What are the job prospects of customs declarers in coastal areas?

For many young people who wait and see outside the industry, entering the industry needs careful consideration. Attractive factors such as high salary, low threshold and rising sun expectation should be treated calmly and dialectically. The greater the income, the greater the risk.

Hao Shuang, a senior student in a university in Yantai, came across a report that customs declaration is one of the top ten popular occupations in the future, with high salary. At present, there is a big talent gap in the customs declaration industry, so he attended a training course for customs declaration examination at his own expense, and then signed up for the national unified examination for customs declaration qualification in 2006. Hao Shuang yearns for this career with low entry threshold, qualification certificate as long as he passes the exam, and full of development expectations.

Indeed, customs statistics show that in 2006, as many as 2 19686 people took the examination for customs declarers nationwide. At present, there are tens of thousands of customs declaration practitioners in coastal areas. In addition, the General Administration of Customs has recently implemented the policy of engaging in customs declaration with certificates, so it seems logical and easy to do a good job of textual research before becoming a customs declarant. However, in the interview and investigation, the reporter found a different scene. Customs declaration is not a legendary high-paying profession, and it is not as good as most people expect to find a job. In an online forum community of import and export trade, many netizens even left messages and got customs declaration certificates, but they didn't help them find jobs. What's wrong with the truth?

Scarce occupation or surplus occupation?

At present, more and more people hold sunrise-style expectations for the customs declaration industry. On the one hand, there are foreign facts for reference, on the other hand, it also provides a guarantee for the development prospect of China's import and export trade. As a result, the core practitioners of the customs declaration industry are constantly rising, and there has been a lively scene of "thousands of troops and horses" vying to be customs declarers. Many young people like Hao Shuang are full of expectations for this career.

The fact is indeed somewhat similar to the predicted situation. According to statistics, in recent years, customs declarers account for more than 10% of the mainland talents introduced by coastal provinces such as Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu every year. In Shanghai, a heavyweight trade center in China, it is predicted that in the next 3-5 years, the total demand for customs declaration personnel will reach 654.38+million directly or indirectly, and the talent gap for customs declaration and inspection will be at least 30,000-50,000.

In this case, where do many netizens' questions and complaints come from? The person in charge of Shanghai Shenjing Customs Declaration Co., Ltd. told the reporter that at the beginning of the rise of customs declarers, there was no requirement for their academic qualifications, and the entry threshold was really not high, so they had to face an embarrassing fact. Up to now, the quality of employees is generally not high. A similar situation happened in Guangdong. The reporter learned that less than 30% of the two customs declaration enterprises in a certain area of Guangdong Province 12 have a college degree or above at the management decision-making level, and no more than 3% of the customs declarers have a college degree or above. Therefore, highly educated and high-quality customs declaration talents have always been a "scarce resource" in the market.

Education is only one aspect that is missing. Many college graduates already have the qualification certificate of customs declaration, but they still run into a wall when looking for a job. The reason is that many customs declaration companies tend to pay more attention to practical experience. A customs declaration supervisor who has worked in Suzhou for many years told reporters that although he is now on duty with a certificate, he may not be able to declare with a customs declaration certificate. To some extent, the practical experience of customs declarers is more important than their academic qualifications. Therefore, many newcomers in the workplace often need a skilled master to take them for half a year or even a year to get started, and it often takes longer to be independent. In many customs brokers, what is scarce is not newcomers, but well-informed and experienced old customs brokers.

Another main reason for the high salary is the temptation of high salary. However, how high the salary of customs declarers is has always been a controversial topic.

The person in charge of an earlier customs declaration company in Dongguan, Guangdong told the reporter that the average income of customs declarers in her company is about 2,500 yuan, which is relatively high in the local customs declaration industry. At first, her answer really surprised the reporter. Dongguan is the most intensive processing area in China, and the scale and level of customs declaration industry are among the highest in China. Earlier, it was reported that the average income of customs declarers in Dongguan was around 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, and it was not new to exceed 10,000 yuan. Such a big gap makes reporters feel suspicious.

In Kunshan, Jiangsu, another region where import and export trade is very developed, the reporter found the answer. "The high salary is due to the kickback from the customs broker, but this phenomenon is not common." In the interview, the person in charge of a customs broker in Kunshan gave a very positive conclusion. Customs declaration is a highly professional job. The layman can't understand it, and the expert occasionally writes articles. For example, some documents provided by the customs in the process of customs declaration are originally free, but some customs declarers will claim that the fee for a document is as high as several hundred yuan. "This phenomenon looks funny, but it is real." A customs officer in Ningbo gave a similar conclusion when talking about the situation of individual high-income customs declarers.

Many people in the industry said that the current customs declaration industry in China is not mature and standardized. Although the customs declaration work looks very professional on the surface, the technical content is still very low, and most of them are manual labor on the spot. Therefore, the customs broker is not the legendary high-paying profession so far. Although there are some artificial opaque operations, we can't simply think that the salary of customs declarers is high or low. The reporter learned from the inaugural meeting of the National Professional Standards Working Committee for Customs Declarers held in Beijing not long ago that China will gradually establish the professional titles of customs declarers, customs declarers and senior customs declarers, so as to enhance the social and economic status of customs declarers and their corresponding wages and benefits will be improved. It can be said that the career development prospect of customs declarers is optimistic.

The job in the eyes of practitioners has the legendary sunrise expectation, but it is not the legendary scarce high salary. So what is the real life state of customs declarers?

Lao Sun is a customs broker who has worked for many years and has been promoted to the customs declaration manager of his company. In the interview, Lao Sun told reporters that to be a customs broker, we must first be prepared for hardship. Customs declarers are under great pressure and their work is very time-sensitive, so overtime is common. Not only do you usually have to finish a lot of work in a short time, but you can't make mistakes, because a mistake may bring huge economic losses to customers or companies, so it is not feasible to switch to the work of customs declarers. Referring to the rising "customs declaration fever", Lao Sun is quite emotional. Many people may just see the temptation in some media or training schools, but they don't see the risks in actual work.

Nowadays, many young people think that the threshold of customs declarers is low, and another reason is that customs declarers have no requirements for majors. Lao Sun said that the absence of professional requirements does not mean that there is no requirement for the knowledge structure of customs declarers. On the contrary, it is precisely because the knowledge required for customs declaration is too wide that the professional background of customs declarers is often underestimated in practice. A teacher of a customs broker training school said that to be an excellent customs broker, it is essential to know a series of international knowledge such as inspection and quarantine of entry-exit commodities, international trade, foreign-related commercial law, transportation, banking, insurance and customs.

At present, the Ministry of Labor defines declarant as an economic intermediary service occupation. The reporter learned that customs declarers, as service personnel who communicate with import and export enterprises and customs, often have to "public relations" between customers and customs. On the one hand, they should explain professional customs content to customers in an easy-to-understand way. On the other hand, they should always look at the customs face to ensure the efficiency of customs declaration. A senior practitioner in Shanghai described the role of customs declarers with "plywood spirit", which was recognized by most people in the industry.

Both hands have brains, and brains are more than hands. This is Lao Sun's image description of the work of customs declarers.

When a profession is chased by competition, popularity also means the intensification of competition. For many young people who wait and see outside the industry, entering the industry needs careful consideration. Attractive factors such as high salary, low threshold and rising sun expectation should be treated calmly and dialectically. The greater the income, the greater the risk.