On June 1, a shipment of bamboo products from Huaiji Junming Bamboo 製品 Co., Ltd. in Huaiji County, Zhaoqing, weighing 1,820 tons and valued at RMB 9 million, was released under the supervision of Zhaoqing Customs through the new batch inspection and quarantine model. The report said this marked the first implementation in Zhaoqing of Guangzhou Customs District's batch inspection reform for exported primary agricultural products.
The reform follows the work plan of the General Administration of Customs and applies the supervision principle of keeping risks under control while allowing goods to move faster. After the batch supervision model had become mature in the export of dangerous goods, Zhaoqing Customs extended the experience to exported primary agricultural products, including bamboo-related products.
Under the model, products from the same manufacturer, with the same raw and auxiliary materials, the same production process and the same inspection or quarantine requirements, can be managed as one batch inspection unit. The first shipment in a batch unit is checked on site. After it passes the assessment, later shipments within the same cycle can be released mainly through document review, with random verification as a supplement.
The report said the reform helps maintain biosecurity and export product quality while simplifying clearance steps and reducing clearance time. For export manufacturers, this can reduce warehouse pressure, logistics turnover time, labor costs and the risk of delayed delivery.
Cai Dangnian, chairman of the Huaiji tea-stem bamboo industry association and head of Junming Bamboo 製品 Co., Ltd., said the new model has brought a major improvement in shipping efficiency. According to the reported company calculation, average clearance time for a single shipment can be reduced by 70%, while annual operating costs can be reduced by about RMB 3 million.
Zhaoqing Customs said the reform represents a shift from traditional high-rate batch inspection to more precise risk-based supervision. By moving qualification review, production-system assessment and product-risk evaluation earlier in the process, Customs can protect the safety baseline while allowing compliant goods to move faster.
The article also noted that Zhaoqing Customs plans to expand the pilot program to more agricultural and food-product exporters, improve risk assessment models and continue releasing reform benefits for Zhaoqing's bamboo, wood and specialty agricultural export industries.
Original source: Southern Plus via Baijiahao