18,000 firms file with customs in FTZ
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NEARLY 18,000 firms have registered with the customs authorities in the Shanghai free trade zone since it was launched four years ago, Shanghai Customs said yesterday.
The figure doubled the number of companies that were already operating in the four bonded zones that merged to become the Shanghai FTZ in September 2013, bringing the total now operating within the zone to over 27,000, customs said.
Of the newly-registered companies, 13,600 are privately owned, more than 3,200 are wholly foreign-funded businesses, and 940 are Chinese-foreign joint ventures.
The companies cover 54 industries. Wholesale or retail firms make up 94 percent, while 5 percent are financial enterprises. The rest are mainly transport, storage and postal firms.
The surge in company registrations has helped boost trade in Shanghai despite a trade gloom nationwide.
In the first three quarters, foreign trade in the Shanghai FTZ rose 16.2 percent year on year to 997.6 billion yuan (US$150.2 billion).
When the Shanghai FTZ was launched it streamlined procedures for business registration. Companies can get licenses to operate in the zone in three working days, down from 40 working days previously.
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