Delays on cross-border industrial transportation

Transit time through the Zhuhai-Macau Cross-border Industrial Zone has increased due to the new regulations that were recently introduced by the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhuhai that had the original intention of shortening the waiting time.
Firms which transport goods through this zone have complained that goods exported and imported through the channel have to wait longer before heading onward to their destination. Similar situations had reportedly started occurring in 2015, when the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhuhai announced there would be interim administrative rules that would allow certain items to pass through the border upon close inspection, without the need for clearance documents.
The Macau Delegate of the Chinese People’s Congress, Liu Yiliang, said that new regulations had the opposite effect, adding: “It used to be only three to five hours, and time means money.” According to the delegate, Gongbei Customs are intervening to handle emergency situations as authorized. However, Liu urges the General Administration of Customs of the PRC to “solve the problems as soon as possible.”