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[Imports Licensing] The Customs Clearance Procedures

[2009-01-19 11:34:38]



A. After you have gone through the passport checking points, please take all of your belongings including your checked baggage, and choose the right channel to pass through customs.

B. Please make sure you know the regulations regarding how to pass through China Customs before choosing the channel. The passengers will take all the legal responsibilities resulted from choosing a wrong channel.

C. If you have anything to declare, please finish the declaration in a written format at the counter marked “GOODS TO DECLARE”. Declaration of any other forms or in any other places will be regarded as invalid.

D. Please show your valid identification when you go through the customs inspection area.

E. If you have carried anything dutiable according to laws and regulations, customs officers will request you to pay. Please keep the bill, and go to the customs appointed bank to pay your duties and taxes.

F. Cargo or goods, exceeding the limited quantity or have not been cleared, will be kept by customs temporarily, and you may have to pay for the storage fees accordingly.


Guidance to Relevant Regulations

“The Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China” states:

--The luggage or goods carried by travelers shall be limited to reasonable quantities for personal use and subject to customs control.

--Owners of all incoming or outgoing articles shall declare to customs honestly and accept inspection by customs.

--The value for incoming and outgoing dutiable articles is determined by customs according to regulations.

--Customs duties on incoming and outgoing articles must be collected prior to Customs release.

--Articles which have been registered with the customs, or allowed to enter or leave the territory temporarily with a tax exemption, are required to be taken out or brought in by the same passenger, who originally carried them into or outside the territory.

Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China