guangzhou customs' import and export trade with africa exceeded 57.8 billion yuan in the first seven months
2024-09-03
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the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit will be held in beijing from september 4 to 6.
china and africa will share friendship, discuss cooperation and talk about the future around the theme of "working together to promote modernization and building a high-level china-africa community with a shared future."
economic and trade cooperation is the "ballast stone" and "propellant" of china-africa relations.
in recent years, china-africa economic and trade exchanges have become increasingly close, and infrastructure cooperation has gradually deepened. the chinese market has welcomed more "african goods", and african countries are looking forward to more "made in china" products. the prospects for bilateral cooperation are broad.
according to statistics, in the first seven months of this year, the import and export trade of enterprises in the guangzhou customs area with africa was about 57.8 billion yuan (rmb, the same below), of which exports were 35.48 billion yuan, mainly electromechanical products and labor-intensive products; imports were 22.32 billion yuan, mainly pearls, gems and semi-precious stones, mineral products and agricultural products.
imports of aquatic products from african countries increased by 10.4% year-on-year
namibiaseafood, south africafresh cut flowers, kenyaavocado, ethiopiacoffee beans……
as china-africa economic and trade exchanges continue to deepen, more and moreafrica's high-quality agricultural productsenter the chinese market.
at 3 a.m. on september 1, a batch of live rock lobsters produced in the african country of namibia arrived at guangzhou baiyun international airport on flight et3856. they were then quickly unloaded and transported to the designated supervision site for imported edible aquatic animals for customs inspection. after inspection by customs officers of guangzhou baiyun airport customs under guangzhou customs, they were released smoothly after finding no abnormalities.
"the coastal countries of africa are rich in marine fishery resources, with a wide variety of seafood, large size, good meat quality and affordable prices, and have great market potential in our country. in view of the characteristics of imported aquatic products from africa, such as the large variety and high preservation requirements, the customs took the initiative to connect with our import plans and demands, and promptly coordinated to solve the difficulties and problems in the customs clearance process to ensure the smooth customs clearance of the products." zhang xuyu, manager of guangzhou heyue customs clearance service co., ltd., the importer of this batch of goods, said that benefiting from the efficient and convenient customs clearance environment, imported aquatic products can be "inspected upon arrival", which further narrows the distance between african specialty agricultural products and domestic consumers.
guangzhou customs officers inspect live lobsters imported from africa
in order to facilitate the smooth import of african specialty agricultural products, guangzhou customs has continuously optimized its supervision model, opened a "green channel" for agricultural product imports in accordance with laws and regulations, set up cold chain supervision sites for fresh and perishable agricultural products, implemented "7×24 hours" customs clearance, direct unloading upon arrival, priority review of certificates, priority inspection and release and other convenient measures to help fresh goods be picked up quickly.
at the same time, the role of the customs' special commodity centralized inspection area is actively brought into play, and the advantages of the seamless integration of the national key laboratory for aquatic product testing and on-site inspection are utilized to achieve the "inspection upon arrival, inspection upon inspection, and release upon inspection" of imported fresh goods. in the first seven months of this year, enterprises in the guangzhou customs area imported about 320 million yuan of aquatic products from african countries, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%.
exports of the “new three” products to africa increased by 114.2% year-on-year
with the transformation of the global energy consumption structure, african countries are gradually promoting energy transformation and green development.
in recent years,lithium-ion batteries, photovoltaic products, electric vehiclesnew energy products represented by the "new three" are becoming more and more popular in the african market.
according to statistics, in the first seven months of this year, enterprises in the guangzhou customs area exported 950 million yuan of "new three" products to africa, a year-on-year increase of 114.2%.
on august 28, in the warehouse of a new energy technology company in guangdong, a batch of lithium-ion battery packs weighing about 76.6 tons were quickly shipped to zimbabwe and other african countries after passing the supervision of foshan customs under guangzhou customs.
the company is a national high-tech enterprise, mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of photovoltaic new energy, lithium-ion battery energy storage and other products.
"the products we export mainly include lithium-ion batteries, solar power generation systems, etc. in recent years, the demand for new energy products such as lithium-ion batteries in the african market has continued to rise, and our order volume has continued to grow. at present, the company's export business to africa accounts for about 30% of the total export business." wei yanqing, head of the company's pmc follow-up group, said.
the outstanding export performance of the "new three" products is not only a new export growth point for china-africa foreign trade, but also a vivid manifestation of the quality improvement and upgrading of china-africa economic and trade cooperation.
in order to help enterprises seize the opportunity to expand into the african market, guangzhou customs, relying on mechanisms such as "customs director contacting enterprises" and "problem clearing", comprehensively identified the difficult issues restricting the export of lithium-ion batteries and widely collected opinions and suggestions, actively explained policies and regulations to enterprises, helped them master the packaging requirements and declaration procedures for lithium-ion batteries, combined with the export plans of enterprises, promoted port-factory linkage, and innovatively applied the "direct loading upon arrival at port" model to achieve seamless connection from factory to shipment, helping enterprises to further reduce costs, increase efficiency and expand markets.
guangzhou customs officers monitor lithium-ion battery packs exported to africa
relevant person in charge of guangzhou customs said that they will follow the unified deployment of the general administration of customs, earnestly implement the concept of "smart customs, smart borders, and smart connectivity", continue to promote the construction of smart customs and the "smart customs power country" action, deepen the application and continue to promote "two-step declaration", "direct pick-up at the ship side", "direct loading upon arrival" and other facilitation customs clearance measures, and further smooth the logistics circulation nodes between my country and african countries.
at the same time, we will focus on the demands and concerns of enterprises, continuously optimize the level of service measures to benefit enterprises, help enterprises seize opportunities to expand foreign trade imports and exports, and serve to promote new achievements in china-africa economic and trade cooperation and release new momentum.
text/guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: lin lin correspondent: guan yuephoto/guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: chen youzi correspondent: guan yueguangzhou daily new flower city editor: huang xinyi
