A BATCH of goods such as light guide plates, signal converters and heat-conducting films quickly completed all the shipping processes — including booking, plate punching and security inspection — and arrived at the international cargo station of Shenzhen airport through the short-distance lighterage security chain for rapid export at the Meibang express warehouse in Qianhai Comprehensive Bonded Zone on Tuesday.

It was a new service mode put forward in Qianhai by Shenzhen Customs, DT News reported yesterday.

A customs spokesperson told the News that they launched a service center in Qianhai for cargo transport in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) airports, which saved enterprises about 30% of their logistics costs and got them more controllable logistics time.

Up to now, more than 60 billion yuan (US$8.99 billion) of goods have been imported and exported through this mode.

The import and export cargo at Shenzhen airport can realize the whole process of air cargo transportation in one stop in Qianhai, the News reported.

The new mode created the “air cargo boarding gate” for Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong airports, innovated the integration of air cargo, and superimposed a series of measures such as transit, distribution and integration, global warehouse and port non-invasive inspection. Enterprises can package and complete a series of import and export service functions in areas under customs’ special supervision and deliver them to airports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou for export. It formed an import and export trade ecosystem with Qianhai as the center in the chain of “global cargo collection-Qianhai agglomeration-airport direct flight.”

Shenzhen Customs, Qianhai Authority and other government departments have joined hands to continue to deepen and expand the “MCC Qianhai” mode, help Guangzhou and Shenzhen airports build departure cargo terminals in Qianhai, build a service center for the GBA airport cluster, and improve the efficiency of enterprises’ cargo solicitation, distribution and centralized competition.

In January this year, Shenzhen airport received the approval to become the first pilot of short distance lighterage security chain for air cargo in China.

The more unimpeded and efficient environment promotes cross-border logistics and the gathering of import and export goods, and pushed Qianhai to build itself into a core hub of the global supply chain. It has achieved remarkable results in improving trade facilitation levels, optimizing the port business environment, and promoting the rapid growth of foreign trade.

In the first four months of this year, the import and export value of Qianhai bonded zone reached 60.55 billion yuan, up by 49.2% year on year. By the middle of May, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport had opened 11 more international destinations and 35 international and regional routes. The number of international and regional cargo flights in and out of the port hit 8,262, up by 38.0% year on year. The import and export volume totaled 288,000 tons, up by 22.4% year on year. With the GBA as the center, the trade circle continued to expand to Southeast Asia, Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, as well as other important regions.(Windy Shao)