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Customs clearance procedures and issues to be noted

Declaration:
1. After the consignor of export goods has prepared the export goods according to the provisions of the export contract on time, quality and quantity, it shall go through the procedures of chartering-space booking with the transport company, prepare to go through the formalities of customs declaration, or entrust a professional (agent) customs declaration company to go through the formalities of customs declaration.
2. If an enterprise needs to entrust a professional or agent customs broker to go through the declaration formalities with the customs, it shall go through the entrusted declaration formalities with a professional or agent near the port of export before the goods are exported. The entrusted professional customs broker or agent customs broker shall receive a formal letter of authorization for customs declaration from the entrusted company, which shall be in the form required by the Customs.
3. The preparation of customs declaration documents is the basis to ensure the smooth clearance of export goods. In general, customs declaration documents should be prepared in addition to the declaration of export goods, mainly including: consignment note (that is, the cargo paper), an invoice, a trade contract, export foreign exchange verification sheet and customs supervision conditions related to all kinds of documents.
Issues to be noted in declaration:
Time limit for customs declaration: the time limit for customs declaration refers to the time limit for the consignor or its agent to declare to the customs after the goods are transported to the port. The time limit for declaration of export goods shall be 24 hours before loading. For goods that do not need to be taxed or inspected, the customs clearance procedures shall be completed within 1 day as of the acceptance of declaration.
Inspection:
Inspection refers to a kind of supervision method in which the customs accepts the declaration of the customs declaration unit and the declaration unit that has been examined and verified as the basis, through the actual verification of the export goods, to determine whether the declaration content of the declaration documents is consistent with the actual import and export goods.
1. Check the actual goods and customs declaration documents to verify whether the contents declared in the declaration link are consistent with the verified documents and goods, and discover whether there is any concealment, false statement and false declaration that cannot be found in the declaration review link through the actual inspection.
2. The doubts raised in the link of declaration and review can be verified through inspection, so as to provide a reliable regulatory basis for taxation, statistics and follow-up management. The customs shall fill in an inspection record after inspecting the goods. Inspection records generally include inspection time, place, name of consignee or consignor of import and export goods or its agent, declared goods, transportation and packaging of the checked goods (such as name of means of transport, container number, measurement and seal number), name of goods, specifications and models, etc. The inspection notice shall be issued within 1 day after the goods to be inspected are declared, and the customs inspection shall be completed within 1 day after the customs inspection conditions are met. The customs clearance procedures shall be completed within 4 hours after the completion of the inspection, in addition to paying taxes.
Taxation: according to the relevant provisions of the Customs Law, customs duties shall be levied on imported and exported goods unless otherwise stipulated by the state. Customs duties shall be collected by the Customs in accordance with the customs import and export tariff. For the goods that need to be taxed, a tax bill shall be issued within 1 day upon acceptance of the declaration, and the customs clearance procedures shall be completed within 2 hours upon payment of the tax bill.
Release:
1. For general export goods, after the consignor or its agent makes an accurate declaration to the Customs and has paid the taxes and fees payable in full, the consignor of export goods affixed with the "Customs clearance seal" on the export packing list shall be allowed to embark on board and leave the country.
2. Customs clearance of export goods: The consignor of goods applying for customs clearance shall declare customs clearance within three days from the date of customs clearance, and the goods shall not be shipped out of the place under customs control until approved by the Customs.
(3) Issue export tax return forms: After the customs may release the forms, affix "inspection seals" on the pale yellow export tax return forms and the signatures of the responsible customs who have filed with the tax authorities to examine export tax returns and return them to the declaration forms.
In our country every day about export value of 150 million us dollars of goods, export verification tax rebate every day delayed, will cause a great loss to our customers. How to speed up the rate of tax refund for export verification? One of the most important aspects of documentation operation is to fill out the export declaration form correctly. The relevant contents of the customs declaration must be consistent with the contents of the manifest sent to the customs by the shipping company before the tax refund can be written off smoothly. After the customs accepts the declaration and release, due to reasons such as transport and distribution, part of the goods have not been loaded on the original means of transport, to declare the consignor of export goods shall timely submit to the customs change application form for the export goods declaration form and the corrected copy of the packing list invoice, bill of lading to correct, in order to make customs declaration content can be consistent with the content on the manifest.