Shanghai :China aims to cut the overall customs clearance time for cargo from 97.39 hours in 2017 to 65 hours before the end of this year, said an official with the General Administration of Customs.
Zhang Guangzhi, head of the National Office of Port Administration under the General Administration of Customs, said robust measures such as expanded pre-arrival declaration for imported cargo and fast-track services for agricultural or aquatic products will be implemented to shorten the overall customs clearance time by one-third.
Customs clearance time for exports will be controlled to take an average of less than 8.2 hours compared to 12.29 hours last year.
Zhang also said that overall clearance time differs from customs clearance due to the time needed to finish processing goods on arrival after completing many procedures. Current efforts are focusing on customs clearance time from declaration to clearance.
