Customs or strengthened inspection standards for imported coal

Recently, the same batch of Australian coal came from the same vessel and was declared as a sub-entry at the Qingdao Customs. As a result, one of the batches failed to pass the required indicators.

According to the import trader of this ship's coal, this is a ship of Australian coal ordered at the end of June and arrived in Hong Kong in early August. At 72.2 U.S. dollars per ton, the shipment report showed that the base low calorific value was 5,429 calories, and the ash was 19.2. The customs declaration in Qingdao Huangdao Customs was blocked because the customs required the provision of “humidity and ash-free base heat generation”, and the company’s ship loading report was “received low base calorific value”.

According to reports, the “humidity-free ash-based heat generation” is mainly used by customs to distinguish lignite and bituminous coal for different import tax rates and regulatory conditions. In the past, there was very little demand for high-calc coal (above 5,000 kcals). . A Beijing-based import trader stated that the inspection of imported coal may not be the same as the standards implemented by various customs and port areas. Although the Customs has always required importers to provide the indicator of “alternative humidity and ashless heat” in the coal shipment report, the previous requirements are not particularly stringent, and the imported coal that provides the “received base low calorie” index can also be successfully cleared. .

Analysts pointed out that the Customs carried out two different testing standards for the same batch of imported coal, and the implementation standards were more stringent than the previous one. This has triggered speculation among coal trade circles that it is related to the spirit of the coal outbreak instructions issued at the national policy level. Customs or improve the inspection standards for imported coal.