Guangzhou Development Zone Aerial view
Hualu Customs Customs officers from Guangzhou Customs go to the textile and clothing company to learn about production and operation.
Huadu Customs Customs officers from Guangzhou Customs conduct research in the enterprise.
Nansha Development Zone Port Project
Guangdong Foreign Trade New Power
RCEP?
" Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement " is abbreviated as RCEP. It is a regional free trade agreement centered on developing economies . It is also the largest free trade agreement in the world. It was initiated by the ten ASEAN countries in 2012. Its members include the ten ASEAN countries and China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand . It was officially signed on November 15, 2020. Its signature is an important step for regional countries to maintain the multilateral trading system and build an open world economy in . It is of landmark significance for deepening the regional economic integration of and stabilizing the global economy of . On January 1, 2022, the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" came into effect and the world's largest free trade zone officially set sail.
text, pictures/Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporter Xu Xiaofang, Lin Lin Correspondents Sui Business Promotion, Guan Yue
In the comprehensive bonded zone of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, a batch of clothing accessories worth about 700,000 yuan worth of cargo is exported to Singapore by air transportation. Zeng Yi, customs manager of Guangzhou Huigou Supply Chain Co., Ltd., who is responsible for handling the customs clearance procedures for this batch of goods, said with a smile: "RCEP implements a series of facilitation measures such as customs clearance and taxation, which greatly improves the export efficiency of cross-border e-commerce and further reduces the transportation costs of enterprises. Our trade volume has increased significantly since this year, with an average monthly cross-border e-commerce export volume exceeding 3,000 tons, which is unimaginable before."
was signed by ASEAN 10 countries and five countries in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The total economic output of reached 26 trillion US dollars, and the total export volume reached 5.2 trillion US dollars, accounting for about 30% of the global total. It can be said that this is the world's free trade agreement with the largest number of participants, the most diverse member structure, and the greatest development potential. Looking back at the coming 2022, the implementation of RCEP is like a timely rain, bringing more vitality and opportunities to the foreign trade economy of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area .
Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs data shows that in the first eight months of this year, Guangdong, as the largest province in foreign trade, increased by 8.1%, 3.2 percentage points higher than the overall export growth rate. In the face of pressure, Guangdong has used a series of strong foreign trade stabilization policies and measures to promote the implementation of RCEP and maintain overall stability of foreign trade. Recently, our reporter went deep into the field of foreign trade in Guangdong, interviewed front-line foreign trade staff, and explored the source of power for Guangdong's foreign trade. Starting today, a series of reports on "Guangdong's new foreign trade power" will be launched one after another. What's the good thing about
RCEP? More than 90% of goods trade in the region will achieve zero tariffs. According to statistics, from January to October this year, Guangzhou Customs issued a total of 12,406 preferential certificates of origin under RCEP, with a value of 4.37 billion yuan; enterprises declared 4.85 billion yuan of goods under RCEP to Guangzhou Customs; approved exporters recognized by Guangzhou Customs issued a total of 480 independent statements of origin for export countries with a value of about 200 million yuan. What are the benefits of
RCEP? Mainly, it releases a number of policies in terms of rules of origin, tariff concessions, etc. dividends. " tariff reduction and exemption of is the most direct reflection of the policy dividends brought to enterprises by the free trade agreement, and it is also one of the key points of attention of import and export enterprises. After the RCEP agreement comes into effect, more than 90% of the trade in goods in the region will eventually achieve zero tariffs." A relevant person in charge of Guangzhou Customs introduced that thanks to the rules of accumulation of origin in RCEP, import and export enterprises can obtain origin qualifications and enjoy tariff preferential treatment with lower thresholds. He gave an example. Aquarium produced by a company in Guangzhou was exported to Thailand. During the production process, , polystyrene, , plastic particles from Malaysia, and water pumps from South Korea were used. Since Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and China are all RCEP member states, according to the RCEP accumulation rules: "The above materials can be regarded as materials of origin in China, and it will be easier for aquariums to obtain RCEP origin qualifications and enjoy preferential tariff treatment."
, Director of the Institute of Regional Opening and Cooperation of Sun Yat-sen University, , Mao Yanhua, , also emphasized that RCEP has further strengthened the cooperation relationship between industrial chain and supply chains in the members, improved the comprehensive productivity and product competitiveness, and will surely promote the formation of a mutually beneficial and win-win regional industrial chain and supply chain cooperation pattern. He believes that Guangzhou should actively carry out investment promotion for RCEP countries, promote the implementation of projects to stabilize, supplement and strengthen chain projects, and accelerate the cultivation of strategic industrial clusters.
, 未分类In China's view, RCEP can not only promote trade in goods, but also promote the upgrading of the local industrial chain, help achieve high-level development in Guangdong's cross-border e-commerce and cross-border service trade, and promote the development of technical cooperation between my country and member states. "In these fields, Guangdong has certain advantages. If the advantages of superior geographical location, developed shipping routes, rich diplomatic resources are combined, it will not only be conducive to Guangdong's industrial transformation and upgrading, but also help promote Guangdong to strengthen all-round cooperation with countries and professional institutions related to RCEP, promote the development of new foreign trade formats, and build a new development pattern. "He said. What industries should
RCEP help?
