On the morning of June 20, 2024, the Hefei International Land Port Customs Supervision Operation Site and Luzhou Customs International Land Port Office Area were officially opened, which means that within the Hefei International Land Port Park, Luzhou Customs will be able to provide a full range of customs supervision services for the China-Europe Express (Hefei), and the customs clearance speed of the China-Europe Express (Hefei) will be further improved.

The Hefei International Land Port Customs Supervision Operation Site is located in the first phase of the Hefei International Land Port project. The supervision operation site is equipped with highly intelligent entry and exit checkpoints, equipped with electronic gate release systems, container box number automatic identification systems, automatic release control systems, etc., which can speed up the entry and exit of goods and ensure the accuracy of identification.

"The addition of Luzhou Customs not only greatly improves the customs clearance efficiency of Hefei International Land Port, but also provides more professional and standardized guidance and services for our import and export business." Ding Zhangzhang, chairman of Hefei Logistics Group, introduced that Hefei International Land Port, as an important logistics hub and open port in Anhui Province, has been committed to the high-quality development of China-Europe Express. The entry of Luzhou Customs is an important milestone in the development of Hefei International Land Port, and it is also a great boost to the future development of China-Europe Express (Hefei), marking that Hefei International Land Port has taken a more solid step in promoting the facilitation of international trade.

"The official opening of the Hefei Land Port Customs Supervision Operation Site and Luzhou Customs International Land Port Office Area will play a more positive role in promoting the application for the construction of Hefei Land Port Type B Bonded Logistics Center." Yu Jie, deputy director of Luzhou Customs, said that at present, Hefei is in a critical period of accelerating the formation of the "road, rail, water, and air" interconnection channel pattern. In order to support the construction of Hefei's large logistics system, Luzhou Customs has set up four resident office areas, including the International Mail Exchange Bureau, Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone, Hefei Comprehensive Bond, and Economic Development Comprehensive Bond. It has decided to move the second supervision office into the International Land Port to carry out on-site office work, and take practical actions to help Hefei Land Port build a national logistics hub.

Luzhou Customs has also set up an electronic grid to solve the problem of "difficulty in finding containers" in the past when containers were scattered in various areas of the station, and shortened the time for enterprises to receive release and inspection notifications from several hours to several seconds. "After we move in, we can shorten the waiting time of enterprises, improve industrial efficiency, and speed up the circulation of logistics." Li Fuheng, director of the Second Supervision Department of Luzhou Customs, introduced that after the Luzhou Customs International Land Port Office Area is put into use, various problems encountered by enterprises in customs clearance can be solved on site, the coverage of railway express can be expanded, the customs clearance process can be optimized, and the customs clearance procedures can be simplified.

It is understood that Luzhou Customs will also promote the new "direct pick-up and direct loading" model of the China-Europe Express (Hefei), and play an active role in effectively unblocking the industrial chain and supply chain and promoting the stability and quality improvement of foreign trade of enterprises. Under this model, the circulation frequency of containers can be shortened, the customs clearance cycle of import and export enterprises can be further shortened, and the cost of enterprises can be reduced.Editor/Zhao E