Insights

  • Further Deepened Reform Measures for Cross-border Trade and Business Environment in Major Chinese Ports

    Under special circumstances, the Chinese customs issued policies to speed up the resumption of production and work for all enterprises. All kinds of deferred policies: deferred payment of taxes, extension of time limit for business declaration, application to the customs for relief of delayed pa...
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  • Interpretation on “Announcement on Tariff Commission of the State Council Carrying Out the U.S. Tariff Commodities Market Procurement Exemption Work “

    On 17th February 2020, the Office of the Customs Tariff Commission of the China State Council issued the “Announcement on Tariff Commission of the State Council Carrying Out the U.S. Tariff Commodities Market Procurement Exemption Work ” (Tax Commission Announcement 2020 No. 2). (Chin...
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  • Fight Against Novel Coronavirus

    Fight Against Novel Coronavirus

    The 2020 Spring Festival was very different for Chinese people. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, required attention, patience and close cooperation according to instructions given by authorities. As a result, numerous citizens have had to stay at hom...
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  • Chinese Measures to Facilitate Overseas Donations of Imported Medical Materials

    Chinese Measures to Facilitate Overseas Donations of Imported Medical Materials

    In order to facilitate the import of medical materials into hospitals for use amid the current Novel Coronavirus outbreak, the customs may first release the goods based on the certificate issued by the competent department of medicine, which is equivalent to relaxing the examination requirements ...
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  • Update on China-US Trade Dispute

    Update on China-US Trade Dispute

    China suspending additional tariffs on certain imports from United States For certain imports native to the U.S., which previously scheduled to be subject to tariff increases starting at 12: 01 on 15th. Dec., 2019, the 10% and 5% tariffs will not be imposed for the time being (Customs Tariff Com...
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  • Notice on New China Customs Inspection System (Version 4) Go-Live

    Nov. 30th. 2019 the new China Customs Inspection System (Version 4) came into service. Basically it’s a combination of the original Customs inspection system and CIQ (CHINA ENTRY-EXIT INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE) system, which is the promotion basis of "two-step declaratio...
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  • China Customs expanding application of ATA Carnet System

    Before 2019, according to GCAA (General Administration of Customs of the P.R. China) Announcement No. 212 in 2013 ("Administrative Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for Temporary Entry and Exit of Goods"), the g...
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  • China International Import Expo(CIIE)

    China International Import Expo(CIIE)

    Hosts: Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China Shanghai Municipal People's Government Partners: World Trade Organization United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Industrial Development Organization Organizers: China International I...
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  • Good News: “Declare in Advance” and “Two-step Declaration” Pilot Successfully

    - Can declare in advance and two-step declaration be used together? Yes, and the Customs hopes that import and export enterprises can further improve the time limit for customs clearance by combining declare in advance with two-step declaration. - The key premise of the...
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  • Training on Case Analysis of Customs Standard Declaration Elements

    Training Background To further help enterprises understand the content of 2019 tariff adjustment, make compliance declaration, and improve the quality and efficiency of customs declaration processing, a training salon on case analysis ...
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  • Announcement GACC December 2019

    Category Announcement No. Comments Animal and Plant Products Access Announcement No .195 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs Announcement on Quarantine Requirements for Fresh Edible Avocado Plants Imported from  Colombia.  Since December 13, 2019, Hass varieties (scientific na...
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  • Announcement GACC November 2019

    Category Announcement No. Comments Animal and Plant Products Access Announcement No.177 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Areas Announcement on Lifting Restrictions on Poultry Imports in the United States, U.S. poultry imports meetin...
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