Chapter 89: Xi'an Customs
Compared with Hanzhong, the history of Xi'an is even stronger.
The ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties.
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is here.
The two places are only 300 kilometers apart, and Fan Yang and Dajun switched cars, and they arrived in half a day.
I didn't want to stop all the way, so I stopped a taxi when I entered the city, led the way, and went straight to Xi'an Customs.
In about half an hour, I came to the Yanta District.
Entering the large road, there are not many trailers along the way.
Only occasionally see one or two containers.
Turning a street corner, you will be greeted by a square, more than 10-storey zigzag building.
Heavy, calm, white exterior tiles, with light blue square windows, which are the standard colors of customs, blue sky, sea, and white clouds, give people an unusually comfortable feeling.
Of course, this is for Fan Yang.
Although it was an inland customs, Fan Yang couldn't help but take a deep breath.
In the turbid air, I seemed to smell the sea breeze, and there was the sound of seagulls in my ears.
Above the floor, there are several majestic iron characters "Xi'an Customs".
Zhao Guangming put his hand on his forehead, looked at it for a while and said, "Where does this bird not, where does the customs come from? Where is the sea? Why is it called customs?"
Fan Yang glanced at him angrily: "Airport." ”
Park the car on the side of the road outside, at this time Xi'an Customs is very deserted, and Chengdu Customs is the same, inland customs, mainly to deal with air customs declaration.
But in 92 years, the inland air transport business was still in its infancy.
So it's deserted.
Fan Yang came here mainly to check the pass.
When it comes to import and export trade, this is a complicated and not complicated matter, first of all, you have to understand the rules.
The first is to close.
And tariffs are a very well understood thing, which is the fees charged by the state.
For example, a bottle of canned fruit, 10 yuan a bottle, is exported to the book.
Is the price only 10 yuan?
No.
China and this is the most favored nation treatment, fruit products, such goods tariff is 30.
The total price of goods of 10 yuan, China's export, charges 30 percent, plus 3 yuan, it becomes 13 yuan.
This is the dutiable value on the Chinese side.
13 yuan, and another 30% of the book is charged, which is 3 yuan 9.
The original price of 10 yuan is 169 yuan.
This is import, and export in a broad sense.
They are collected by each of the two countries.
leads to an increase in the cost of goods.
Trade negotiations at the national level are meant to exchange resources, exchange with high technology and low technology, exchange of resources and products, which depends on their respective needs, energy for food, technology for labor, etc., which is macroscopic, not to talk about, because this is very complicated, and ordinary people can't get involved.
From the perspective of a businessman alone, it is much simpler to look at import and export trade.
What is the purpose? Make money.
But the cost of goods has obviously increased, so how can you make money?
First of all, it is necessary to take into account the economic level of the two countries, the currency exchange rate, the demand for products, purchasing power, and other factors.
Simply put, it's the price difference.
Especially in the 90s, under the role of the two poles of the world, the developed and developing countries, economic development, and economic strength were extremely unequal.
Prices are also not equal.
Let's put aside the exchange rate and compare it with the same currency.
For example, Chinese peaches cost 1 yuan a catty.
Then the peaches of this book will be sold for 10 yuan a catty.
Why? Because China has more land, more harvest, more workers, and cheap labor, the price is cheaper.
Why is it expensive? Because it has less land, less income, fewer workers, and expensive labor, the price is expensive.
It's a very simple proposition.
Regional differences, production capacity, lead to price asymmetry.
China's land area is 25 times larger than that of the capital, and its population is 10 times larger.
In terms of land and labor alone.
This price difference can be established.
Then you can make money by selling Chinese peaches to the capital.
Even if I pay an extra 2 yuan a pound for freight, plus 69 cents, my cost is only 369 yuan a pound.
If the businessman knows, for example, in the buyer's market, the businessman will travel to China to buy peaches, 1 yuan a catty, the dutiable price is 169 yuan, and then 2 yuan for freight, the cost is only 369 yuan.
Take it back and sell it for 8 bucks.
It will be fully competitive.
I can still earn a half.
Because you say that the fruit of this book is 10 yuan a catty, and the merchant earns 2 yuan, he has to sell it for 12 yuan.
I can't do it.
will cause dumping.
This gap is huge.
Therefore, international trade is also the most profitable trade.
Especially the 90s.
Because the 10x spread, in terms of basic agricultural products, is real.
Therefore, China's import and export trade, once launched, will be dumped all over the world.
Then, there is a term called trade protection.
Chinese peaches, dumping the capital, the merchant makes money, but it will harm the interests of the fruit farmers.
