July is coming to an end. Since August 1, 2019, what customs-related new policies and regulations have been implemented? Come and find out!
Electronic agent declaration: From August 1st, Guangzhou Customs and Ningbo Customs will fully launch the electronic agent declaration form
On June 11, Guangzhou Customs issued a notice. Since August 1, 2019, the customs no longer accepts the paper agent declaration. Before the transition period of July 31, the customs declaration enterprise can fill in the electronic agent declaration power of attorney, or upload a scanned copy of the paper agent declaration power of attorney.
On July 17, Ningbo Customs issued an announcement and decided to fully implement the electronic proxy declaration (trust agreement). Since August 1, 2019, the customs will no longer accept scanned copies of the paper agent declaration (trust agreement).
Two-step declaration: two-step declaration pilot program started on August 24th
At the briefing of the State Council Information Office held on July 3, Hu Wei, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, revealed that the Customs will launch a pilot reform of the “two-step declaration” customs clearance model. The General Administration of Customs plans to start the reform of the “two-step declaration” customs clearance mode at the Huangpu Customs, Shenzhen Customs and Qingdao Customs. Under this customs clearance mode, companies do not need to submit all the declaration information and documents at one time, and the entire declaration process can be divided into two steps.
What is a 'two-step declaration':
In the first step, the company submits the relevant information required for the port security entry declaration based on the bill of lading information, and conducts a “general declaration”. If the goods do not require further inspection, they can be released immediately. Tax-related goods can also be released after the tax guarantee is provided.
In the second step, within 14 days after the release of the goods, the enterprise shall submit relevant information and documents required to meet the overall supervision of tax collection and management, conformity assessment and customs statistics. That is to say, it is possible to supplement the submission of relevant information within 14 days after the goods are lifted.
While implementing the “two-step declaration”, the “one-time declaration” model will continue to be retained, and enterprises can choose independently. The “two-step declaration” applies to goods entering the territory outside the customs special supervision area.
New regulations for Indian customs: India's new customs regulations will be implemented on August 1st, and customs clearance will be required to submit goods value data.
The cargo consignors who shipped the goods in India have noticed that since India will implement the new regulations for the manifests from August 1, please export the goods to the ports in India, and be sure to provide the value data. The specific data can be filled in according to the invoice amount. If there is no value data, it may affect the customs clearance of goods in India.
Dangerous Goods: From August 1st, the dangerous goods were misreported and reported a fine of 15,000 USD/carton.
On July 2, the shipping company Maersk announced that since August 1, 2019 (starting date of freight), goods exported to the world in Greater China have misreported, misreported and misreported dangerous goods, and related customers must Payment of liquidated damages of 15000 USD / per natural box (approximately RMB 103,200).
At the same time, since August 1st, 2019 (from the date of shipment), the absolute error of VGM weight exceeds 5% or 1 ton (0 is triggered by the small) and the price is USD300/natural box.