What are the benefits of AEO certification and what is AEO certification

At present, China (Mainland) Customs has achieved mutual recognition of AEO with Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong, and AEO enterprises can enjoy the corresponding customs clearance facilitation measures in the import link of each other's customs when exporting goods to the customs of the countries (regions) of mutual recognition.

You can mainly enjoy the following customs clearance facilitation measures:

1.Implement a lower proportion of inspections and provide fast customs clearance; 2.Priority will be given to goods that need to be inspected; 3.Simplify the review of imported goods documents; 4.Priority treatment will be given in the process of customs clearance, and priority will be given to customs clearance of imported goods; 5.Set up customs liaison officers to coordinate and solve problems in customs clearance of enterprises; 6.In the event of an international** disruption, every effort will be made to provide expedited customs clearance; 7.Priority disposal in extraordinary times.

What is AEO?

AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) system is an important system in the World Customs Organization's (WCO) "Global ** Safety and Convenience Standards Framework", which provides customs clearance convenience for law-abiding, trustworthy and safe enterprises through customs, and builds a partnership between customs and the business community to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

Why should businesses apply for AEO?

At present, China Customs has signed AEO MRAs with 36 countries and regions, including the European Union, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, Australia and Hong Kong, China. After the realization of mutual recognition, the goods of AEO enterprises can enjoy convenient treatment for customs clearance in countries and regions with mutual recognition, which can effectively reduce the cost of ports, insurance, logistics and other expenses of enterprises, and enhance international competitiveness. It can be said that AEO certification is the only way for enterprises to enjoy customs clearance facilitation.

Therefore, more and more import and export enterprises are aware of the importance of AEO certification and have begun to actively prepare for certification.

In the preparation process, there is a requirement in the custody of documents: establish an import and export document management system according to the requirements of the customs to ensure the timeliness, completeness, accuracy and security of the import and export paper and electronic customs declaration documents and logistics information files kept by the enterprise.

At present, many customs declaration enterprises do not have a system for indefinite storage of electronic documents, but enterprises applying for AEO advanced certification need to introduce a system suitable for customs declaration enterprises to store and archive this part of the documents.

Xunuo Finance and Taxation Application Market Customs Pass can meet this requirement, and the functions include batch generation of documents PDF electronic files, batch printing, **, real-time query of customs status, and support for indefinite storage of customs declaration documents.

Preferential measures enjoyed by AEO certified enterprises:

AEO General Certified Enterprise:

1) Lower inspection rate of import and export goods;

2) Simplify the examination and approval of import and export documents;

3) Priority for customs clearance procedures for import and export goods;

4) can handle the "centralized declaration" of domestic sales, and tax will be levied after domestic sales;

5) Other management principles and measures stipulated by the General Administration of Customs.

AEO Advanced Certified Enterprise:

In addition to the application of general certification enterprise management principles and measures, the following management measures are also applied:

1) Going through the formalities for inspection and release before determining the commodity classification, customs valuation, place of origin or other customs formalities for the import and export goods;

2) The Customs shall set up a coordinator for the enterprise;

3) For enterprises engaged in processing, the bank deposit account system is not implemented;

4) Customs clearance facilitation measures provided by the customs of AEO countries or regions.

If you need to be counseled by a third-party organization to apply for AEO certification, you can find Yunguantong.

<>AEO is the acronym for Authorized Economic Operator, which is defined in the Framework of Global Safety and Convenience Standards developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO) as "a party that participates in the international circulation of goods in any way and is recognized by customs authorities as meeting the security standards of the World Customs Organization or the corresponding ** chain, including producers, importers, exporters, customs brokers, carriers, tally persons, intermediaries, port and airport operators, terminal operators, general operators, warehousing operators and distributors." ”。

Safety of the means of shipment:

1. Within the scope of its powers and duties, ensure that the safety of all means of shipment is effectively protected in its first chain;

2. Within the scope of its powers and duties, ensure the safety of unattended shipping tools in the first chain, and check whether its safety has been violated when it returns;

3. Within the scope of its powers and duties, ensure that the operators of all means of shipment are trained to ensure the safety of means of shipment and goods under their supervision;

4. According to the provisions of the domestic AEO system, the operator is required to report the discovered and suspected illegal incidents to the designated enterprise security department and the customs in a timely manner for further investigation. and record the report for customs inspection;

5. Summarize the parts of the shipping tool that are easy to hide and transport illegal goods, and carry out routine inspection of these parts to ensure the safety of the internal and external cabins, mezzanines, and gaps of the shipping tool. A record should be made after the examination, and the parts examined should be recorded.

