Online system integrates registration with customs declaration and inspection declaration

Enterprises applying for online registration from Guangzhou Customs will simultaneously receive qualification for customs declaration and inspection declaration through the Online Customs Enterprise Paperless Registration System starting May 9.

The move marks another step forward for Guangzhou Customs in promoting the integration of customs services and entry and exit quarantine and inspection services.

Guangzhou Kehuize Biotechnology Company was the first firm to receive the qualification for online customs declaration and inspection declaration from Guangzhou Customs on May 9.

The entire process, done completely online, takes only one hour and is very convenient. The company has benefited a lot from the institutional restructuring, according to the company's person-in-charge.

On Nov 1 of last year, Guangzhou Customs launched the "paperless registration plus electronic seal" reform for importers and exporters in Guangzhou. The reform applies to registration, change of registration, and withdrawal. In the past, although companies could file for customs qualification online, they still had to physically make the journey to the local customs and entry and exit quarantine and inspection bureau to complete the process. The procedures can now all be done online and without paper, and the real-time status of the process can be checked at any time.

According to Liang Huiqi, an official from the Guangzhou Customs Enterprises Administration Agency, Guangzhou Customs is moving forward with "paperless registration" for customs and inspection declaration in its jurisdiction areas, such as Zhaoqing, Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Yunfu and Heyuan, and hopes to achieve its ultimate goal of realizing paperless registration and customs and inspection declaration across the entire Guangzhou Customs jurisdiction area by the end of June.