| CUSTOMS authorities based at Guangzhou
Baiyun International Airport have teamed up with the airfreight
station at the Pearl River Delta airport to launch the
"customs application in the air" scheme.
The new service has been designed to reduce the time
taken by airport customs officers to clear airfreight
on the ground, Xinhua reports.
Air cargo carriers and shippers participating in the
new scheme are now able to send cargo manifests and
make bookings with the airport's customs office straight
after the freighters have been loaded with cargo and
mail and taken off from airports overseas.
The report said that by contacting customs authorities
before the cargo flight has arrived at Baiyun Airport,
shippers and freight forwarders will be able to collect
their airfreight about one hour after the plane has
landed, shaving about an hour-and-a-half off average
clearance times.
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