In order to cooperate with the pilot reform of customs tax collection and management methods, improve the level of customs clearance facilitation, enrich the channels for classification of public services, and guide the consignees and consignees or their agents of imported and export goods (hereinafter referred to as "consignees and consignees or their agents") to standardize and truthfully declare the classification of imported and export goods, the General Administration of Customs is now piloting the launch of the "Classification Precedent Assisted Inquiry System" and announce the following on related matters:
1. Pilot scope
Imported goods in the "Import and Export Tax Rules of the People's Republic of China" by sea, land and air transport at ports nationwide.
involves formula pricing, special cases, and preferential trade agreements that have not yet realized electronic networking, and will not be included in the pilot scope.
2. Pilot content
provides reference for reporting to the consignee or consignee or their agent for import and export commodities code . The General Administration of Customs has developed a "classified precedent assisted query system" and added a "classified precedent query function" to the electronic port pre-entry system (QP) (see the attachment for details). When the consignee or his agent declares import and export goods to the customs, he can use this function to select the same classification precedent data as the import and export goods of the enterprise for classification declaration. If you select precedent data to declare, the system will automatically fill in the product code, product name and specification model in the selected precedent data into the form information of the corresponding customs declaration form. If the selected classification precedent data is 8-digit product code, after filling in the form information corresponding to the customs declaration form, the consignee or his agent must supplement the 9/10-digit product code by themselves.
If the consignee or consignee or his agent does not select the classification precedent database data to declare, he may also declare and classify it by himself in accordance with the existing regulations.
This announcement shall be implemented from the date of publication.
is hereby announced.
Attachment: Classification precedent query function operation instructions.doc
General Administration of Customs
November 24, 2016
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Published: Gao Yang
