Making China’s customs clearance processes more efficient and more accurate with Verified by GS1

Thanks to a wide range of government initiatives and multilateral trade agreements, China has seen an exponential increase in cross-border trade, both in sheer volume and in the variety of products entering the country.

Unfortunately, import procedures requiring companies to manually enter product information multiple times were resulting in discrepancies, inaccuracies and wasted time.

The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) now leverages the GS1 Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN®) and Verified by GS1 to expedite border declarations, minimise errors, improve compliance, watch for counterfeits and enhance a whole range of customs clearance processes.

For example, many companies and brokers importing goods to China can now auto-populate product information in the “single window” declaration system simply by entering the product’s GS1 GTIN.