Recently, at the Mohan Railway Port, customs staff handled the manifest and exit procedures for a China-Laos Railway international freight train carrying 206.2 tons of household appliances and cloth worth 7.224 million yuan. According to the railway fast-pass mode, the export goods have completed the customs declaration and inspection procedures at the customs at the place of departure in advance, and after the train arrives at the Mohan Railway Port, the customs clearance can be quickly completed.

Customs officers inspect the mineral products carried by international freight trains imported by the China-Laos Railway

Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, Kunming Customs has strictly implemented various measures to promote the stability and quality of foreign trade, introduced eight measures to support Kunming’s trusteeship of Mohan Town, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, and jointly build an international port city, and actively implemented export transit, railway express, etc. Business model reform, support cross-border e-commerce, market procurement and other new trade formats relying on the rapid development of the China-Laos Railway, promote the designated monitoring site for imported fruits at the Mohan Railway Port to pass the inspection and acceptance of the General Administration of Customs and put it into use, and realize the whole railway transportation of imported fruits .

Geng Jianqiang, chief of the Railway Port Supervision Section of Mengla Customs under Kunming Customs, said: "In order to coordinate strict port supervision and efficient customs clearance, we have increased the use of intelligent technology supervision equipment, equipped with radiation detection doors, inductive spray disinfection, H986 And other intelligent supervision equipment, implement three-dimensional supervision in the customs clearance process, realize accurate inspection and rapid release, and effectively maintain the security of the country."

In addition, the customs and the railway, commerce, transportation and other departments have worked together to promote the continuous improvement of the cross-border logistics capacity of the China-Laos railway. In December 2022, Kunming Customs supervised and released 286,000 tons of import and export freight on the China-Laos Railway, with a value of 616 million yuan, an increase of 6.04 times and 6.2 times respectively compared with the first month of opening to traffic.

Zhang Xianzhou, head of Xishuangbanna Zhenrong International Logistics Co., Ltd., said: “Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, the types of import and export commodities operated by the company have increased significantly, and the ability to radiate import and export destinations has also become stronger and stronger. The business volume has increased by 40% year-on-year. , the market competitiveness has been significantly improved.”

In the next step, Kunming Customs will strengthen supervision, optimize services, deepen international cooperation with Laos Customs, further strengthen China-Laos economic and trade exchanges, and serve the high-quality development of the joint construction of the Belt and Road. Editor/He Yuting