Here is the Guide to Customs Clearance, help you understand the Chinese Customs policy and enter, leave China smoothly.
Entry
The following inward passengers shall finish the Baggage Declaration Form and choose the channel marked “GOODS TO DECLARE” Channel and declare all the articles as required:
1. Passengers carrying dutiable articles or limited duty-free articles which belong to category II、III in Articles Classification Form for Inward and Outward Passengers (excluding allowed duty-free tobacco & alcoholic beverages).
2. Non-resident passengers or resident passengers with re-entry visa issued by the destination country (area) carry trip necessities exceeding the limitation set by the Customs, i.e. one camera, one portable radio-recorder, one mini movie-camera, one portable video-recorder, one portable character-processor.
3.Passengers carrying more than RMB 20,000 in cash, or gold, silver and ornaments made thereof over 50g in weight.
4. Passengers carrying foreign currencies in cash which exceed the value of USD 5,000 in equivalence.
5. Passengers carrying goods of commercial value, samples or articles other than personal belongings.
6. Passengers carrying animals, plants, and products made thereof which are under the control of China Quarantine Law, or other articles which are required to have inspection before passing through the Customs.
Articles Prohibited from Importation
1 Arms, imitation arms, ammunition and explosives of all kinds;
2 Counterfeit currencies and counterfeit valuable securities;
3 Printed matters, films, photographs, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes , video-tapes, compact discs (audio and video), storage media for computers and other articles which are detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of China;
4 Deadly poison of all kinds;
5 Opium, morphine, heroin, marihuana and other addictive kef and psychotropic substance;
6 Animals, plants and products thereof infected with or carrying pathogenic germs, insect pests and other harmful organisms;
7 Unsanitary foodstuff, medicines and other articles coming from epidemic stricken areas and those harmful to man and livestock or those capable of spreading diseases.
Articles Restricted from Importation
1 Radio transmitter and communication security machines;
2 Tobacco & alcoholic drinks;
3Animals in danger of becoming extinct, rare animals and plants, (including respective specimens), seeds and reproducing materials;
4 State currencies;
5 Other articles restricted from importation by Customs.
Exit
The following outward passengers shall finish the Baggage Declaration Form and choose the channel marked “GOODS TO DECLARE”Channel and declare all the articles as required:
1. Passengers carrying camera, portable radio-recorder, mini movie-camera, portable video-recorder, portable character-processor, and any other trip necessities which will be taken back to China Customs territory after the trip.
2. Passengers failing to re-export the original of imported articles that should be taken outward or to complete the Customs clearance for temporarily imported duty-free articles.
3. Passengers carrying foreign currencies, gold, silver and ornaments made there of exceed the declared quota or without export licence or certificates.
4. Passengers carrying more than RMB 20,000 in cash.
5. Passengers carrying cultural relics.
6. P assengers carrying goods of commercial value and samples.
7. Passengers carrying articles exceed the limited value and quantity, or other limitations according to the Customs regulations.
8. Passengers carrying animals, plants, and products made thereof which are under the control of China Quarantine Law, or other articles which are required to have inspection before passing through the Customs.
Articles Prohibited from Exportation
1 All the articles within the extension of the prohibited importation
2 Manuscripts, printed matters, films, photographs, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes , video-tapes ,compact discs (audio and video), storage media for computers and other articles which involve state secrets;
3 Valuable cultural relics and other relics prohibited from exportation;
4 Animals in danger of becoming extinct, rare animals and plants (including respective specimens), their seeds and reproducing materials.
Ⅱ. Articles Restricted From Exportation
1 Gold, silver, precious metals and ornaments made thereof;
2 State currencies;
3 Foreign currencies and valuable securities;
4 Radio transmitter and communication security machines;
5 Valuable Chinese medicinal materials;
6 Ordinary cultural relics;
7 Other articles restricted from exportation by Customs.