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This year, customs authorities in Shenzhen and Hong Kong are piloting end-to-end visible monitoring of cross-border logistics.
Shipped from Taiwan, transited through Hong Kong, and declared for import at the Huanggang Customs in Shenzhen—single customs declaration with real-time monitoring of logistics information throughout the entire process. On the afternoon of March 26, a 20-foot container loaded with A4 paper arrived at the Huanggang Customs’ logistics supervision yard and was smoothly cleared and released at the Huanggang Customs port within just three minutes.
Shipped from Taiwan, transited through Hong Kong, and declared for import at the Huanggang Customs in Shenzhen—single customs declaration with real-time monitoring of the entire logistics process. On the afternoon of March 26, a 20-foot container loaded with A4 paper arrived at the Huanggang Customs’ logistics supervision yard and was smoothly cleared at the Huanggang Customs port within just three minutes.
On March 27, a responsible official from the Huanggang Customs stated that this was a real-vehicle test of the “Shenzhen-Hong Kong Customs Cross-border Supply Chain Visualization Project,” jointly conducted by Shenzhen Customs, Hong Kong Customs, and the Hong Kong Product Coding Association at the Huanggang Customs. Once the project is successfully implemented, it will boost customs clearance efficiency by 5.46%. As the next step, the customs office will also pilot a “cross-border rapid clearance mode” in the import transit channel.
The simulated process for this “trial” involves goods from Taiwan being transshipped through Hong Kong and then entering mainland China via land routes. From the moment the goods depart their origin, an “electronic seal” is applied to the vehicle. A computer system then transmits all relevant logistics data—such as cargo and vehicle information, commercial details, and pricing data—to a massive logistics information platform. Throughout the entire transportation journey, from the manufacturer’s factory to the destination warehouse, the platform dynamically displays real-time data on the goods’ entry into and departure from various ports and checkpoints, along with precise timing information. Customs officers simply need to log onto this platform to track the goods’ real-time status and oversee their compliance throughout the entire transit process.
Customs officials stated that in the past, during cross-border clearance monitoring, there were still certain “blind spots” that could not be detected by computer systems due to technical limitations. As a result, necessary procedures had to be handled manually before proceeding to the next step. However, this project—built on the foundation of interconnected logistics data and information among customs authorities, enterprises, and relevant departments across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao—relies entirely on technological devices such as electronic seals and electronic locks throughout the entire process, thereby eliminating these “blind spots” and significantly improving the efficiency of cross-border cargo clearance.
Data shows that once this cross-border supply chain matures, it will facilitate the integration of supply chains across the Taiwan Strait and the three regions—Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan—bringing greater convenience to import and export activities in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. At the same time, it will also help foreign trade enterprises in Shenzhen and Hong Kong further reduce their logistics costs.
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