Auto parts, petrochemicals, leather, textiles and other industries benefit the most
reporter learned that Japan is the only country among all RCEP member countries that has not signed a free trade agreement with my country. The signing and implementation of RCEP will promote the first tariff concession commitment between China and Japan, and the bilateral trade relations will be further deepened, bringing major benefits to Guangdong's auto parts, petrochemicals, leather, textiles, cosmetics and other industries.
Guangdong is my country's main automobile production base. In recent years, the number and scale of Guangdong's automobile manufacturing enterprises have maintained steady growth, and there are a total of automobile and parts companies above a certain scale. More than 870 units have produced more than 3 million vehicles, ranking first in the country for three consecutive years, forming a diversified industrial development pattern of Japanese, European and American and independent brands. A person in charge of an automobile company told reporters that taking Guangzhou, where Japanese auto companies gathered as an example, the output value of the automobile manufacturing industry accounts for nearly 30% of the total output value of the city's scale, of which the scale of the automobile parts industry exceeded 100 billion yuan. It is expected that the first year of the implementation of RCEP will save tariff costs for Guangzhou automobile manufacturers to import spare parts from Japan by more than 60 million yuan: "The daily import tax rate of more than 750W DC motors used for automobile manufacturing will be reduced from 12% to 6%. The tax reduction for this commodity alone will save costs of relevant import companies by more than 30 million yuan. "
It is worth mentioning that not only the import of automobile parts will enjoy the RCEP tax reduction discount, but a series of automobile parts and other products such as iron or non-alloy steel hot-rolled coils, engine parts, high-strength bolts, , etc. used to manufacture automobile body parts will also enjoy the tax reduction dividends to varying degrees.
Foshan Yongyi Precision Forging Co., Ltd. is a company in Nanhai District, Foshan City that processes and produces automobile parts. The company customs ht Guan Peixin, the person in charge of ml3, told reporters that most of the company's products are exported to Japan. After RCEP came into effect, the tariff rate of nuts and screws products dropped from 2.8% to 2.5%, and further dropped to 2.3% after April 1. Now each batch of goods can enjoy a tariff discount of 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, saving the company a lot of money.
Guangdong is in action:
Support enterprises to go overseas to carry out localized operations
Enter the politics From a policy perspective, the Guangdong Province Action Plan for High-Quality Implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) reviewed and approved in April this year proposed that Guangdong should make full use of RCEP to back the rules of origin, build a distribution center for regional means of production and intermediate products, and improve the province's ability to attract and allocate regional resource factors. It is necessary to accelerate the market layout of new trade formats in RCEP, build a number of cross-border e-commerce independent stations and overseas warehouses in the RCEP market, and support enterprises to go overseas to carry out Localized operation, support Guangzhou to build a central city of offshore trade.
According to the "Action Plan", Guangdong will strengthen the linkage between domestic and international markets and industries, and set up a number of import country pavilions, display centers and centralized sales areas for RCEP member countries in the province. Innovate the economic and trade exchange mechanism with RCEP member countries, hold a cross-border e-commerce exchange meeting between China (Guangdong)-RCEP member countries, and strive to settle the national "Silk Road E-commerce" government-enterprise dialogue activity.
It is worth noting that in addition to formulating and implementing the "Action Plan" at the policy level, Guangdong has also cultivated six provincial import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones such as Guangzhou Huangpu, and created RCEP trade clusters, while making good use of RCEP tariff concession arrangements and regional origin accumulation rules, promote port encryption and international liner routes between RCEP member countries, etc., and expand the export of advantageous products such as electronic information, textiles and clothing, and furniture; support qualified enterprises to acquire international brands, promote independent brands and participate in international exhibitions, hold exhibitions such as Canton Fair , High-tech Fair , and China Expo , and hold more than 50 "Guangdong Trade Global" series of exhibitions for the RCEP market, and implement the RCEP action plan with the continuous expansion of import and export of advantageous products with high quality.
reporter noticed that recently, in order to encourage localities to combine their own resource advantages to build the RCEP enterprise service platform and promote the high-quality implementation of RCEP in the province to achieve results, Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce and Guangdong Provincial Council for the Promotion of Trade also jointly issued the "Provincial RCEP Enterprise Service Center Construction Work Plan" and carried out the application and review of the provincial RCEP Enterprise Service Center in Guangdong Province. After evaluation, six units including Shenzhen RCEP Service Center and Jiangmen RCEP Enterprise Service Center were identified as Guangdong Provincial RCEP Enterprise Service Center. In addition, 6 units including Guangdong Online Business Association , Zhuhai International Chamber of Commerce, Guangzhou Foreign Trade Enterprise Association, etc. were identified as Guangdong Provincial Local RCEP Enterprise Service Center.
"Guangdong is the largest province in foreign trade, with a relatively concentrated main export market, and there are conditions to promote trade and investment promotion activities related to RCEP. This type of economic and trade exchanges and cooperation can better make good use of the advantages of the RCEP agreement, better stabilize import and export trade, stabilize market entities and stabilize employment." Mao Yanhua told reporters.
