on the afternoon of July 22, Tianjin Customs and Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce jointly held a press conference, at which they reported the relevant situation of Tianjin Import and export enterprises using the preferential tariff policies of the free trade agreement (FTA). In the first half of this year, the utilization level of tariff preferences of Tianjin enterprises under the free trade agreement continued to rise, reducing the import and export costs of enterprises, effectively alleviating the impact of the epidemic on Tianjin's foreign trade and stabilizing the basic market of foreign trade. Driven by various facilitation measures, Tianjin Import and export enterprises enjoyed more than 1 billion yuan of preferential tariff under FTA in the first half of the year
in the process of implementing relevant national policies, Tianjin Customs and Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce have promoted the continuous improvement of the utilization level of tariff preferences of Tianjin enterprises under the free trade agreement by increasing the publicity of preferential tariff policies under the free trade agreement, expanding the coverage of electronic networking of certificates, reducing the audit time of certificates and improving the convenience of certificate issuance
according to the relevant person in charge of Tianjin Customs, since the outbreak of COVID-19, Tianjin Customs has introduced facilitation measures such as obtaining certificates nearby, express visas and self-service printing to facilitate enterprises to apply for certificates of origin. In particular, with the promotion of self-service printing facilitation measures for certificates of origin, more and more export enterprises in Tianjin can directly print certificates of origin with customs visa seals and signatures of visa personnel "at home", realizing "zero contact" application for certificates of origin. In June, the proportion of self-service printing of Tianjin customs of origin reached 81%. Driven by various facilitation measures, in the first half of the year, Tianjin export enterprises could enjoy about 470 million yuan of preferential tariff under FTA by applying to Tianjin Customs for a certificate of origin
from January to June, 801 import enterprises in Tianjin enjoyed tariff preference of 535 million yuan under the free trade agreement, with a year-on-year increase of 7%, of which the value of preferential imports under the China ASEAN, China South Korea and China New Zealand Free Trade Agreement ranked among the top three. The comprehensive utilization level of Tianjin enterprises' imports under the free trade agreement showed an upward trend month by month, especially from March to June, which increased by 10 percentage points compared with the same period last year
in view of the new situations and new characteristics of "there is still room to improve the utilization level" and "the utilization level of private enterprises needs to be improved" in Tianjin enterprises' use of the preferential tariff policies of the free trade agreement, Tianjin Customs also reminded enterprises with trade exchanges with ASEAN and South Korea to focus on the tax reduction arrangements of the two free trade agreements; For small, medium-sized and micro private enterprises, Tianjin Customs suggests relevant enterprises to study and make use of the preferential policies of relevant free trade agreements to effectively reduce the import and export costs of enterprises
according to the relevant person in charge of Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in June, Tianjin achieved remarkable results in "stabilizing foreign trade" and achieved contrarian growth. The import and export of the month was 73.22 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.8%; Among them, the export was 29.27 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.3%; Imports amounted to 43.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.3%. At the meeting, the relevant person in charge also introduced the promotion of the construction of the international trade single window by the Municipal Bureau of Commerce. In June, the declaration coverage of the customs certificate of origin of the international trade single window in Tianjin reached 52.58%; In the special period of epidemic prevention and control this year, Tianjin Municipal Bureau of commerce also opened the column of "FTA policy publicity" to continue to do a good job in policy publicity to Tianjin enterprises
in the next step, Tianjin Customs and Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce will also carry out precise assistance to continuously improve the utilization effect of tariff preferential policies under the free trade agreement; Strengthen the application of rules of origin and guide industrial transformation and upgrading; Continue to deepen the reform of origin and constantly optimize the business environment in the field of origin. (China Daily Tianjin reporter Station)
source: China Daily