Shanghai Introduces Improved Trade, Customs Procedures to Speed Up Declarations
Shanghai recently introduced measures to improve its trade and customs environment, including an expedited two-step customs declaration for import and a “wider application” of “pre-arrival declaration” for export items at the city’s ports, according to a March 17 report from…
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the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The two-step declaration, which has been adopted by Chinese customs authorities in other regions (see 1910230051 and 1908160016), allows companies to make full declarations after picking up the imported goods. Under the wider application for pre-arrival declarations, companies can make customs declarations up to three days before the goods arrive at the customs supervision site, the report said, on the condition that the goods are “ready,” the container is loaded and all electronic data has been submitted to customs. Shanghai will also introduce a trial period for “ship-side delivery of export items” and “ship-side pick-up of imported goods” to speed up customs clearance, the HKTDC said.