Yangtze River Daily Wuhan client December 30 news (reporter Xiao Ziyi Cai Xinxing correspondent Zhou Junfang) reporter learned from Wuhan Airport Investment Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Linkong Drop") that hubei vehicle port has imported more than 1,000 vehicles this year.
"This batch of cars is packed from Hamburg and Duisburg, Germany, returned to the Wuhan Railway Container Center Station through Alashankou, dismantled the last batch of containers, and after passing the test, they can be cleared and released." Located at the Hubei Provincial Automobile Import Port (hereinafter referred to as the "Vehicle Port") on The Innovation Avenue of Dongxihu Lake, the staff is wearing protective clothing to kill and unpack the containers. The Yangtze River Daily reporter saw at the scene that the imported vehicles wrapped in white protective film were driving out of the containers one by one, entering the testing station in line for testing, and after passing the test, they would enter the East-West Lake District Comprehensive Bonded Zone bonded.
Imported vehicles awaiting testing in the testing area. Photo by correspondent Xu Yifan
The operator of the vehicle port and the on-site staff of the "Airdrop" vehicle port, Fu Li, introduced that as of now, the Hubei vehicle port has imported 1248 vehicles this year, exceeding the annual vehicle import target of 1000 units.
"The digital indicator of 1,000 units is equivalent to a threshold, and the completion of this indicator means that Wuhan has the foundation to become a pilot city for vehicle imports in China." According to Fu Li, according to a series of national standards for pilot cities for vehicle imports, in terms of operation, "import exceeding 1,000" is particularly important, because this figure represents a new level of vehicle imports in Wuhan.
After becoming a pilot city for vehicle import, related businesses can also be upgraded. In addition to the bonded trade vehicles, parallel imported vehicles can also be included in the scope of bondage, which alleviates the financial pressure and reduces operating costs for imported automobile enterprises.
"After upgrading to a pilot city, it will bring a series of industrial effects, which can be said to be 'nesting and attracting phoenixes'." Fu Li said that at present, Wuhan city only operates import vehicle sales enterprises Wuhan Airport International Trade Co., Ltd., the future will be the vehicle port as the core, to the vehicle import pilot city as the advantage, relying on the unique "golden node" geographical advantages of wuhan airport economic development zone, to further attract vehicle sales related industries to gather here.
According to reports, half a year before the domestic listing of imported cars, high-end imported models such as Audi, Land Rover and Bentley have already arrived at the vehicle port of China-Europe (Wuhan) train. Buyers in the central region do not have to go to coastal vehicle ports such as Tianjin and Qingdao to "taste" the imported cars they want.
As early as 2018, the Wuhan Railway Port Automobile Import Port passed the formal acceptance and became the first vehicle import port in Hubei Province, thus bidding farewell to the history of customs clearance from Tianjin, Shanghai, Ningbo and other foreign ports. Its existence will also integrate the series of resources of Wuhan Airport Economic Development Zone Railway Container Center Station, Wuhan Airport Comprehensive Insurance Zone, China-Europe Express (Wuhan), and Wuhan Customs.
The relevant person in charge of the "Lin airdrop" vehicle port said that as the operator, the "Lin airdrop" will give full play to the advantages of the only vehicle import port in Hubei Province, take the initiative to do a good job in the introduction of customs clearance enterprises, strive for various policy support, introduce more automobile import enterprises to customs clearance at this port, and strive to cultivate and expand the port function, maximize the driving effect of the port, and do a better and stronger port economy.
【Editor: Deng Laxiu】
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