Why?
I can't do it.
You can't make money if you cut the price.
If you don't reduce the price, you can't sell it.
It will lead to unsalable fruit farmers.
Pour all the fruit into a septic tank.
Can this government tolerate this kind of thing?
It is necessary to produce trade protection.
I'll raise your level several times to 100 percent.
Increase your prices so that you don't have a shock to the local industry.
Internationally, the import and export customs are indeed 100 percent.
Only the most favored nation can enjoy 30 percent treatment.
Therefore, in the case of the feudal system, it will be very prudent to generate trade between the two countries.
In ancient China, 1 yuan a pound of peaches, the government, will try every means to increase the rate, it is possible to charge you 5 yuan for 1 yuan of peaches, so that China and the peaches of this book, after landing, the same price.
At the national level, the money is earned.
So the feudal society, the emperor. Country.. Host.. Righteousness.. , the imperial class, will be so rich.
Then someone is going to ask.
Why did China conclude an MFN treaty that only accepted 30 percent of imports?
Because it's mutual.
You export agricultural products to earn my money.
Never mind.
I export the car and earn him back.
A pound of peaches, you earn me 5 yuan.
For a car, I will earn you 50,000, 500,000.
This is on a mutual level.
Economically and technologically backward, we must rely on other countries in this regard.
Therefore, China is still at a loss.
Therefore, the development of national industry is a major national matter.
It stands to reason that this is all even.
Let's coordinate with each of the departments that each country is suffering.
Subsidize your growers as you want.
But Ben didn't do that.
took advantage of it, and refused to suffer.
Because of the MFN treaty, the export tax can only be 30 percent.
Then it initiated international trade arbitration and imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese peaches.
But even if anti-dumping is imposed, it still can't dry China's peaches.
And he said, "Your peaches are bad."
He didn't mean you, he told the person who bought the peaches, saying that Chinese peaches are bad and have diarrhea after eating them.
It's a denigration.
It's unfortunate.
At present, China's canned fruit is in such a situation.
Benjamin and other European countries have imposed high anti-dumping measures on China's canned fruits and set up green trade barriers.
Say you didn't meet the test standards.
Anyway, if you have anything, just say that you are not up to standard.
And with a lot of hype on TV and in the media.
As a result, Chinese brand canned food, even if you buy it, can't sell it.
This is the problem that Fan Yang is facing.
Because the years he was active were from 96 to 2017.
What the 92-year pass was, he didn't know.
I had to come and check.
In 1984, China joined the Customs Council, the predecessor of the World Customs Organization.
The HS code used by the World Customs Organization is the same, and this code is also used in this version.
It's still very simple to look up.
The second type of plant products, fruit products, and a check, the export customs are 0, and the import customs are 30.
Fortunately, it is the same as in later generations.
Fan Yang was relieved.
Why is the exit level 0?
Why is the Chinese side 30 not collected?
This is the policy of the state.
In order to make the country's products fully competitive in the world, to engage in the peaches of this country, the national customs are 0, and they are exempted.
Not only is it exempt from export taxes.
It is also necessary to return and increase value.
Among the exported products, all value-added invoices issued will be refunded.
For example, the production of canned fruits, the purchase of iron cans, packaging, transportation and other value-added issues, how much you paid, after you successfully exported, all will be returned to you.
Let you have more full competitiveness in the world.
to earn foreigners' money.
The state encourages you to do so.
So, a whole process of import and export trade.
To put it simply, it is to negotiate, sign a contract, declare customs, inspect, load, ship, exit, land, sign on the opposite side, and pay.
The trade process is over.
Received the money.
But this money is generally foreign exchange.
So there is also a foreign exchange settlement link.
Settlement into RMB.
Paid to you in your local currency.
You earn back valuable foreign exchange for the country.
With these foreign exchanges, the state can purchase the equipment and technology it needs to contribute to the construction of socialism.
Active.
And reward.
You have paid the value-added before, take the invoice.
Full refund.
Therefore, after the trade process is completed, there will be a foreign exchange settlement and refund.
Here's what it looks like in a nutshell.
And foreign trade companies, what is the business they are engaged in?
The primary one is an agent, an agent, an agent, a process.
Because there are very professional international terms, international practices, and international frauds, and the international market is changing, this is not something that farmers can get started.
And the advanced one is Fan Yang.
It's the same agent, but he's the product he represents.
It's the channel that operates.
You can't sell it, I'll sell it for you.
Have the ultimate sales capability.
