Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Disposal of Imported Goods Undeclared to the Customs Within the Time Limit, Mis-discharged or Over-discharged Inward Goods and Abandoned Imported Goods (Amended in 2024)
Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Disposal of Imported Goods Undeclared to the Customs Within the Time Limit, Mis-discharged or Over-discharged Inward Goods and Abandoned Imported Goods (Amended in 2024)
Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Disposal of Imported Goods Undeclared to the Customs Within the Time Limit, Mis-discharged or Over-discharged Inward Goods and Abandoned Imported Goods (Amended in 2024)
Order of the General Administration of Customs No. 273
October 28, 2024
Article 1 To strengthen the disposal of imported goods undeclared to the customs within the time limit, mis-discharged or over-discharged inward goods and abandoned imported goods, the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Disposal of Imported Goods Undeclared to the Customs Within the Time Limit, Mis-discharged or Over-discharged Inward Goods and Abandoned Imported Goods (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") are enacted in accordance with the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Customs Law").
Article 2 A consignee of imported goods shall declare the import to the customs within 14 days from the date of declaring the entry of means of transport. Where it declares the import to the customs beyond the time limit above, the customs shall levy surcharges on delayed declaration in accordance with the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Imposition of Surcharges on Delayed Declaration of Imported Goods. Where it fails to declare the import to the customs within three months, the customs may take over its imported goods for legal sales.
Article 3 Where the customs confirms that mis-discharged or over-discharged inward goods are shipped inward by inward means of transport, discharged with cause at a customs supervision area or any other place approved by the customs, and not included in the import manifest or waybill to be declared to the customs for the entry, the principal of the original means of transporting the goods shall go through the exit formalities for direct return with the customs within three months upon discharge from the means of transport; or the consignor or consignee of the goods shall go through the formalities for return or import declaration with the customs within three months upon discharge from the means of transport.
As for the goods specified in the preceding paragraph, the exit formalities for return or the formalities of import declaration may be handled subject to the approval by the customs of the application by the principal of the original means of transporting the goods or the consignor or consignee of the goods during an extension of three months.
As for the goods specified in Paragraph 1 hereof, where no exit formalities for return or the formalities of import declaration are handled beyond the periods specified in the preceding two paragraphs, the customs may take over them for legal sales.
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Order of the General Administration of Customs No. 273
October 28, 2024
Article 1 To strengthen the disposal of imported goods undeclared to the customs within the time limit, mis-discharged or over-discharged inward goods and abandoned imported goods, the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Disposal of Imported Goods Undeclared to the Customs Within the Time Limit, Mis-discharged or Over-discharged Inward Goods and Abandoned Imported Goods (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") are enacted in accordance with the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Customs Law").
Article 2 A consignee of imported goods shall declare the import to the customs within 14 days from the date of declaring the entry of means of transport. Where it declares the import to the customs beyond the time limit above, the customs shall levy surcharges on delayed declaration in accordance with the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for the Imposition of Surcharges on Delayed Declaration of Imported Goods. Where it fails to declare the import to the customs within three months, the customs may take over its imported goods for legal sales.
Article 3 Where the customs confirms that mis-discharged or over-discharged inward goods are shipped inward by inward means of transport, discharged with cause at a customs supervision area or any other place approved by the customs, and not included in the import manifest or waybill to be declared to the customs for the entry, the principal of the original means of transporting the goods shall go through the exit formalities for direct return with the customs within three months upon discharge from the means of transport; or the consignor or consignee of the goods shall go through the formalities for return or import declaration with the customs within three months upon discharge from the means of transport.
As for the goods specified in the preceding paragraph, the exit formalities for return or the formalities of import declaration may be handled subject to the approval by the customs of the application by the principal of the original means of transporting the goods or the consignor or consignee of the goods during an extension of three months.
As for the goods specified in Paragraph 1 hereof, where no exit formalities for return or the formalities of import declaration are handled beyond the periods specified in the preceding two paragraphs, the customs may take over them for legal sales.
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