Lenovo shipments
racing through customs
Local customs offices are trying to help in the current crisis by supporting exports.
Every morning at 9.30 a.m., officials from Beijing Customs arrive promptly at the offices of Lenovo, the leading Chinese PC maker. They come to examine the goods that have arrived from Fujian province that very day, before they are shipped around the world, cutting the storage period from three days to three hours.
Pan Aoqing, director of Lenovo, Import & Export deprtment, said, ‘It has greatly shortened our time spent on logistics, and therefore has saved us more than ten million yuan.’
The advantages that Lenovo enjoy is part of Beijing Customs’ effort to facilitate export procedures for companies. It has also set up an online examination and approval service for companies in good standing.
Customs in other places have also issued new measures to enhance clearance efficiency, such as clearing goods at ports in advance as long as the company can provide valid guarantees.
The General Administration of Customs says it is carrying out the government’s economic macro-control policies and helping companies survive the current downturn.
Source: CCCTV.com