Interpretation | Announcement of The General Administration of Customs on The Comprehensive Inclusion of “Multiple Certificates into one” Reform for The Filing of Customs Declaration Units by the General Administration of Customs

        《Announcement of the General Administration of Customs on the comprehensive incorporation of customs declaration units into the reform of “Multi-certificate integration”》(Announcement (2021) no. 113) will take effect on January 1, 2022.

        In accordance with the spirit of The Circular of The State Council on Deepening the Reform of “Separating Licenses from Licenses” to Further Stimulate the Development vitality of Market Entities (Guofa (2021) No.7), the announcement will further deepen the reform of “delegating power, delegating power and providing services” and optimize the business environment on the basis of the fact that the registration of importers and consignors of import and export goods has been included in the “integration of multiple licenses”. The filing of customs declaration enterprises is integrated into the scope of “multi-card integration”, realizing the “one-window acceptance and parallel operation” of the filing of customs declaration units and the registration of market entities, which further facilitates the majority of enterprises to handle the customs filing.

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I.What is a customs declaration unit?

        According to the Provisions of the People’s Republic of China on the Archival Administration of Customs Declaration Units (Order No. 253 of the General Administration of Customs), customs declaration units refer to the consignor or consignee of import and export goods and customs declaration enterprises that are archival at the customs in accordance with the above provisions. Customs declaration units may handle customs declaration within the territory of the People’s Republic of China.

        “Consignee or consignor of import and export goods” refers to the market entities directly importing or exporting goods within the territory of the People’s Republic of China according to law.

        A customs declaration enterprise refers to an enterprise that accepts the entrustment of the consignee or consignor of import and export goods and, in the name of the principal or in its own name, handles customs declaration as an agent to the Customs and provides customs declaration services.

        The consignee or consignor of import or export goods and the customs declaration enterprise that apply for the record shall obtain the qualification of market entity; Where the consignor or consignee of import and export goods applies for the record, it shall also obtain the record of foreign trade managers (except as otherwise provided by laws, regulations and departmental rules).

        When register a market main body, the business scope has chosen the customs import and export business, or, in the “card” license matters in check the unit of “customs declaration”, and registered according to clew content added to customs, economic regionalization, special trade area, business category, customs personnel information, relevant registration information, can achieve synchronization for customs declaration units for the record. After the customs confirms and receives the enterprise’s archival information through the system, the enterprise does not need to go through the formalities of archival filing at the Customs. After the completion of archival filing, enterprises can inquire about the archival filing status of customs declaration agencies through the China Customs Enterprise Import and Export Credit Information Publicity Platform.