Tianjin: Binhai New Area cross border e-commerce helps foreign trade develop with high quality
The Binhai New Area is located at the intersection of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration. It is close to Beijing, radiates to the Three Norths, and has a vast land. It is the shortest eastern starting point of the Eurasian Continental Bridge and is also the gateway to many urban areas in inland China. Its geographical advantages are irreplaceable. At present, eight dominant industries, including aerospace, electronic information, automobile and equipment manufacturing, and biomedicine, have been formed, accounting for more than 80% of the industry in the district, and the industrial foundation is very solid.
In the past two years, both the hardware construction and the software environment of cross-border e-commerce in Binhai New Area have become increasingly mature, providing a good operating environment for business operations. With multiple benefits such as superior geographical location and policy support, cross-border e-commerce companies continue to adjust their strategic layouts and list Binhai New Area as the most important distribution base in China. They have achieved business volume through product category adjustments and deep inventory mining. Rapid growth.
It is learned from the Bureau of Commerce and Investment Promotion of Binhai New Area that from January to August this year, 18.16 million cross-border e-commerce import orders in Binhai New Area, valued at 2.969 billion yuan, increased by 6.2% and 3.1% year-on-year; the export order volume was 770,000. With a value of approximately 24.8 million yuan, the cross-border e-commerce industry has achieved growth against the trend and achieved remarkable results in the context of the complex global epidemic situation. The continuous gathering of well-known cross-border e-commerce companies and the continuous expansion of the overall scale have taken a more solid step in promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade in Binhai New Area and helping Tianjin's export-oriented economic growth.

Open up all modes of cross-border e-commerce customs clearance
At present, the cross-border e-commerce import and export customs clearance model in Binhai New Area has basically achieved full coverage, and the scale of import and export business and the categories of commodities have been continuously expanded. In June of this year, Binhai New Area successfully completed the first "1210" bonded export order, and in early July completed two types of "9710" (cross-border e-commerce company-to-company direct export) and "9810" (cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse) Customs clearance procedures for cross-border e-commerce B2B export models. "This indicates that Binhai New Area has taken the lead in realizing the full coverage of the four models of cross-border e-commerce '9610' direct mail, '1210' bonded warehouses, '9710' B2B transactions, and '9810' B2B overseas warehouse exports nationwide." Binhai The relevant person in charge of the New District Commercial Promotion Bureau said that in addition, the first "1210" trade method cross-border e-commerce B2B export business was completed a few days ago, filling the gap in the cross-border e-commerce B2B export trade method in the special supervision area of Tianjin Customs, and the export model is even comprehensive. He said that in the future, with the adjustment of all models and the continuous expansion of B2B export scale, the volume of cross-border e-commerce in Binhai New Area will also continue to grow, and it will open up a new channel for our city to sell "Made in Tianjin" to the world. .

Continuous improvement of infrastructure
With the official opening of the 4,000-square-meter cross-border e-commerce Xinsheng public warehouse a few days ago, small and medium-sized cross-border e-commerce companies in Binhai New Area have caused problems such as high warehousing and customs clearance costs due to low value of goods and poor stability of goods flow. Will be effectively alleviated. The relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Bureau of Commerce said that the opening of Xinsheng public warehouses is only the beginning, and the next step is to launch a large customs clearance base in the air transportation field to serve the logistics distribution, warehousing and transportation of the entire air transportation link.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Bureau of Commerce and Investment Promotion of Binhai New Area, the area of bonded warehouse for cross-border e-commerce import and export business in Binhai New Area has reached more than 150,000 square meters. In the future, there will be plans to build 40 companies including cross-border e-commerce industrial parks. More than 10,000 square meters of cross-border e-commerce storage facilities. At the same time, cross-border e-commerce industry ecological chain elements such as logistics distribution and system traceability are constantly optimizing and innovating. For example, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone pioneered the construction of express distribution centers in customs supervision areas in the country, realizing bonded and non-guaranteed The centralized storage of business and the consolidation of the area has become the first innovative business in the country that uses the customs classification supervision policy to integrate with the cross-border e-commerce pilot; at the same time, the construction of the first phase of the cross-border e-commerce industrial park in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone aviation port customs clearance base is also preliminary. Completed to provide convenient and efficient one-stop customs clearance services for shipping, logistics, trade and other enterprises.

In addition, in response to the high cost of warehousing and customs clearance caused by small and medium-sized cross-border e-commerce companies due to low value of goods and weak cargo flow stability, Binhai New Area actively promotes the transformation of idle warehouse resources in special customs supervision areas into cross-border e-commerce bonded public warehouses At the same time, a comprehensive service platform will be built to help small and medium-sized cross-border e-commerce agents apply for rapid customs clearance and centralized bonded warehousing, which effectively reduces the cost of cross-border e-commerce enterprises and enhances the competitiveness of products. At the same time, Binhai New Area encourages cross-border e-commerce companies to explore new retail models and carry out cross-border e-commerce "offline bonded display + online scan code transaction" promotion activities.
Create a highland for the development of northern cross-border e-commerce
The relevant person in charge of the Bureau of Commerce and Investment Promotion of the Binhai New Area said that in the future, the Binhai New Area will continue to use the construction of a comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zone as an opportunity to help Tianjin become a highland for the development of cross-border e-commerce in northern China. At the same time, Binhai New Area will issue support policies to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce through the three-level linkage of city, district, and development zone. Combining with the overall functional layout of Binhai New Area and the status quo of cross-border e-commerce development, we will promote carrier construction and accelerate industry clustering. Focus on building cross-border e-commerce industrial clusters such as the Free Trade Zone, Dongjiang, and the Economic Development Zone. Vigorously promote the construction of bonded warehouses and public warehouses, and use B2B export policies to continuously expand the scale of imports and exports. Efforts will be made to build platforms and strengthen training to facilitate the transformation of traditional trade. By actively holding cross-border e-commerce government-enterprise-financing-enterprise matchmaking conferences, training sessions and other activities, encourage traditional small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises to cooperate with modern service industries (cross-border platforms or service providers), and strive to maintain a healthy and rapid development of cross-border e-commerce export business .
Actively explore new business formats and new models, make use of existing tourism and special customs supervision area resources, try "tourism + order + delivery + express delivery or self-pickup" as a starting point, and guide enterprises to carry out offline display at well-known tourist attractions in the city's commercial areas New O2O retail models, such as scanning QR codes to lead online transactions, expand Tianjin’s cross-border import and export advantages as a northern shipping center.
In the future, Binhai New Area will continue to use the construction of a comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zone as an opportunity to help Tianjin become a highland for the development of cross-border e-commerce in northern China. Focus on building cross-border e-commerce industrial clusters such as the Free Trade Zone, Dongjiang, and the Economic Development Zone. Vigorously promote the construction of bonded warehouses and public warehouses, and use B2B export policies to continuously expand the scale of imports and exports.