Frequent delays in customs clearance? These things need to be understood
In international logistics transportation, a term that is often faced and mentioned is "destination port clearance".
Sometimes customs clearance is completed in a day or two, and sometimes it can be extended for ten days, or even half a month. What should I pay attention to in order to avoid customs clearance delays?
In order to understand the customs clearance problem, we must first understand what is the destination port clearance.
01. What is Port of destination clearance?
Customs clearance, also known as customs clearance, refers to the import and export or transit goods entering and leaving a country's customs, in accordance with the law should go through the procedures. After the completion of customs declaration, inspection, taxation, release and other procedures, all entry obligations must be fulfilled before the goods can be released, picked up by the logistics company, and finally delivered.
In short, any country's goods into another country, must be in accordance with the provisions of the customs clearance procedures, otherwise, in violation of the provisions of the goods will be sanctioned by the law of other countries. For countries, the purpose of customs clearance is mainly two: one is to check whether it is legal, and the other is to collect tariffs to maintain the balance of trade between the two countries.
02. What is the process of customs clearance?
01） Change the order
Go to freight forwarder or shipping company to change the D/O. (According to the bill of lading in hand to determine where to change the document. H B/L Forwarder's Bill of Lading M B/L shipowner's Bill of Lading) Electronic declaration - computer pre-recording, document review, sending, contact with customs/release.
02）Application for inspection
After the release of the electronic declaration, one of the four copies of the customs declaration shall go to the commodity inspection Bureau for quotation procedures and issue the customs clearance. (If goods need to be inspected)
03）Hand in receipt on site
Customs on-site delivery form (available only if the goods need to be inspected).
04）Inspection
The Customs shall inspect the goods according to the supervision conditions of the goods declared. If there is an inspection, the inspection notice will be issued (if there is a customs inspection, there will be one).
05） Issue the tax form
Declaration of goods to the customs will issue a tax sheet details for enterprises to pay the import duties.
06） Release
Customs clearance.
03. What should I pay attention to during customs clearance?
If you do not want the goods to be seized by the customs of the destination country, you must declare the goods according to its customs policies and requirements, including the name of the goods, quantity, weight, declared value of the goods and the certification documents corresponding to the special goods.
The main factors affecting customs clearance are: first, the declaration of goods information, including the declaration value, declaration name inconsistency will lead to the seizure of goods; In addition, special items such as children's toys, cosmetics, medical equipment, etc., need the corresponding supporting documents, otherwise they will be detained.
04. What should I do if the goods are detained?
If the goods are detained at the customs of the destination country, it is necessary to understand the reason for the detention to solve the problem. In actual operation, the reasons for withholding documents are incomplete customs declaration, less customs declaration and non-standard customs declaration.
If the prepared materials are incomplete and the customs declaration is less, the materials and taxes shall be made up as required.
If it is prohibited goods and other goods prohibited from import, it can only be abandoned and destroyed.
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