In today's increasingly fierce global competition, how to efficiently integrate resources, reduce operating costs and quickly respond to the international market has become the key for enterprises to expand overseas business. As the "golden channel" connecting domestic and foreign markets, the international logistics free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the "free trade Zone") is becoming the core hub for many enterprises to layout the global supply chain with its unique policy advantages and functional positioning.

The free trade zone implements the "domestic customs outside" management mode, that is, under the supervision of the customs, goods are allowed to enter and exit freely, bonded storage and circulation processing, while enjoying tax incentives and customs clearance convenience. Its core functions include:

Bonded warehousing and logistics distribution: goods can be stored in the bonded area for a long time, and enterprises can flexibly adjust inventory according to market demand without paying duties in advance.

Export processing and value-added services: Enterprises in the zone can carry out value-added operations such as processing and sub-packaging of imported raw materials, and only need to write off processing data when exporting finished products, significantly reducing tariff costs.

International trade and transit trade: The free trade zone supports global procurement, transit distribution, and helps enterprises achieve the strategic layout of "buying the world and selling the world".

Commodity display and trading: enterprises can set up a display center in the bonded area, and customers can directly see the samples and place orders to shorten the transaction cycle.

Second, the unique advantages of the bonded area

Tax policy bonus

Import link temporarily exempted from tax: goods into the bonded area when the customs duty, value-added tax and consumption tax are not levied temporarily, only when the actual entry into the domestic market to pay, to ease the financial pressure on enterprises.

Convenient export tax refund: Domestic goods entering the bonded area are regarded as exports, which can quickly complete the tax refund process and improve the efficiency of capital turnover.

Customs clearance efficiency upgrade

The free trade zone adopts the mode of "one declaration, one inspection and one release" to simplify customs clearance procedures, and the customs clearance time of single ticket goods can be shortened to more than ten seconds. For example, the Dongjiang Bonded Port area in Tianjin realizes the seamless connection between the port and bonded warehousing through the linkage between the district and the port.

Industrial chain synergy

The bonded area attracts multinational logistics enterprises, processing and manufacturing manufacturers and trade service providers to gather, forming an upstream and downstream industrial cluster. For example, Shanghai Yangshan Free Trade Port Area relies on its status as an international shipping center to integrate shipping, warehousing, finance and other resources to build an efficient international transit network.

Experimental field for policy innovation

The free trade zone takes the lead in piloting policies such as "port of departure tax refund" and "domestic and foreign trade ship transportation" to provide enterprises with flexible business model choices. At the same time, support the development of cross-border e-commerce and help enterprises to expand the online international market.

Why choose a bonded area?

Strong policy stability

The establishment and operation of the free trade zone is supported by national policies, with clear functional positioning and a predictable business environment for enterprises in the long run.

Ideally located

The main free trade zones in China are located in coastal ports or air hub cities, which is easy to connect with international shipping and land transport networks.

Industrial ecological improvement

The area gathers logistics, finance, technical services and other supporting resources, enterprises can solve the needs of warehousing, financing, customs clearance and other one-stop.

Digital upgrade potential

The free trade zone is promoting intelligent transformation, such as the use of Internet of Things technology to achieve full cargo tracking, or through big data to optimize inventory management, providing new momentum for enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

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