The General Administration of Customs Bulletin No. 24 of 2026 has officially landed:
When the return of cross-border e-commerce retail export commodities (9610 mode) occurs, it is no longer mandatory to return to the original export customs, and the return shipment can be processed for entry at any one of the nation's customs ports carrying out cross-border e-commerce business.
In a phrase: goods come in from wherever it is convenient to do so.

9810 is not a universal scale board, 0110 is by no means an elimination option, matching their own business substance, is the core of cross-border customs compliance! Today, we will use the most common language, the difference between 0110, 9810, pit avoidance points, choose the logic of a one-time speak through, whether it is an old Amazon seller or cross-border novice, after reading can accurately choose the right way to declare customs, avoid tax and compliance minefield.

The key is that South Africa's e-commerce is in an explosive period. 2025 e-commerce turnover has exceeded 12 billion U.S. dollars, 2026 South Africa's e-commerce market size is expected to exceed 100 billion rand, accounting for the country's total retail sales of close to 10%. the annual growth rate of online retail is more than 20%, which is more than 10 times the growth rate of offline retail. The e-commerce penetration rate is only 4.3%, much lower than China's 27%, with huge room for future growth.

Do cross-border so many years, you may find a phenomenon: many people just enter the field full of confidence, a month or two after the beginning of confusion. Why? Because they chose a road that is destined not to go far from the starting point.
Today we're going to talk about something that a lot of people in the South African e-commerce market don't see - why a long deep dive into Takealot, the local store, is really the end of the line.

Do cross-border brothers and sisters, recently there is a news in the circle exploded pot - South Africa's largest e-commerce platform Takealot, officially open to Chinese sellers investment!

Many people subconsciously shake their heads when they hear the word “Africa”, thinking that it is poor, backward and has no spending power. But do you really know South Africa? Per capita GDP of more than 6000 U.S. dollars, the middle class of more than 15 million, the Internet penetration rate of 72%, e-commerce penetration rate is only 4.3% - behind the hidden huge space for growth.