New inspections expected to boost Beijing-area trade

The newly unified export and import inspection system that covers Beijing and Tianjin municipalities and Hebei province will boost foreign trade in the capital region, a senior official from the Beijing quarantine authority said on Monday.

Effective on Tuesday, 2,516 export companies and 10,123 companies with an import business in Beijing will benefit from the unified inspection system, said Yang Jie, deputy head of the Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

All exported goods from the cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will have simplified procedures. Only one inspection will be required, at the place of production, instead of the current two inspections, which includes a second one from customs officials at the export port.