Customs clearance efficiency enhanced in Beijing Capital Airport

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 ◆ Customs clearance efficiency enhanced in Beijing Capital Airport

The time for cargo to clear customs at Beijing Capital Airport has been shortened from over 23 hours to an average 12 hours.

The Beijing Foreign Trade and Economic Commission released the figure recently, saying that with such a customs clearance speed, the capital airport has become the most efficient airport nationwide.

For some urgent cargoes, the time for customs clearance was even shortened to 4-8 hours.

The airport has achieved this more efficient clearance by all-out efforts to simplify customs procedures and utilize e-port information technologies.

The faster customs clearance has helped increase Beijing's foreign trade, which reached a record volume of about 14 billion US dollars in 2002.