they will enter the next process after the buyer places an order.
4. Accepting orders
After domestic customers place orders with merchants, merchants can feedback the order information to the warehouse logistics staff. After receiving the order information, the warehouse logistics staff will take the barcode scanner and the cart to the three-dimensional shelf to select the corresponding goods one by one.
5. Packing
The selected goods will then enter the delivery process. The warehouse logistics staff will pack the selected goods according to different delivery conditions. The most important work in the packing process is to fill the anti-shatter cushioning material. For those goods that need to be handled with care, the work of filling the anti-shatter cushioning material is very demanding, because if you don’t pay more attention, it will cause damage to the goods during transportation. The more formal the cross-border micro-e-commerce platform is, the more attention it pays to the work of filling the anti-shatter cushioning material. For example, Alibaba’s Tmall International e-commerce platform uses cushioning materials that cost up to 1 yuan.
6. Customs and national inspection
The packages that are about to be handed over to domestic logistics still need to go through customs and national inspection processes. The customs supervision system generally conducts inspections at a rate of 5.5%, and the inspected packages are randomly selected. In addition, all goods must be inspected by an X-ray machine. When the goods pass through the X-ray machine, the customs staff will compare the content, quantity and other information of the goods, and the inspection and quarantine department will also conduct inspections. If there are no problems after inspection, the package will be released.
7. Customs clearance
After the package is released by customs, it will be handed over to a domestic logistics company. The logistics company will ship the package to consumers across the country based on the information on the package.