On the 27th, reporters learned from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) that in order to further promote the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce, the GAC recently issued an announcement on optimizing the export supervision measures for cross-border e-commerce, clarifying that from December 15, 2024, the registration requirement for cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse enterprises will be abolished.

According to the announcement, from December 15th, enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse business will no longer need to register with the customs for the overseas warehouse business model, and the requirement in Item "III. Enterprise Management" of GAC Announcement No. 75 of 2020, which states that "cross-border e-commerce enterprises engaged in export overseas warehouse business shall also register with the customs for the overseas warehouse business model," will no longer be enforced. However, in the declaration process, enterprises are still required to transmit electronic data of booking orders to the customs and be responsible for their authenticity.

The announcement also clarifies that from December 15th, the procedures for declaring export documents will be simplified. Twelve direct customs offices, including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Xiamen, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Changsha, will pilot a supervision mode of "inspection before loading" for exported consolidated cargo. Additionally, 20 direct customs offices, including Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian, Harbin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Hefei, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Nanchang, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Changsha, and Guangzhou, will pilot a cross-customs district return supervision mode for cross-border e-commerce retail exports.