Decree of the General Administration of Customs No.169
Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the Administration of Centralized Declaration of Import and Export Goods, which were deliberated and adopted at the executive meeting of the General Administration of Customs on January 4th, 2008, are hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as of May 1st, 2008.
Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the Administration of Centralized Declaration of Import and Export Goods.
Measures of the Customs
With a view to facilitating the declaration formalities by the consignees and consignors of import and export goods, enhancing the customs clearance efficiency of import and export goods and regulating the declaration administration of import and export goods, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Law).
The term “centralized declaration” as mentioned in these Measures means such a special customs clearance method that a consignee or consignor of import or export goods (hereinafter referred to as the consignee or consignor), who intends to import or export the goods within the scope as prescribed in Article 3 of these Measures in several batches at one port upon archival filing at the customs, may firstly declare the import or export of goods upon the strength of the List of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on the Centralized Declaration of Import Goods (see Attachment 1) or the List of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on the Centralized Declaration of Export Goods (see Attachment 2) (hereinafter collectively referred to as the List of Centralized Declaration), and then handle the customs formalities in a centralized manner upon the strength of customs declaration lists.
The consignee or consignor of import or export goods may entrust a customs declaration enterprise in the management category of B or above for going through the related formalities of centralized declaration.
Upon archival filing at the customs, the following import and export goods may apply the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance:
- Goods such as books, newspapers, periodicals and other publications that have strong efficiency;
- Dangerous goods, fresh goods, perishable goods, goods that are easy to lose efficacy and other goods not suitable for long-term storage;
- Bonded goods exited or entered via road ports.
The consignee or consignor shall go through the archival filing formality of centralized declaration at the customs where the goods are placed, and the processing trade enterprise shall go through the archival filing formality of centralized declaration at the competent customs house.
Where a consignee or consignor applies for the archival filing formality of centralized declaration, he shall submit the Archival Filing Form on the Application of the Method of Centralized Declaration for Customs Clearance (hereinafter referred to as the Archival Filing Form, see Attachment 3), and simultaneously offer the guaranty meeting the requirements of the customs with the validity term of security not less than three months.
The customs shall examine the Archival Filing Form submitted by the consignor or consignee, and shall approve the archival filing if the form is in compliance with these Measures.
In case the consignee or consignor, who is suspected of smuggling or regulation-breaking, and is being put on files by the customs for investigation, subject to administrative penalties due to the import and export of goods infringing on intellectual property rights, or applies the management category of C or D, imports or exports the goods as listed in Article 3 of these Measures, the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance may not apply.
Within the validity term of archival filing, the consignee or consignor may adopt the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance. The validity term of archival filing shall be verified in light of the validity term of guaranty provided by the consignee or consignor.
In case of any change in the goods for which the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance is applied or change in the guaranty, etc., the consignee or consignor shall file a written application for alteration with the original archival filing customs.
The validity term of archival filing may be extended at expiration. Where a consignee or consignor needs to continuously adopt the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance, he shall, ten days before expiration of the validity term of archival filing, file a written application for extension with the original archival filing customs.
In case a consignee or consignor is under any of the following circumstances, the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance shall be terminated:
- The conditions for guaranty are changed, and no valid guaranty can be continuously provided any more;
- The consignor or consignee is suspected of smuggling or regulation-breaking and is being put on files by the customs for investigation;
- The consignor or consignee is subject to administrative penalties by the customs due to the import or export of goods infringing on intellectual property rights;
- The classified customs management category is degraded to C or D, The consignee or consignor may voluntarily apply for terminating adopting the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance within the validity term of archival filing.
