The advantages of the bonded storage policy for importing French red wine

According to the latest implementation in 2025,Supplementary Provisions of the Sino-French Trade AgreementFrench-origin red wine enjoys a 15% preferential tariff rate.Through the bonded zone,importers can defer paying value-added tax,which enhances the efficiency of enterprise capital turnover by 40%.According to data from the General Administration of Customs,the proportion of French red wine imported through the bonded zone from January to June 2025 reached 62.3%,an increase of 7.8 percentage points year-on-year.

Core operational process breakdown

Professional agency services可幫助Company 實(shí)現(xiàn)Full - process Compliance Management:

• Pre-filingstage
  • ObtaintheRecordCertificateforFoodImporters(withavalidityperiodextendedtothreeyears)
  • ApplyforanAutomaticImportLicense(withthenewe-signaturefunctionaddedin2025)
• Key points for customs clearance declaration
  • ItmustincludethenewversionoftheEUanti-counterfeitinglogo.
  • Thealcoholcontentdetectionreportmustspecifythespecificdetectionmethod.
• Bonded warehousing strategy
  • Selectacustomssupervisionwarehousewithconstanttemperatureandhumidityconditions
  • ThemaximumVAT-freestorageperiodis180days

Avoiding Common Risks in Customs Clearance

According to the document issued by the General Administration of Customs in 2025,Guidelines for Special Inspections of Imported Wines and Spirits,special attention should be paid to:

• Chineselabelsmustincludethefollowinginformation:TheyearofgrapeharvestandFillingdate
• Thetransportationtemperaturerecordsmustbecomplete(maintainingatemperatureof12-18°Cthroughouttheentireprocess).
• Woodenpackagingmustprovideafumigationcertificate(withtheaddedrequirementofQRcodeverification).

Key points for cost optimization

Achievable through professional agency servicesThe comprehensive cost has been reduced by 25-30%.:

• Comparisonoftransportationplans
  • Large-quantityimportsThecostis18%lowerperbottlecomparedtoLCLshipping.
  • Thetransportationtimehasbeenshortenedto21days.
• Tariff planning techniques
  • Optimizethetaxbasebyusingtherulesofcumulationoforigin
  • Output:Releasingthegoodsfromthezoneinbatchescandeferthepaymentofvalue-addedtax

Analysis of Practical Cases

A certain importer in East China achieved the following through professional agency services:

• Theclearancetimeforasinglebatchof20,000bottleshasbeenreducedto3workingdays
• Avoida120,000yuanadministrativefinebyfilingadeclarationinaccordancewithregulations
• Duringthebondedwarehousestorageperiod,wesuccessfullyconnectedtothedistributionchannels

The criteria for selecting an agency service provider

High-quality agents should have:

• CustomsAEOAdvancedCertificationqualification
• LocalizationServiceTeamforMajorWine-ProducingRegionsinFrance
• End-to-endtraceabilitymanagementsystem(mandatoryrequirementfrom2025)
• Emergencycustomsclearanceprocessingcapacity(48-hourresponsemechanism)