This kind of foreign trade businessman is called a real foreign trade businessman.
A small foreign trade businessman, but he can run it well and have unexpected energy.
It is possible for this kind of trade giant to stir up trouble in the international community, penetrate into many fields, influence international diplomatic relations, and participate in the general trend of the international community.
At this point, it is basically at the level of a multinational group.
"Have you seen enough, can you understand these English?" Zhao Guangming was noisy there again.
"Don't bother me, I'll finish reading it right away. ”
"Lao Tzu is starving to death, accompany you to daydream here?
"Let's go, let's go. ”
Fan Yang didn't bother to talk to him.
92 years, not much different from later generations.
It's not much to see.
Take a few people into the city, turn around the city, and find a fly restaurant on the side of the road.
There were several pieces of mutton hanging at the door.
"Boss, let's have a few bowls of mutton steamed buns. ”
There are three landforms in Shaanxi Province.
Southern Shaanxi is Bashan Shushui, that is, the area of Hanzhong, the mid-mountain and hilly areas, and the folk customs of Sichuan are similar.
Xi'an is in the middle and belongs to the Guanzhong Plain.
And northern Shaanxi, close to Shanxi, is the loess high slope.
Geographically, the Qinling Mountains run through the Guanzhong Plain, and it is the north-south dividing line of China's geography.
Therefore, the humanities and folk customs are very complicated, there are a hundred words in one place, and ten miles of different days.
After eating the mutton steamed buns, a few people panicked in disgust, went to eat a few green onion burritos, and finally came a pot of spicy hot.
It's too much of an addiction.
I played in Xi'an for two days, visited the Huaqing Palace and the Terracotta Warriors, went to see the Mausoleum of Emperor Qiandi and Fahua Temple, climbed the ancient city wall and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but the time was limited, and I did not go to re-climb Huashan.
I still had a lot of fun.
Then start again, Xi'an to Fuping is only more than 100 kilometers.
The purpose of this trip is to find the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage.
Let's see if there are any secrets that are not told.
Fan Yang remembered that it seemed to be surnamed Ma, but he forgot what his name was.
Whatever, let's go to Majiapo first, and by the way, visit the 1,200-year-old Lingshuanghou.
And at the same time, under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Two Koreans with curly hair, red and black plaid jackets, khaki cargo pants, sunglasses in winter, and cameras around their necks.
Under the guidance of a Chinese translator, I visited the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
These two Koreans are both about forty years old, standard uncle-level figures, but they are dressed with bells and whistles.
There was an indescribable arrogance in his demeanor.
Standing in front of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, it is in stark contrast to the nearby selling sugar and oil fruits, and the tourists in plain clothes.
They are buyers of South Korea's Yeongam Food Company, one named Park Chongyu and the other Kim Sung-hwan.
"Hey, you can't climb there, don't you see the sign? ”
A staff member wearing a red armband shouted as he pointed to one of the South Koreans who had crossed the fence to take pictures.
The two Koreans ignored it.
The translator ran over: "What are you yelling about, this is a Korean friend, a foreign guest." ”
"Foreign guests also have to come out to shoot. ”
The interpreter glared at the staff hard.
After the two Koreans took the photo, they had already stepped out on their own.
I went to other places to take pictures.
The interpreter put on a courteous smile and hurriedly chased after him.
Jump up and down with the two Koreans.
But neither of the Koreans looked at him.
After visiting the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, I was a little tired.
"Cheng Yujun, arrange some food. A South Korean said.
The translator named Cheng Yu is still very young and is an international student who went to South Korea.
He was hired as a translator for two people.
With a flattering smile on his face at any time, he jumped up and down with the two.
Out of the scenic spot, I found a restaurant that sells mutton steamed buns, and I wanted to introduce it to two Koreans, which is a famous snack in Xi'an.
I saw the two Koreans with a disgusted face, took chopsticks and pulled a few times in the bowl, looked at the steamed buns soaked in the softened slag, and frowned.
He asked, "How much is a bowl?"
The translator looked at the Korean face carefully: "Three yuan." ”
The Korean named Park Jung-woo slapped his chopsticks.
I didn't eat it.
"Assi. He said to another Korean, "This is also called food? This is poverty." ”
Another Korean nodded approvingly.
Turning his head, he put on a serious look, straightened his collar, put on the appearance of an elder's lecture, and said to the translator: "Cheng Yujun, you must work harder to get rid of this poor country, after this process, I will recommend you to the president." ”
When the translator heard it, he immediately showed yearning: "Thank you Zhenghuan for cultivating." ”