General Administration of Customs, PRC Customs Measures for the Administration of Centralized Customs Declaration of Imports and Exports

中华人民共和国海关进出口货物集中申报管理办法

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Simplified customs procedures for time sensitive, dangerous and low-risk goods.

Clp Reference: 5910/08.01.24 Promulgated: 2008-01-24 Effective: 2008-05-01

Promulgated: January 24 2008
Effective: May 1 2008
Interpreting Authority: General Administration of Customs

Applicability: The term “centralized declaration” refers to the special customs clearance method whereby a consignee or consignor that imports or exports goods listed in Article 3 of the Measures in several batches at the same port may, after completing record filing with customs, handle declaration for the goods using the PRC Customs Form for Centralized Declaration of Imports or PRC Customs Form for Centralized Declaration of Exports, and later complete customs formalities for all the goods using a customs declaration form (Article 2).

Main Contents: Article 3 states that centralized customs declaration may be applied to the following imports and exports after completing record filing with customs:

(1) goods that are relatively time sensitive such as books, newspapers and periodicals;

(2) goods that are not fit for long term storage such as those that are hazardous, fresh, perishable or easy to lose efficacy; and

(3) bonded goods that enter or exit the territory at highway ports.

Related Legislation: PRC Customs Law, Jul 8 2000, CLP 2000 No.7 p.10

clp reference:5910/08.01.24promulgated:2008-01-24effective:2008-05-01

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