The General Administration of Customs of China recently announced that Jilin Province has added the Russian port of Vladivostok as an overseas transit port, which is a mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation model among relevant countries.
On May 6th, the General Administration of Customs of China announced that it agreed to add Vladivostok Port in Russia as a transit port for cross-border transportation of domestic goods, and to add two ports, Zhoushan Yongzhou Container Terminal in Zhejiang Province and Jiaxing Zhapu Port, as entry ports for cross-border transportation of domestic goods, on the basis of the original scope of cross-border transportation of domestic goods in Jilin Province. The announcement will be implemented from June 1, 2023.
On May 15th, the person in charge of the Port Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs of China stated that in order to reduce the logistics costs of bulk goods transported south in Northeast China, starting from 2007, China agreed to transport goods from the region to neighboring countries’ ports for transit and then enter China’s southern ports in accordance with international transit business. International transit is an internationally recognized customs business, and China has accumulated years of practical experience.
In 2007, the General Administration of Customs issued a notice allowing goods from Heilongjiang Province, China to carry out international transit business through multiple overseas ports, including Vladivostok Port in Russia, and the related business is operating well.
The person in charge pointed out that in May 2023, the General Administration of Customs announced the agreement to add Vladivostok Port in Jilin Province as an overseas transit port, which is a mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation model among relevant countries. The General Administration of Customs will actively support the development of this business based on tracking and evaluation.
Post time: May-22-2023