On November 20, four new energy vehicles produced by Changsha BYD Auto Co., Ltd. (Changsha BYD) were shipped for export after completing customs clearance under the joint supervision of Changsha Customs Authority and Chongqing Customs Authority. The export of new energy vehicles has adopted a "one policy for each enterprise" joint supervision model for the packaging of batteries of exported automobiles for the first time in China since the General Administration of Customs (GAC) approved the pilot of the model. 

The person in charge of Changsha BYD introduced that, some of the company's new energy vehicles use automotive lithium-ion batteries produced by a manufacturer in Chongqing. According to trade needs, these batteries will be shipped to Changsha BYD for component assembling and vehicle testing. After that, vehicle bodies and batteries are disassembled and packaged separately, and shipped abroad in separate containers. In accordance with international rules on the transport of dangerous goods and other relevant provisions, these separately packaged batteries should be transported back to Chongqing to obtain the certification of packaging for dangerous goods. In this way, the round-trip transportation time, costs, and wastage are relatively high.

To address this problem, the GAC Department of Commodity Inspection and the Changsha Customs Authority conducted in-depth field research and evaluated the safety performance of vehicle battery transport packaging. They pioneered a joint supervision model in China, which was tailor-made for Changsha BYD. Based on this model, the Changsha Customs Authority is authorized to implement the certification of packaging for automobile batteries on the spot. This model has been approved by the GAC for a pilot operation.  

Using the model, new energy vehicles and their automotive lithium-ion batteries can be exported directly from Changsha. Changsha BYD said that, under the new model, at least 7 days of transportation time can be saved for each batch of exported new energy vehicles. A total of 18,000 new energy vehicles are expected to be exported via this model in 2024, reducing direct expenditure by nearly 4 million yuan. Meanwhile, the costs of storage, wastage, and management are expected to cut by nearly 10 million yuan per year. The export of new energy vehicles will be more smooth and efficient.

Source: en.changsha.gov.cn