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China customs information |
| 1.General provisions for incoming and outgoing passengers |
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(1).In accordance with "Customs Law of the People's Republic of China" and "Customs Regulations of the People's Republic of China Governing Control over Incoming and Outgoing Passengers' Baggage", incoming and outgoing passengers shall enter or leave the territory at the place where the Customs is established. Passengers shall be subject to the Customs controls, and shall declare accurately all the baggage they carry to the Customs.
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| (2).Passengers, except for those exempted from Customs inspection in accordance with relevant regulations, shall produce all the baggage they carry to the Customs for inspection. Articles carried by incoming and outgoing passengers shall be for personal use, in reasonable quantities. The customs shall fix separate dutiable and duty free limit for each category of passengers. |
| (3).The incoming and outgoing passengers carrying the articles to be declared shall submit to the Customs "Declaration for Passengers' Baggage" or any other documents necessary for the purpose of declaration as may be so required. Where the dual-channel system is available, the passengers listed above shall choose the "Goods to Declare Channel". Others may use the "Nothing to declare Channel". |
(4).The "Declaration for Passengers' Baggage" verified and endorsed by the Customs shall be kept properly, and shall be produced to the Customs at the time of the passengers' departure.
Seals affixed by the Customs on the baggage shall not be opened or broken without prior Customs authorization. |
| 2.Articles restricted from importation and exportation |
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(1)Personal effects |
The incoming passengers, including non residents and Chinese residents holding passports with multi-entry visas by the relevant country, may be allowed to bring with them, under temporary admission, one piece of the items listed as follows:
Camera, portable tape-recorder, portable cinecamera, portable videocamera, and portable computer.
Passengers carrying personal effects in excess of the limit listed above shall declare accurately to the Customs and fulfil all the necessary Customs formalities.
Gold, silver and ornaments made thereof
Passengers may bring in gold, silver and the ornaments made thereof for personal use within a reasonable amount. Passengers shall make declarations to the Customs if the amount of gold, silver and the ornaments made thereof they carry exceeds 50 grams. The release of the outbound items shall be justified by the declaration documents verified and endorsed by the Customs at the time of the passengers' entry.
Any consignment for exportation of gold, silver and the ornaments made thereof (including handcrafts of inlaid goldware and silverware) purchased in the territory shall only be allowed against the production of special invoices issued by the People's Bank of China to the Customs for verification. |
| (2)Foreign exchange |
| On entering, no restrictions are imposed on the amount of foreign currencies, traveling checks, credit cards. However, passengers carrying more than 1,000 (for residents) or 5,000 (for non-residents) U.S. Dollars in cash shall declare honestly to the Customs. The Customs shall permit foreign exchange to be carried our based on the declarations made by the carriers at the time to the entry or on the "Permit for the Carrying of Foreign Currencies and Payment of Instruments in Foreign Currency out of the People's Republic of China" issued by the National Administration of Exchange Control. |
| (3) Renminbi |
| Passengers may be allowed to bring in or take out Renminbi 6,000 yuan. The amount in excess of 6,000 shall not be permitted in or out. |
| (4)Cultural relics(including works by late modern famous painters and calligraphers) |
Cultural relics including fore-exportation shall be declared accurately to the Customs.
Cultural relics intended for exportation shall be sent in advance to the cultural administrative departments for verification. The Customs shall release them on the basis of authentic marks affixed to them by the cultural administrative departments and the invoices for permitting cultural relics our of the territory or export license.
Cultural relics which have not be verified shall not be allowed out. Any cases where the cultural relics are found to have not been declared to the Customs shall be dealt with by the Customs in accordance with relevant regulations. |
| (5)Chinese herbs and Chinese patent medicine |
The maximum limits on the value of Chinese herbs and Chinese patent medicine to be carried out shall be : RMB 300 for overseas travelling per person, and RMB 200 for travelling to Hong Kong or Macau per person. The maximum limits on the value of the medicine sent by post shall be : RMB 200 abroad, RMB 100 to Hong Kong and Macau.
Medicine within a reasonable amount which the incoming passengers purchase with foreign currencies may be released by the Customs against the invoices and foreign exchange receipts.
Exportation of musk and any other Chinese herbs and medicine in excess of the prescribed limit mentioned above shall be prohibited. |
| (6)Souvenirs |
Incoming passengers may take out all the souvenirs they purchase with foreign currencies in the territory, and which are not subject to the Customs duties or exportation license.
The Customs shall release the souvenirs based on the invoices and foreign exchange receipts. |
| 3. Articles prohibited from importation and exportation |
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Articles prohibited from importation |
(1).Arms, imitation arms, ammunition and explosives of all kinds;
(2).Counterfeit currencies and counterfeit negotiable securities;
(3).Printed matter, films, photographs, gramophone records, cinematographic films,loaded recording tapes and video-tapes, compact discs (video and audio), storage media for computers and other articles which are detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of China;
(4).Deadly poisons of all kinds;
(5).Opium morphia, heroin, marihuana and other addiction inducing drugs and paychedelics;
(6).Animals, plants and products made thereof infected with or carrying disease germs, insect pests and other harmful organisms;
(7) . Foodstuff, medicines and other articles coming from epidemic-stricken areas and harmful to man and livestock or those capable of spreading disease. |
| Articles prohibited from exportation |
(1).All articles enumerated as articles prohibited from importation;
(2).Manuscripts, printed matter, films, photographs, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes and video-tapes, compact discs (video and audio), storage media for computers and other articles which involve state secrets;
(3).Valuable cultural relics and other prohibited from exportation;
(4).Endangered and rare animals, plant (including their specimens) and their seeds or reproducing materials. |
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