Gansu's first batch of imported "National VI" emission standard vehicles successfully cleared customs in Lanzhou Dry Port

Lanzhou International Dry Port Automobile Import Port is conducting safety technical inspections for imported vehicles

Lanzhou Evening News On December 16, the first batch of vehicles imported by Lanzhou International Port District Investment and Development Co., Ltd. landed under the supervision of Lanzhou Customs for customs clearance, which is the first batch of imported vehicles operated by Lanzhou Automobile Import Port after passing the acceptance, is the first parallel import vehicle business clearance of the "National VI" standard in northwest China this year, and is also the first batch of imported vehicles in Gansu Province, ending the history that the import of vehicles in Gansu Province must be transferred from coastal ports.

The first batch of imported vehicles started from Duisburg, Germany, carrying The China-Europe express train from Dostec, and after the customs transfer, it was transported in groups to lanzhou dry port, running for 18 days, which was about 30 days faster than the traditional sea ro-ro ship transportation. The direct import of complete vehicles from Lanzhou Automobile Import Port effectively compresses the intermediate links of vehicle imports, reduces the purchase, operation and logistics costs of complete vehicles, helps automobile manufacturers to respond to market demand in a more rapid manner, meet customer needs with more accurate services, and on the basis of improving the competitiveness of enterprises and benefiting end consumers, carries out two-way international cooperation for the automobile industry in Gansu Province and contributes to the new pattern of "double-cycle" economic development.

On October 9, 2018, the General Office of the State Council approved the Lanzhou Railway Container Depot as the port of import of complete vehicles. On March 24, 2020, the Lanzhou Automobile Import Port Project successfully passed the acceptance. On July 1, 2020, the "National VI" emission standards for light vehicles were implemented nationwide, and the development of the national parallel import vehicle business entered a bottleneck period. Under the leadership of the provincial and municipal governments, with the cooperation and support of customs, railways, commerce and other departments, lanzhou dry port, in the face of the unfavorable situation of policy constraints and the double difficulties of epidemic risk, actively introduce operating enterprises, vigorously dredge business channels, efficiently deal with process blockages, and explore the use of the "bonded + vehicle port" linkage operation mode to achieve a breakthrough of "0 to 1" in the vehicle import business.

In the next step, Lanzhou Dry Port will systematically introduce policy support measures, send business backbones to follow the shift, cooperate with customs to improve customs clearance efficiency, strive to achieve "1 to N" normal operation of vehicle imports as soon as possible, further improve the basic service function of railway ports, expand the scale of international freight train operations, promote the rapid development of regional automobile trade, and help Gansu build an import automobile logistics distribution center in the western region.

Lanzhou Daily all-media reporter Du Zhichao text/photo

【Source: Lanzhou Evening News】