General Administration of Customs, PRC Customs Measures for the Administration of Enterprise Classification
海关总署中华人民共和国海关企业分类管理办法
Customs revises enterprise classification to allow more facilitation for cargo release.
Date:
April 2008
CLP Reference: 5920/08.01.30
Promulgated: 30 January 2008
Effective: 01 April 2008
Keywords (click to search): [enterprise classification] [customs classification] [facilitation for cargo release] [customs clearance agency] [consignee] [consignor] [processing enterprise] [customs declaration] [imports]
Promulgated: January 30 2008
Effective: April 1 2008
Interpreting Authority: General Administration of Customs
Main Contents: The General Administration of Customs shall, in accordance with the principles of legal compliance and facilitation, formulate respective administrative measures for enterprises that fall under different administrative categories. Category AA and Category A enterprises shall be subject to the corresponding facilitation measures for customs clearance. Category B enterprises shall be subject to regular administrative measures, while Categories C and D enterprises shall be subject to stringent regulatory measures (Article 4).
A consignee or consignor of imports and exports in Category AA shall fulfil criteria such as:
(1) it has been subject to Category A administration for at least one year; and
(2) its import and export volume in the preceding year is at least US$30 million (or US$10 million for enterprises in the central and western regions) (Article 6).
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