It was only 20 minutes after the flight arrived when the goods went through inspection and left the airport. This hap-pened on August 7 at the cargo terminal of Kunming International Airport Cus-toms. Yunnan Chineng Trading Co., Ltd., the largest seafood importer in Yunnan, imported 2.75 tons of shrimps, crabs and other seafood from Thailand and quickly completed customs clearance.

According to Li Changchun, general manager of Chineng, the new measures introduced by Kunming Customs such as paperless customs clearance, networking of ports and border crossings have greatly improved the customs clearance efficien-cy. “As the time for customs clearance of goods has shortened, we dare to accept more orders.” Last year, the company’s trade volume reached US$ 15 million, which is expected to increase this year.

Quicker customs clearance is not only improved in the Airport, but also in land ports. Mohan Port is located in Xish-uangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and is one of the most important chan-nels for Yunnan’s exports of flowers and vegetables as well as imports of tropical fruits. In the past, truck drivers needed to park the truck first and enter the docu-ment verification hall to go through exit formalities. Now, they can sit back in the driver’s seat when going through the exit formalities, making it more convenient to export fresh vegetables.

As of November 9, Mohan Port had registered more than one million entries and exits, becoming the third land port in Yunnan Province to register over one million entries and exits after Ruili Port and Hekou Port. Currently, the entries and exits of people and vehicles are growing at an average annual rate of 20 percent. Xu Wenbin, director of the Border Inspection Logistics Department of Mohan Port said that the entries and exits of people are expected to reach 1.2 million by the end of this year.

At Mohan Port, the Border Inspection Station has opened the WeChat public account of “Mohan Border Inspection”, which provides timely information ser-vice for border crossers.