Decree of the General Administration of Customs No.169

Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the Administration of Centralized Declaration of Import and Export Goods, which were deliberated and adopted at the executive meeting of the General Administration of Customs on January 4th, 2008, are hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as of May 1st, 2008.

Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the Administration of Centralized Declaration of Import and Export Goods.

Measures of the Customs

Where a consignee or consignor fails to apply for extension to the original archival filing customs before expiration of the validity term of archival fling, the validity of the Archival Filing Form shall be terminated. If the consignee or consignor needs to continuously go through the customs clearance formality in light of the method of centralized declaration, he shall file a new application for archival filing.

The consignee or consignor that goes through the customs formality by adopting the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance in accordance with these Measures shall fill in the List of Centralized Declaration and make customs declaration within 14 days as of the day when the means of transport of import goods is declared to enter the territory, or after the export goods are transported into the custody area of the customs and 24 hours before the loading of export goods.
Where the consignee makes import declaration at the customs 14 days after the means of transport is declared to enter the territory, the method of centralized declaration for customs clearance may not be applied. And the consignee shall make declaration at the customs upon the strength of the customs declaration form.

When examining the electronic data on the list of centralized declaration, the customs shall check and deduct the data in the processing trade brochure (account) or electronic account for the bonded goods, and shall check the archival filing data on centralized declaration for the goods of general trade.
In case, upon examination, the customs finds the inconsistency between the electronic data on the list of centralized declaration and the archival filing data on centralized declaration, the list shall be returned. And the consignee or consignor shall make customs declaration in the form of a customs declaration form.

The consignee or consignor shall, within three days after the customs has completely examined the electronic data on the list of centralized declaration, go through the formality for the submission of documents and the customs clearance upon verification at the customs where the goods are placed upon the strength of the List of Centralized Declaration and the accompanied documents. Where the goods are subject to licensing administration, the consignee or consignor shall submit a corresponding licensing certificate in addition, and the customs house shall make postil on the corresponding certificate and keep a photocopy.
In case the consignee or consignor fails to go through the related customs formality within the time limit as prescribed in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the customs shall delete the electronic data on the list of centralized declaration, and the consignee or consignor shall make declaration at the customs again. Where the date for new declaration is later than 14 days after the means of transport is declared to enter the territory, the declaration shall be made upon the strength of the customs declaration form.

Where a consignee or consignor applies for altering or canceling the List of Centralized Declaration after the declaration of the list, he shall go through the formalities in light of the Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the Administration on Alteration and Cancellation of Customs Declaration Forms.

The consignee or consignor shall incorporate the data declared on the List of Centralized Declaration in every month, fill in the customs declaration form on import and export goods, and go through the formality for centralized declaration at the customs ten days before the next month for the goods of general trade or before the end of the next month for the bonded goods.
The formality of centralized declaration for the goods of general trade may not be gone through beyond the year.

Where the Lists of Centralized Declaration are incorporated into one customs declaration form, the entry-exit ports, operating entities, domestic consignors or consignees, trade methods (supervisory methods), countries (regions) of departure, ports of loading, countries(regions) of arrival, modes of transport and the tax rates and exchange rates applicable on various sheets shall be consistent.
In case the items as prescribed in the preceding paragraph of this Article on various lists are inconsistent, the consignee or consignor shall make declaration by separately incorporating the foresaid lists into different customs declaration forms. In case the incorporation of inconsistent items really can not be made, the consignee or consignor shall make declaration by filling in a separate customs declaration form.

When various lists are incorporated into one customs declaration form, the commodity items stated in these lists may be incorporated in terms of quantity and total price, provided that all the commodity serial numbers, commodity names, specifications, units, countries (regions) of origin, unit prices and currencies are consistent.