In recent years, we have made remarkable progress in aligning the Eurasian Economic Union with the Belt and Road Initiative，Cooperation with European countries on rail transport has also become more frequent，Railway import is one of the common transportation modes in international transportation，The advantage is that it costs less than air freight，Shorter than sea transport time。
Railway imports need to handle import declaration at the port customs, and customs declaration needs to prepare relevant documents in advance, because in recent years, the customs requires to speed up the efficiency of customs clearance, so it is necessary to complete the customs declaration procedures before the goods arrive at the station。This also puts high requirements on the consignee, be sure to check the contents of the customs declaration documents。
First, the import consignee to prepare customs declaration documents:
1.合同
2.Packing list
3.Proforma invoice
4.Railway waybill
5.Declaration authority
2. Customs Process:
1.审单
2.出税
3.查验
4.放行
Third, railway import agency process
1.Signing procurement contracts with foreign parties
2.Complete the external payment
3.The foreign party prepares the goods and arranges packing
4.We arrange to pick up the goods by rail transport container
5.Arrange customs declaration after arrival
6.Pay tax to customs and cooperate with inspection
7.Customs clearance and delivery
8.Business completion invoicing
4. Basic Scope of railway
Goods transported from inland China to neighboring countries include Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Agis).，Goods transported from China to European countries are from China (China-Europe train to Hamburg/Duisburg/Amsterdam/Japan/Katowice/Milan, etc.)，Up to this year，China-europe freight trains have reached more than 160 cities in 22 European countries，The logistics distribution network covers the whole of Europe。As China plays an increasingly prominent role in global economic development, it will open up broader cooperation space for the future development of China-Europe freight trains。