GACC Proposed to Introduce New Version of Customs Management Regulations on Declaration of Import and Export Goods

On November 4, 2022, General Administration of Customs China (“GACC”) issued Customs Management Regulations on Declaration of Import and Export Goods (Draft for Comments) (“Regulations”) and the deadline for feedback is December 3, 2022.

The Regulations is mainly based on the background of optimizing the business environment, deepening the integration of customs declaration and inspection, and regulating customs clearance procedure. The revisions on Regulations focus on three aspects: (i) integrating the goods declaration of Inspection Regulations and optimizing time limit required for declaration of inspection and quarantine; (ii) integrating the modified contents of the certificate in Repair and Withdrawal Management Methods, and adjusting the time limit for revision and cancellation, clarifying the revision and withdrawal requirements for customs inspection, case-related customs declaration forms and entry-exit filing lists; (iii) adding four laws of customs inspection and quarantine as the legal basis, deleting “Enterprise Registration for Customs Declaration (inspection)” and other contents, and adding “Two-Step Declaration” and other business reform contents.