Customs AEO certification means that the subject with the mark complies with the World Customs Organization or the corresponding ** chain security standards. Such entities can enjoy facilitation measures in relevant customs departments, and can also enjoy multiple benefits such as customs clearance facilitation from the customs of countries or regions with mutual recognition.

Article 2 of the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China The Customs of the People's Republic of China is the State's authority for the supervision and administration of entry and exit (hereinafter referred to as the entry and exit measures). In accordance with this Law and other relevant laws and administrative regulations, the Customs shall supervise and control the means of transport, goods, baggage, postal articles and other articles entering and leaving the country (hereinafter referred to as the means of transport, goods and articles entering and leaving the country), collect customs duties and other taxes and fees, investigate smuggling, compile customs statistics and handle other customs operations. Article 3 of the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China establishes the General Administration of Customs to manage the customs of the whole country in a unified manner.

The State shall set up customs at ports open to the outside world and at places where customs supervision and control operations are concentrated. The subordination of customs is not restricted by administrative divisions. Customs exercises its functions and powers independently in accordance with the law and is responsible to the General Administration of Customs.

Advanced certified enterprises are AEO enterprises of China Customs, AEO is the abbreviation of Authorized Economic Operator, is the general name of high-credit enterprises by customs around the world, and the Chinese translation is "Certified Operator". Based on the application of the enterprise, the Customs shall certify the enterprise as a high-level certified enterprise in accordance with the standards and procedures stipulated in the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of Enterprise Credit for Registration and Filing, and implement convenient management measures for the enterprise. AEO enterprises are equivalent to the "VIP" of the customs, and can enjoy preferential measures at the "domestic and international" levels.

The standards for advanced customs certification enterprises include general standards and individual standards formulated for different types of enterprises and business scopes, including five categories of standards: internal control, financial status, law-abiding norms, safety and additional standards.

In fact, the customs AEO certification is for the convenience of safety and convenience, to be safe, it is necessary to have high requirements for the internal management and external connection of each AEO certification enterprise, to be convenient, it is necessary to ensure that it is a standardized enterprise to enjoy. Yunguantong Technology has rich experience in counseling enterprises to apply for AEO certification.

Up to now, China has achieved mutual recognition of "Authorized Economic Operator" (AEO) with 22 economies and 48 countries (regions) such as the European Union, Japan, and South Korea. Among them, there are 32 Belt and Road countries, 5 RCEP member countries and 13 Central and Eastern European countries.

The specific content of customs clearance facilitation measures with countries (regions) with mutual recognition shall be negotiated by the customs of the two sides and specified in the signed mutual recognition agreements. Therefore, the customs clearance facilitation measures given by different countries (regions) are slightly different. But in general, there are usually the following broad categories:

Priority customs clearance of goods, lower inspection rate, liaison coordination mechanism, ** priority customs clearance after the resumption of the interruption.

AEO certification refers to the certification of import and export enterprises. To discuss how much AEO certification costs, you first need to understand the basic concepts of AEO certification and the process related to certification. AEO certification is a system implemented by the European Union in order to ensure the safety of enterprises, through the evaluation of safety management, compliance, financial health and other aspects of the import and export business of enterprises, to assess the compliance level of enterprises, and to provide certain preferential policies and rights and interests for compliant enterprises.

AEO certification is the key to global interoperability, which helps to enhance the international competitiveness and market reputation of enterprises.

In response to the question of how much AEO certification costs, we need to point out that the high cost of AEO certification is determined by different factors such as the size of the enterprise and the scope of the audit. Generally speaking, the AEO certification fee includes two parts, one is the audit fee of the certification body, and the other part is the cost required by the enterprise to improve its internal processes, such as security equipment, training costs, etc.

In general, large enterprises will be more expensive for AEO certification due to their size and complexity than small enterprises. In other words, the larger the company, the higher the total cost of the audit and the cost of internal improvements. However, fees will vary for each AEO certification body.

Some organizations may develop different certification schemes based on factors such as the size and individual needs of the enterprise, while others may develop the same scheme and charge according to the certification standards. In addition, the external input costs and internal improvement costs in the AEO certification process are constantly changing, so these deceleration factors need to be fully considered when evaluating the cost of AEO certification.

In general, the question of how much AEO certification costs is related to the actual situation of the enterprise itself, and needs to be evaluated according to the size, nature and scope of the audit. However, in general, the cost of AEO certification is quite expensive and requires enterprises to make a decision after careful evaluation and consideration. <>