This series consists of six articles, from export return risk to intellectual property risk, analyzing cross-border e-commerce operation and compliance risk. The main contents cover six systems: cross-border e-commerce export return risk, cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouse operation risk, cross-border e-commerce export overseas tax risk, cross-border e-commerce violation risk, cross-border e-commerce payment risk and cross-border e-commerce intellectual property compliance risk.
The "home economy" driven by the epidemic has accelerated the growth of cross-border e-commerce exports, and the demand for FBA has overflowed, which has triggered a wave of overseas warehouses. In the strict policy environment of Amazon, the demand for overseas jobs has been pulled up again.
In September of 20021year, the Ministry of Commerce said that the number of overseas warehouses in China has exceeded 1900, with a total area of over13.5 million square meters, and the number of overseas warehouses in North America, Europe and Asia accounts for nearly 90%.
With the implementation of 98 10 cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse policy, cross-border enterprises will usher in a new wave of growth in opening overseas warehouses, and the number and scale of overseas warehouses will gradually increase, which may further increase operational risks and competitive pressures.
Risks of national policies and regulations
Different customs in the target country may have different laws, regulations and regulatory requirements. For example, in Britain, the lease of overseas warehouses usually needs to be signed for five years, and the warehouse wear and tear fee needs to be paid, and commercial insurance is compulsory according to the size of the warehouse.
Cross-border enterprises need to fully understand local laws and regulations in terms of business forms (leasing, self-construction, etc.). ), area, whether it can be disassembled, repackaged, labeled, tax treatment, intellectual property laws and regulations, etc.
Management and capital pressure
On the land lease, the price of different lots is quite different, which is more obvious in developed countries such as the United States. According to the cross-border industry survey and the outbreak of cross-border e-commerce, local Chinese in the United States rushed to open warehouses, and the rental price rose again, and the warehouse area was further reduced under the same budget. If the enterprise's inventory turnover rate declines due to factors such as declining performance, it will increase operating costs.
Overseas warehouses are different from local warehouses in warehouse maintenance and personnel management, and the labor cost may be higher. In addition, there are risks such as warehouse explosion, long profit cycle, inventory loss caused by wrong delivery/missing delivery/wrong entry, and customs clearance in and out of the warehouse.
Inventory unsalable risk
According to relevant statistics in the industry, cross-border enterprises mainly deal with unsalable goods in inventory through low-price sales and destruction. 70% enterprises will choose low-price promotion, 19% enterprises will choose to destroy, and the remaining 1 1% enterprises will dispose of unsalable goods by giving away. But either way, it will increase the operational risk of overseas warehouses, increase the operating cost of overseas warehouses and reduce profitability.
If the goods are returned to China, there is a risk of export return. For details, please refer to our last article "Analysis of Main Operations and Compliance Risks of Cross-border E-commerce-Export Return Risks (I)".
Based on the above risks, it is suggested that cross-border enterprises should pay attention to risk prediction and risk prevention when developing overseas warehouse business.