Customer Letter on Announcement of the General Administration of Customs of
Dear Valued Customer,
We’re writing to inform you about a new customs regulation in
The new regulation requires an importer or exporter registration code (a 10 digit code)to be reported in the customs declaration of all consignments. except for documents and personal effects. If you are not registered with Customs, we seek your support to engage an agent who has the code and is authorized to act as the importer or exporter of record for your consignments.
Samples and advertising materials not exceeding RMB 400 accurately exempted from duties and taxes. Under the new regulation, all shipment snot exceeding RMB 400 will possibly be charged for appropriate customs duties, VAP and consumption tax.
With the new requirements that are brought by the Announcement, Shipments that arrive in
We seek your support in the following aspects to minimize the effects of the new regulation on your shipments :
Register promptly with Customs for an importer or exporter code ,or to engage an agent who is authorized to act as the importer or exporter of record for your consignments.
Provide HS codes or inform the overseas consignee or shipper to provide accurate and detailed goods description to support us for the goods classification.
We’re working closely with the General Administration of Customs to motor the issue. We will keep you updated on any developments. We are also taking all possible measures including optimizing internal processes and allocating possible resources to minimize the controllable impacts. DHL-Sinotrans will continue to provide customers with high quality , efficient services.
Yours sincerely,
DHL- Sinotrans International Air Courier Ltd.
Appendix:
Announcement of the General Administration of Customs of
In order to regulate the trade order of import and export and strengthen the management on the import and export samples as well as advertising articles, relevant issues are hereby announced as follows:
ⅰ. Import and export samples refer to the sample goods which are imported or exported only for reference for placing orders; the import and export advertising articles refer to the Werbebrief which are imported or exported for publicizing the contents of related commodities.
ⅱ. Import and export samples and advertising articles, whether provided free of charge or not, shall apply customs declaration by the import and export consignee and consignor or their agents registered at the Customs, and go through inspection and clearance by the Customs in accordance with the provisions.
ⅲ. Where the import and export samples and advertising articles belong to commodities that are under the State import and export restrictions or are administrated by issuing license for import and export , relevant Stated administrative provisions shall apply.
ⅳ. Import and export samples and advertising articles with no commercial value are granted an exemption of tariff and import duty collected by the Customs, while other import and export samples and advertising articles shall be taxed uniformly in accordance with the regulation.
ⅴ. The Announcement shall be implemented as of July 1,2010.The original Measures for Customs Supervision of the People’ Republic of China on Import and Export Samples and Advertising Articles(SHUHUOZI[86] No.496)and Notice on Amending Article7 of Measures for Customs Supervision on Import and Export Samples and Advertising Articles (SHUJIANYI[1990] No.698) shall be repealed simultaneously.
May 25,2010-8-10
General Office of the General Administration of Customs of
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