1. Amazon Global Logistics suspends air freight services from China to Europe and the United States

February 3 news, Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) notice: decided to suspend cross-border air products and services from mainland China and Hong Kong to the United States and Europe (commonly known as "FBA air freight", or "FBA air freight", and "Z-Parcel Official Parcel").

The relevant information about the suspension of services is as follows:

1. American and European air product service.

2. The last booking date is February 6, 2023.

3. Other services will not be affected by this adjustment and will operate normally.

Source: Cross-border Navigation Society

2. The three departments issued a commodity tax policy for cross-border e-commerce export returns

On February 3, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the "Announcement on Tax Policies for Cross-Border E-Commerce Export and Return Commodities" to reduce the cost of cross-border e-commerce enterprises' export return and actively support the development of new foreign trade formats. The "Announcement" stipulates that within one year from the date of issuance of this announcement, the declaration of export under the cross-border e-commerce customs supervision code (1210, 9610, 9710, 9810), and within 6 months from the date of export due to slow sales, Reasons for return Goods returned in their original state (excluding food) are exempt from import tariffs, import value-added tax, and consumption tax; export duties that have been collected at the time of export are allowed to be refunded; value-added tax and consumption tax that have been collected at the time of export are subject to domestic sales In the event of returns, the relevant tax regulations will be implemented. Export tax rebates that have been processed shall be paid in accordance with current regulations.

Source: CCTV News

3. For the first time, Qingdao Airport opened an all-cargo route to New York

It was reported on February 3 that Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport opened the Qingdao-New York all-cargo route operated by Conny Aviation for the first time. This is another all-cargo flight route to the United States opened by Qingdao Airport after the opening of the Los Angeles all-cargo flight route in 2022. The route is planned to fly every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. The aircraft type is Boeing 747. The types of cargo carried include cross-border e-commerce cargo, general cargo, mail, fresh cargo, etc. In order to do a good job in flight security, Qingdao Airport adheres to the service standard of "customer first", held security coordination meetings many times, fully communicated and coordinated with the airport customs in consideration of the nature of e-commerce and fresh goods, rationally allocated security resources, and customized packing and packing Board plan to maximize the loading rate of cargo and mail.

Source: China Civil Aviation Network

4. Maersk becomes ASOS strategic logistics partner

On February 3, Maersk announced that it has become a strategic logistics partner of British online fashion and cosmetics retailer ASOS . According to the agreement, Maersk and ASOS will cooperate in supply chain management, sea freight and air freight services in SCM and all fulfillment centers around the world .

ASOS' four fulfillment centers, two in the UK, one in Germany and one in the US, handled nearly 100 million orders in the company's most recent financial year.

Source: Maersk

5. CMA CGM launches new rail service in Egypt

CMA CGM has announced the launch of a new rail transport service in Egypt, linking the ports of Alexandria and Ain Sohina with the October Dry Port (ODP) near Cairo's main industrial and logistics district.

CMA CGM said the rail solution between the Alexandria and Ain Sohina ports and ODP provided "fast and reliable intermodal transit time of one day" for the ODP ramp, and "no delays" for the dry port ramp in October. seamless customs clearance customer experience".

In October, the dry port ramp takes 40 days from Shanghai to Alexandria, 18 days via Yahava Sheva, 19 days from Hamburg, 12 days from Barcelona, ​​35 days from New York, and 35 days from Ain Sohina to major ports in Asia. 28 days.

Source: Logistics Baba

6. Jitu International has reached a cooperation with Dianjiang Technology

According to news on February 3, Dianjiang Technology, an independent website SaaS company, and Jitu International have formally reached a cooperation. The two parties will provide one-stop sea-going services for independent stations from website construction to order fulfillment based on Jitu International’s superior services in the field of cross-border logistics. Program. Jitu’s international small package service has now covered the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Spain, Italy and other European and American regions, as well as the entire territory of Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. It is committed to providing global cross-border e-commerce sellers and logistics companies with Professional integrated solutions for logistics, finance and warehousing. At present, the "Jitu International" app has successfully entered the Dianjiang App Market. The app has opened up the backstage data of Dianjiang and Jitu International VIP. Merchants can find and use the "Jitu International" app in the Dianjiang App Store.

Source: Shopkeeper

7. Wish launches flat rate delivery service to US customers

On February 3, Wish announced that it will launch a new flat shipping fee of $2.99 ​​in stages, which will apply to all orders over $10 that qualify for the flat shipping fee, and merchants will not need to pay additional fees.

Flat rate shipping rolled out to app users in the U.S. this month and will be rolled out to Wish’s other key markets in phases by the end of March, Wish said. The move is part of a broader effort to improve the shipping experience at Wish, which has seen a dramatic increase in on-time delivery rates (94%) and a dramatic reduction in arrival times (15 days in key markets) in the past six months alone.

At present, about 85% of Wish's product listings are eligible for flat shipping. It’s worth noting that flat-rate shipping doesn’t apply to Wish’s “delivery-to-store” or “express” services, which are currently only available through the Wish app on iOS and Android and will expand to all channels in the future.

Source: AMZ123

8. Tik Tok's global revenue will reach US$3.5 billion in 2022

On February 3rd, SensorTower released the "2023 Global Mobile Application (Non-Game) Market Outlook" report. The report shows that the revenue of global entertainment applications will continue to increase in 2022. Among them, TikTok's global revenue will increase by nearly 60% year-on-year to US$3.5 billion.

Previously, TikTok Shop's cross-border e-commerce official account released 2022 data. From January 2, 2022 to December 13, 2022, the platform has carried out a total of more than 2.86 million live broadcasts, with a total of more than 160 million hours of live broadcasts, and more than 8 billion interactions between consumers and businesses.

Source: E-commerce News

9. Lazada's birthday promotion starts early

On February 3rd, the annual Lazada Bday birthday promotion is coming. In order to better meet the habits of local consumers in Southeast Asia, in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, this Lazada birthday promotion will be brought forward to 8:00 pm (local time) on March 2nd. In Thailand and Vietnam, the big promotion will start at 0:00 am on March 3 (local time), but the birthday promotion LazExtra Flash sale will start at 8:00 pm on March 2. After the big promotion period, sites in various countries will successively set up various category days and theme days to bring a large number of targeted customers to merchants and create a 11-day big promotion carnival (big promotion + theme day).

Source: Lazada Southeast Asia e-commerce

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Official account: Bai Xiaosheng, cross-border e-commerce logistics