Home?Industry Trends? Paperless Clearance with Network Verification to Be Fully Implemented from January 1, 2023
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Recently, the General Administration of Customs, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly announced that starting from January 1, 2023, comprehensive online verification and paperless customs clearance will be implemented for import tariff quotas. This measure is part of the General Administration of Customs' efforts to promoteforeign tradeAfter the full implementation of online verification, the issuing authorities will no longer issue paper quota certificates, which will all be replaced by electronic quota certificates. Customs will automatically call up the electronic data of quota certificates during the customs clearance process to compare and verify with the declaration data, achieving fully online and paperless processing of quota certificate application, issuance, customs clearance, and cancellation, which will effectively improve customs clearance efficiency and reduce business operating costs.
After the full implementation of online verification, issuing departments will no longer issue paper quota certificates, replacing them entirely with electronic quota certificates. Customs will automatically compare and verify electronic quota data with declaration data during clearance, achieving a fully online and paperless process for quota application, issuance, clearance, and verification, effectively improving clearance efficiency and reducing business operating costs.
It is reported that to ensure the smooth implementation of comprehensive online verification, the three departments have conducted pilot programs since September 2022, with over a hundred enterprises participating and benefiting from the reform.
According to reports, after the full implementation of import tariff quota online verification, the three departments will further optimize the online verification system based on feedback from enterprises, continuously enhancing the sense of gain for businesses and unleashing the benefits of reform.