General Administration of Customs, PRC Customs Measures for the Supervision of Processing Trade Goods (Revised)

海关总署中华人民共和国海关对加工贸易货物监管办法 (修正)

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Non-principal processes allowed to be outsourced for the processing trade sector.

Clp Reference: 5920/08.01.14 Promulgated: 2008-01-14 Effective: 2008-03-01

Promulgated: January 14 2008
Effective: March 1 2008

Applicability: These Measures shall apply when procedures for the record filing, import and export customs declaration, processing, supervision and verification and cancellation of processing trade goods are carried out (Article 2).

Main Contents: The Measures eliminates the principal process restriction on outsourcing of processing and allow business operators to outsource non-principal processes (Article 23). The Measures also stipulate that subject to the approval of the competent customs of the place where the business operator is located, finished products and residual materials and components from outsourced processing as well as the scrap material, defective and substandard products, by-products, etc. generated in the course of production need not be transported back to the business operator (Article 24).

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

clp reference:5920/08.01.14promulgated:2008-01-14effective:2008-03-01

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