Can I ship parcels from U.S. to China? How the duties will be charged? What does need my special attention? As you may know, any policies from China Customs should be focus. Otherwise, you may suffer a great loss for violating them.
Therefore EzeeShip has generated a list about prohibited and restricted items by China Customs and a Guideline of Taxes and Duties according to relevant policies from General Administration of Customs, P.R.China and years’ experience of forwarding goods from U.S. to China.
How can my parcels get custom cleared as soon as possible?
Accurate Order Information:
1. Information should be as accurate as possible, which includes but not limited to weight, parcel No., declared value, contact person and addresses of sender and recipient.
2. Please fill in right HS No.（Schedule B）for avoiding unnecessary problem in custom clearance process.
3. Please prepare appropriate Waybill for every parcel.
Commercial Invoice shall be automatically generated by EzeeShip after shipment information has been precisely completed. All you have to do is to print it out and send it to carrier along with your parcel.
About Duties and Taxes for Goods Coming into China
There are 4 types of duties in general applied in China Customs, including duties on goods exported and imported, import adjustment tax and duties on luggage of inbound passengers and personal items shipped from overseas. Regarding to merchandises, Chinese Customs shall charge duties and taxes according to the HS Code (also known as Schedule B）
For specific duties and taxes on the items, please click the link below:
Shipping Parcels to China：
FedEx and UPS provides international service and conduct initiative of declare at custom. If the content is for commercial-usage, FedEx and UPS shall contact the recipient to get necessary files for custom clearance.
Goods for Personal Use：
In general, EzeeShip recommends customers to choose Commercial or Sample instead of Gift or Personal Use as Purpose when filling Custom Form for goods coming into China with FedEx or UPS international services. As you may know, goods for non-commercial usage could be returned for the value exceeds 1,000 RMB.
Personal Effects:
Luggage Separation Declaration is needed when shipping personal luggage to China and following terms shall be required:
1. Exemption Value: Chinese citizens with valid Chinese passport are allowed to bring products for personal usage valuing no more than 5,000 RMB with no duties charged. For the products over the limits, duties and taxes are applied.
2. Personal Effects are applied on luggage of Chinese citizen who is going to enter in China in 6 months. They can use luggage check-in service with prerequisites that this person should come into China before the luggage arrives and recipient must be this same person. Also Inbound baggage Declaration should be obtained from Chinese Custom and completed. Then the declaration should be offered to FedEx for custom clearance.
Items Restricted from Entering in China:
1. Radio transceiver, communication security machine.
2. Tobacco, Liquor.
3. Endangered and precious animals, plants (include the specimens) and their seeds and propagation materials;
4. Currency；
5. Other items restricted from entering in China.
Items Prohibited from Entering in China
1. Firearms, Ammunition, Weapons, fireworks and Explosive( Include counterfeit).
2. Money and securities, Bond, Stock( Include counterfeit).
3. All propaganda and goods against “one China policy” or harmful to Chinese political party and culture, like Falun Gong.
4. Toxic and radioactive materials.
5. Narcotic drugs and psychotropic, substances.
6. Soil, animal body plants( included bacteria and Virus) and other harmful creature.
7. All shipments from affected area.