But this policy threshold cannot be crossed... The "Aida Modu" must be equipped with small medical center supplies | cruise ships | threshold
The first domestically produced large cruise ship, the Aida Modu, will officially make its maiden voyage in 2024. Luxury cruise ships have a large passenger capacity and long sailing cycles, requiring small medical centers on board, equipped with medical equipment and drugs of a certain scale that meet international standards, in order to meet the medical needs of cruise passengers and crew.
However, under the current conventional general trade terms, the construction unit of the "Aida Modu", Waigaoqiao Shipyard, is unable to import and assemble relevant medical supplies, which will result in the cruise ship being unable to obtain classification society certification and further affect the timely delivery of the cruise ship. Recently, news came from the Municipal Commission of Commerce that the three departments of the Municipal Commission of Commerce, Shanghai Customs, and the Municipal Food and Drug Administration have made every effort to find policy breakthroughs in the new issue of importing and assembling medical supplies for domestically produced cruise ships. Ultimately, they have found a solution that is both legal and compliant, and can promote the project.
In March of this year, the research group of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce on "Responding to New Changes in the Foreign Trade Pattern and Promoting High quality Development of Shanghai Trade" found that China Shipbuilding Cruise Technology Development Co., Ltd. encountered difficulties in purchasing and assembling imported medical equipment and drugs during the process of entrusting Waigaoqiao Shipyard to build domestically produced large-scale luxury cruise ships, which affected the normal construction and timely delivery of cruise ships.
Originally, according to the China Medical Device and Drug Import Management Measures, Waigaoqiao Shipyard must first obtain a medical device and drug business license qualification. At the same time, its imported medical materials must complete import registration or filing management according to the risk classification management measures. However, as a shipbuilding enterprise, Waigaoqiao Shipyard cannot meet the above conditions; Even more difficult is that the list of medical equipment and drugs required by the shipowner includes a total of 1029 types of materials, all of which may involve import registration and filing approval matters.
The research group immediately communicated and coordinated with Shanghai Customs and the Municipal Food and Drug Administration to help enterprises solve difficult problems. Finally, in response to the business characteristics of importing medical equipment and drugs for cruise ship construction, the three ministries proposed the idea of including medical supplies as processing materials in the electronic account book of processing trade to achieve import shipment. The policy basis is that enterprises under the processing trade category that import materials with restrictive requirements for processing and re export are exempt from submitting various filing and registration documents to the customs, so as to legally avoid qualification and registration issues.
There is no precedent for promoting such projects through processing trade. The three departments took the initiative to take a step forward and closely cooperated. After Shanghai Customs agreed to assemble medical devices imported by enterprises through processing trade, and recommended assembling imported drugs through marine materials, China Shipbuilding Corporation and Waigaoqiao Shipyard officially launched the operation of purchasing and loading medical devices and drugs from July this year, and received continuous support and guidance from local customs. The company stated that it aims to complete the loading of medical equipment and drugs as soon as possible, and successfully pass the classification society certification, achieving the important goal of delivering the first domestically produced large cruise ship by the end of the year.