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① Enterprises enjoy policy dividends at the Canton Fair
From October 15, 2022 to March 15, 2023, online exhibitors of the 132nd Canton Fair can enjoy the online exhibition-related services of the Canton Fair. The Canton Fair has become an opportunity to further promote the implementation of RCEP.
reporter learned that the 132nd Canton Fair has taken multiple measures to help domestic enterprises connect with leading multinational companies and big buyers and lay out new markets. Various trading groups also actively organize enterprises to participate in several RCEP matchmaking meetings and policy publicity meetings held by the Canton Fair to help foreign trade enterprises seize the opportunities of RCEP.
was founded in 1989. It mainly deals in home plastic products and plastic mold . In recent years, it has cooperated with many colleges and research institutions to develop new materials, and its products are sold to Southeast Asia and Europe and the United States. "In the first 10 months of this year, we exported products to Japan and Thailand and applied RCEP-related convenience policies under the guidance of customs, and won nearly 40,000 yuan in tax reduction discounts for customers." Mr. Zhou, the company's customs supervisor, said that coupled with the influence of the Canton Fair platform, they believe that their products will enter the international market faster at a more favorable price.
Relevant person in charge of Guangzhou Customs said that in order to help exhibitors from the Canton Fair participate in the Customs District Canton Fair to fully enjoy the dividends of RCEP policy, they actively connect with enterprises, help import and export enterprises to be familiar with and make full use of the import and export enjoyment policies, and guide enterprises to skillfully use " Internet + Customs" and "single window" to carry out business processing of origin, give full play to the advantages of intelligent review of certificates of origin, "local filing" and self-service printing operations of enterprises, greatly shorten the visa time and shorten the time limit for enterprises to apply for certificates: "At the same time, we also combine the scope of exhibitions of this Canton Fair to expand and service time, etc. Features: Four support measures including 'Online Consulting Quality Improvement and Upgrading' were introduced. They participated in the conference theme forum for the first time. Focusing on the hot topics of foreign trade enterprises such as RCEP, tax rules and commodity classification and free trade pilot zones, they carried out policy publicity to more than 35,000 domestic and foreign enterprises participating in the exhibition. "
In the future, Guangzhou Customs will continue to increase the intensity of publicity and training on enterprises, do a good job in interpreting RCEP policies and following up the implementation effect, guide AEO advanced certification enterprises to apply for the "approved exporter" certification qualification, and continue to promote "intelligent review" of certificates of origin and other facilitation measures.
②Guangzhou helps local famous products to go overseas to grab orders
At the end of August this year, the 8th China Guangzhou International Investment Annual Conference Parallel Branch - RCEP and Guangzhou Development Roundtable was held. At the meeting, the "Guangzhou City Action Plan on Implementing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan") was released. The action plan proposes 24 work tasks and related measures in eight aspects that connect with RCEP. Since the signing of
RCEP, various departments and districts in Guangzhou have intensively introduced various RCEP policies and measures to connect with RCEP, committed to building Guangzhou into a "bridgehead" for deepening economic and trade cooperation with other RCEP countries in an all-round and multi-dimensional manner.
Recently, Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce organized nearly 40 foreign trade companies to go to Southeast Asia to participate in the Guangdong (Malaysia) Product Exhibition and the Singapore Beauty Exhibition in Asia Pacific. With this opportunity, companies can better expand markets and build channels. The head of Beile (Guangzhou) Intelligent Information Technology Company said, "I learned about the regional market demand of RCEP through the exhibition, and we have regarded this as the next important market development."
According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Guangzhou will give full play to the city's special team mechanism to stabilize foreign trade, and create a convenient trade environment for enterprises to export to RCEP countries in business, customs, foreign exchange , taxation, etc. Actively utilize the resources of the overseas business representative office, the overseas investment intermediary institutions and overseas enterprises to provide assistance to local enterprises in trade promotion and other aspects.
After learning about the development trend of exhibition industry and the strong desire of enterprises to "go global", the Guangzhou Municipal Council for Promotion of Trade actively innovated the organizational form of the "Guangzhou Famous Products·World Tour Exhibition" event, and supported new models of exhibition industry such as exhibitions and online exhibitions. By adopting the new exhibition model of "domestic online counterpart talks and overseas offline commodity exhibitions", enterprises that cannot attend the exhibition site "sit at home and trade across foreign countries". The reporter learned that in order to continue to grasp the RCEP dividends for enterprises, the Guangzhou Council for the Promotion of International Trade will continue to organize RCEP preferential tax rate policy training meetings every month next year, and will also strengthen RCEP research, continue to play the role of the Guangzhou Foreign Trade and Foreign-invested Enterprise Special Team, and promptly collect the difficulties and problems encountered by enterprises in RCEP national exports, and help solve the urgent, difficult and anxious problems encountered by enterprises. "We will strengthen compliance training for international business operations of enterprises, help enterprises conduct international business risks and strive for China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Industry support, and actively organize the RCEP International Forum and the RCEP National Import and Export Commodity Exhibition." Xu Wentao, Minister of the Legal Affairs Department of the Guangzhou Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Industry, said.
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