Nationwide Customs Clearance Integration Reform

June 28, 2017, the General Administration of Customs of China published an announcement on the Nationwide Customs Clearance Integration reform starting July 1, 2017. This reform is an important step forward from the previous Regional Customs Clearance Integration Reform.

After such reform is fully implemented, it is expected to unify the customs' enforcement relating to declaration matters nationwide, such as the classification and valuation of the imported good, which would eliminate a traditional compliance challenge as the result of the former customs district clearance system.

Since this reform is influencing the customs clearance process that actually takes place day to day, especially for the companies importing goods from foreign countries, we then advise companies to pay attention to the new customs policy in China.