Source: Chinanews.com
Customs officers of Shijiazhuang supervise the exporting aluminum ingots of the first direct voyage from Qinhuangdao Port to the United States.
Photo by Li Peng
At 22 o’clock on the evening of June 22, with the sound of the siren, the “FEDERAL SETO” ship full of bulk aluminum ingots started slowly, marking the official opening of the direct route from Qinhuangdao Port to Detroit of the U.S. It is reported that it is the first direct voyage of exporting unwrought bulk aluminum alloy ingots departing from Qinhuangdao Port, with the total cargo weight of 9382.26 tons.
“In the past, the unwrought aluminum alloy ingots exported from Qinhuangdao Port were generally transported by land transportation container to Tianjin Port, which cost more charges on packaging and ocean freight, and more time on the customs clearance process. Bulk exporting from the local port can reduce the cost maximally, this batch of goods will save 500,000 US dollars on the ocean freight and port miscellaneous expenses.” said Xiaohu, the declarer of Qinhuangdao Foreign Logistics Co., Ltd that acted for the ship freight.
In order to facilitate the successful 1st export of unwrought aluminum alloy ingots, Shijiazhuang Customs planned in advance, coordinated the local port authorities to customize the hoisting plan, researched and developed special hoisting tools, and carried out policy publication such as export declarations through actively docking enterprises, guided the enterprises to effectively handle customs clearance procedures of import and export, improved the efficiency of customs supervision, coordinated agency companies of the import and export enterprises and port authorities to solve problems, such as arrival, storage and loading and unloading. The dispatchers efficiently finished the loading and unloading tasks through video surveillance and supervising on the ship. In the future, Shijiazhuang Customs will constantly optimize the customs clearance process and maximize the release of customs reform dividends, while enhancing the actual supervision, and make positive efforts to improve the competitiveness of the open economy in Hebei.
(Great Wall News reporter Yan Chengqun, correspondent Wang Xiufang, Qiao Guowu)
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