A: 1. It needs to have markets and customers at home and abroad.
Although it is not very important for individuals to do foreign trade funds, it is best to have a certain amount of sufficient liquidity. On the one hand, it is used for business advance; On the other hand, due to the thin profits, only large funds can guarantee sufficient profits.
3. Be familiar with the business process of the whole foreign trade business, and handle customs declaration, inspection, storage and transportation, taxation, foreign exchange and other procedures. The procedures are complicated and the costs involved are not low. So when the business volume is not large, it is a good idea to do it through foreign trade companies. The agency fee 1.5%-3% is not higher than the cost required for individuals to go through various procedures.
4. Risk factors: such as credit risk of exchange rate switching, transportation risk of long-distance sea and land transportation, etc. It should be noted that individuals should bear unlimited risks in foreign trade, and once the business fails, family property should also bear joint and several liabilities. If registered as a foreign trade company (that is, non-self-employed), it will bear limited liability. With regard to risks, foreign trade companies that undertake the agency can share many risks if the agency is adopted.
What is the business scope of foreign trade business?
A: The business scope of foreign trade is generally divided into goods trade, technology trade and service trade. As a self-employed or small company, it is generally not suitable for technical trade, while some commodities in the import and export trade of goods, such as grain, oil and tobacco, are monopolized by some designated companies and are not allowed to be operated by individuals. For furniture, home appliances and other businesses that occupy a lot of money and have complex after-sales service, it is not suitable for individuals. Experts say that the most suitable foreign trade for individuals is service trade such as travel agencies and information consultation, or goods such as clothing, leather and toys.
What is the specific process and cost of starting a new foreign trade business?
A: Take a province as an example.
1. customs: register and obtain the 10 code. It costs several hundred yuan to get an IC card. Annual inspection is required every year, and the annual inspection report of the accounting firm in that year must be provided, which is about several thousand yuan. If you are engaged in processing trade with incoming materials, you must have a processing trade declarant who has been trained by the customs for several days, and the cost is around 800 yuan.
2. SAFE: The write-offs registered and trained by SAFE apply for import and export write-offs online through their procedures.
3. Commodity Inspection Bureau: for filing, there must be inspectors trained by it. The training fee is for everyone to go to 800 yuan, and the annual inspection fee for this inspector is 200 yuan. Network inspection software is 4000 yuan.
4. Technical Supervision Bureau: The annual examination fee for enterprise code certificate and commodity bar code certificate is 2000 yuan.
5. Business Department: filing and registration. There is no charge for annual review. There is no charge for the examination and approval of the feed processing approval authority, but it needs to use its charging software to handle the processing trade online. The software fee is 1500 yuan.
6. Taxation: registered and must have designated tax refund personnel. Among them, obtaining the qualification of export tax rebate is a crucial procedure.
7. Chamber of Commerce: At present, the registration fee for joining any chamber of commerce (the five major import and export chambers of commerce) is 8,000 yuan, and the annual membership fee will be charged according to the actual import and export volume of the previous year, with a minimum of 4,000 yuan. If you export certain commodities, you need to pay extra fees to the Chamber of Commerce. For example, if you export less than 1 1,000 tons of garlic, you need to pay an extra 1 1,000 yuan to the soil-eating chamber of commerce; Export volume 1000-5000 tons, pay 2000 yuan; If the export volume is more than 5,000 tons, it will be paid 1 1,000 yuan for each additional 5,000 tons. Without joining the Chamber of Commerce, enterprises cannot participate in the Canton Fair and export certain commodities.
What documents do you need for customs declaration and registration?
The General Administration of Customs issued Announcement No.25 this year, which stipulated the matters for foreign trade operators to apply for customs declaration and registration. The announcement pointed out that according to the provisions of the Customs Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Foreign Trade Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), foreign trade operators (consignors and consignors of import and export goods) who have obtained the registration documents of commercial departments should go through the customs declaration formalities in advance according to law.
When applying for customs declaration and registration, a foreign trade operator shall submit the following documents to the local customs:
Registration form of foreign trade operators, application for customs registration, copy of business license of legal person (copy of business license submitted by sole proprietorship enterprise, individual partnership enterprise or individual industrial and commercial household), copy of tax registration certificate, copy of bank account opening license, copy of organization code certificate, certificate of fixed production and business operation place, copy of ID card of legal representative of enterprise or sole proprietorship enterprise, copy of personal partnership enterprise or person-in-charge of individual industrial and commercial household, articles of association of enterprise contract and approval documents of government authorities (articles of association of sole proprietorship enterprise only), and customs.
The announcement pointed out that qualified foreign trade operators will be registered by the customs and issued with a Certificate of Registration for Customs Declaration. Units that have already gone through the formalities of customs declaration and registration need not go through the formalities of registration again.