At present, the customs clearance modes of cross-border e-commerce import business mainly include: express customs clearance, goods collection customs clearance and stock clearance.
What are the customs clearance modes for cross-border e-commerce?
(A) cross-border e-commerce import customs clearance mode-express customs clearance
After the order is confirmed, foreign suppliers will mail the goods directly from overseas to consumers through international express delivery. No customs documents.
Advantages: flexible, delivery only when there is business, no need to stock up in advance;
Disadvantages: When mixed with other express mail, the logistics clearance efficiency is low, and the cost will rise rapidly when the volume is large;
Suitable: the stage of less business volume and occasional sporadic orders.
(B) Cross-border e-commerce import customs clearance mode-goods collection customs clearance (orders first, then delivery)
Merchants package a number of sold goods in a unified way and transport them to domestic bonded warehouses through international logistics. E-commerce enterprises go through customs clearance procedures for each product. After being checked and released by the customs, e-commerce enterprises entrust domestic express delivery to consumers. Each order is accompanied by customs documents.
Advantages: flexibility, no need to prepare goods in advance, higher logistics clearance efficiency and lower overall logistics cost compared with express mail clearance.
Disadvantages: the packaging operation needs to be completed overseas, and the overseas operation cost is high, and the delivery from overseas takes a little longer.
Suitable for: at the stage of rapid growth of business volume, there are many orders every week. (3) Customs clearance mode of cross-border e-commerce import-stocking customs clearance (stocking first, then ordering)
Merchants stock overseas goods in batches to bonded warehouses under customs supervision. After consumers place orders, e-commerce enterprises go through customs clearance procedures for each product according to the orders, complete the veneer sheet and packaging in the bonded warehouses, and after being checked and released by the customs, e-commerce enterprises entrust domestic express delivery to consumers. Each order is accompanied by customs documents.
Advantages: bulk stocking to bonded warehouse in advance, the lowest international logistics cost, immediate delivery from bonded warehouse after orders are placed, the highest customs clearance efficiency, timely response to after-sales service requirements and the best user experience.
Disadvantages: the use of bonded warehouses has storage costs, and stocking will occupy funds.
Application: in the stage of large business scale and stable business volume. Purchase cost can be reduced by ordering in large quantities or in advance, and the international logistics cost can be reduced by gradually transitioning from air transportation to sea transportation, or the problem of capital occupation caused by stocking can be solved by pledge supervision financing.
(Source: Brother K chats with the sea)