Cancel the registration of cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse companies!

27 Mar.,2025

In order to implement the arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on accelerating the development of new cross-border e-commerce formats and the Central Economic Work Conference on expanding cross-border e-commerce exports, conscientiously implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and further promote high-quality cross-border e-c

 

In order to implement the arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on accelerating the development of new cross-border e-commerce formats and the Central Economic Work Conference on expanding cross-border e-commerce exports, conscientiously implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and further promote high-quality cross-border e-commerce Development, the General Administration of Customs announced the following measures to optimize cross-border e-commerce export supervision: 1. Cancel the registration of cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse enterprises. Enterprises that carry out cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse business do not need to register the export overseas warehouse business model with the customs, and will no longer implement the "three" in the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 75 of 2020. , Enterprise Management” requires that “Cross-border e-commerce companies that carry out export overseas warehouse business should also register the export overseas warehouse business model with the customs.” Enterprises still need to transmit electronic warehouse order data to the customs during the declaration process and are responsible for the authenticity.   2. Simplify export document declaration procedures. Before filing cross-border e-commerce retail exports and business-to-business export lists, cross-border e-commerce companies or their agents and logistics companies should go through the international trade "single window" or cross-border e-commerce customs clearance respectively. The service platform transmits electronic information such as transactions and logistics to the customs without transmitting electronic information on receipts, and bears corresponding legal responsibility for the authenticity of the data.   3. Expand the pilot program of "inspect first and then ship" export LCL goods, and launch "Export LCL goods" at 12 customs offices directly under the customs, including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Xiamen, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Huangpu, Chengdu, and Xi'an Customs. Pilot the supervision model of "inspect first and then ship". Cross-border e-commerce export goods are allowed to enter customs supervision workplaces (sites) in bulk form, undergo customs inspection first, and then be flexibly shipped in LCLs according to actual needs. The customs supervision workplace (venue) needs to establish a real-time information collection system for all aspects of cargo entry, shelving, packing, and logistics and transportation from the customs supervision workplace (venue) to the port, to achieve full-process information management, and to network with the customs in real time Transfer the corresponding data.   4. Promote the cross-customs area return supervision model for cross-border e-commerce retail exports in Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian, Harbin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Hefei, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Nanchang, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Twenty customs offices directly under the Customs, including Huangpu, Chengdu, and Urumqi Customs, have launched pilot projects for cross-border e-commerce retail export cross-customs return supervision models. Returned goods for cross-border e-commerce retail exports (9610 model) are allowed to be returned across directly-affiliated customs areas. Returned goods should be returned to the customs supervision workplace (site) where cross-border e-commerce retail export business is carried out. Enterprises that carry out cross-border e-commerce retail export cross-customs area return business should standardize their operations, have enterprise production operation system data and open it to the customs or connect with the customs information system.   5. Other matters Other relevant regulatory requirements will continue to be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 194 of 2018, No. 44 of 2020 and No. 75 of 2020.   This announcement will be effective from December 15, 2024.   Announcement is hereby made.   General Administration of Customs