Xiamen issued the "Several Measures to Promote the Development of Foreign Trade in Xiamen City" to better support the development of Xiamen's foreign trade enterprises by strengthening the working mechanism of stabilizing foreign trade, increasing foreign trade financing support, and implementing unified protection of basic export risks for small and micro enterprises.
It is hoped that this will give full play to the role of the city’s special class for foreign trade and foreign investment, and all member units will strengthen collaboration and linkage, and solve the difficulties and difficulties faced by foreign trade development and business operations in a timely manner through the special class problem handling mechanism.
In terms of increasing support for foreign trade financing, coordinated with the Xiamen Branch of the China Development Bank and the Xiamen Branch of the Export-Import Bank to arrange a 1 billion yuan special credit line for small and micro enterprises, and increase preferential loans to small and micro enterprises through on-lending by commercial banks. Strive for the Export-Import Bank Xiamen Branch to increase policy-based credits for foreign trade enterprises, and the amount of foreign trade industry loans issued throughout the year is no less than 15 billion yuan. Implement basic risk insurance for small and micro enterprises export, and implement basic risk insurance for small and micro enterprises with annual exports of less than 3 million US dollars. The policy rate shall be reduced by no less than 10%, and the insurance premium shall be fully supported by the municipal finance.
At the same time, promote the construction of the Huli Import Demonstration Zone, and build a key import platform to make imports bigger and better. Encourage enterprises to participate in the China International Import Expo, and the municipal finance shall bear the full amount of the supporting activities, publicity, and promotion of the exhibition organized in the name of the Xiamen trading group.
Xiamen will also implement a special action plan for foreign trade brands to guide Xiamen companies to accelerate the cultivation of their own brands, identify a group of brand support companies that focus on cultivation and development, and support the launch of the Xiamen brand overseas portal. Among them to meet the conditions of quality enterprises priority to be listed in the website key brand column display.
The measure mentioned that expand the export of medical materials enterprises, strengthen the guidance and training for enterprises to declare the white list of medical materials export, further shorten the time limit of municipal audit, and timely coordinate and solve the difficult problems in export; To support charter flights, attract cross-border e-commerce goods to gather in Xiamen, reduce logistics costs, and build a cross-border e-commerce logistics hub; We will promote the construction of airport cross-border e-commerce regulatory centers, support the application of overseas warehouses in Kaohsiung and Kinmen, and strengthen the connection of shipping, mail and express channels across the Straits. Support cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouse construction and application, the city enterprise construction and operation of overseas warehouse to give a maximum of 2 million subsidy, the use of overseas warehouse export to give a maximum of 300,000 yuan subsidy.
In addition, support enterprises to participate in international exhibitions, the city's foreign trade enterprises to participate in overseas exhibition booth fees and staff expenses to give classified subsidies. 10,000 yuan will be given to the projects that are held online instead of offline overseas exhibitions. Support the city's foreign trade enterprises to exploit the international market through cross-border e-commerce platforms, with a fixed subsidy of 12,000 yuan per platform. To support enterprises to expand the domestic market, to the enterprises in the city to participate in the large-scale certified foreign trade for domestic sales exhibition, according to the overseas brand exhibition subsidy standard to give booth expenses subsidies.
The measures make clear that for import and export shipping container goods without problems in customs inspection, foreign trade enterprises will be exempted from hoisting, shifting and storage fees in the inspection process. Continue to fully subsidize haicang port inspection and transportation costs, continue the transportation subsidy policy of haicang east and West centralized inspection areas until the end of 2021, and the subsidy funds will be shared according to the municipal and district financial systems.
Furthermore，it is also mentioned in the 2021-2022 Xiamen Central Government Special Fund for Foreign Trade and Economic Development (Overseas Investment cooperation Projects) support measures Overseas economic and trade cooperation zone (including overseas warehouse) to subsidize. For the enterprises that are confirmed as Xiamen Overseas economic and trade cooperation Zone in the current year, corresponding subsidies will be given to the enterprises implementing the zone according to the actual total investment of the enterprises settled in the zone. For the enterprises with actual total investment less than 50 million US dollars, a subsidy of 300,000 YUAN will be given. 50 million US dollars (including) - 100 million US dollars will be subsidized 500,000 yuan; 1 million yuan for $100-300 million; 1.5 million yuan subsidy for more than 300 million US dollars (including); Among them: the actual total investment of overseas warehouse less than 50 million US dollars will be subsidized 500,000 yuan; $50 million (including) - $100 million will be subsidized 800,000 yuan; The subsidy of 1.5 million yuan from 100 million US dollars to 300 million US dollars; More than 300 million US dollars will be given a subsidy of 2 million yuan. Enterprises in Xiamen overseas economic and trade cooperation zone (including overseas zone) that pass the annual assessment will be given a subsidy of 300,000 yuan.
Now the global economy trade, enterprises should actively integrate into the world economic development. The government's active encouragement and support is deepening. It has become a trend to do foreign trade, which is also the way for every factory and enterprise. Enterprises can rely on foreign trade to develop, create profits for enterprises, develop more powerful. And this accumulation of foreign exchange, accumulation of financial support, to avoid economic crisis.
