Agency declaration refers to the act of the person in charge of the inbound and outbound means of transport, the consignee or consignor of goods and articles, or their agent, entrusted by the consignee or consignor of imported or exported goods, declaring and handling relevant formalities on their behalf in accordance with the law when passing through the customs-controlled port. An agent declaration unit refers to a domestic corporate legal person that has been approved for registration by the customs, accepts the entrustment of the consignee or consignor of imported or exported goods, and handles the agent declaration business with the customs in the name of the consignee or consignor of imported or exported goods or in its own name, and engages in customs declaration business, such as professional customs declaration companies, customs declaration companies, customs declaration agencies, and agent declaration companies.
Types
Agency declaration can be divided into direct agency declaration and indirect agency declaration according to the different legal responsibilities.
Direct agency declaration refers to the act of a customs declaration company accepting the entrustment of the principal (i.e. the consignee or consignor of imported or exported goods) and handling customs declaration formalities in the name of the principal.
Indirect agency declaration refers to the act of a customs declaration company accepting the entrustment of the principal to handle customs declaration and tax payment with the customs in the name of the customs declaration company itself.
Qualification requirements of the customs for customs declaration agents
(1) Customs declaration agents can only be legal persons;
(2) To obtain customs declaration qualifications, customs declaration agents must first obtain registration and approval from the directly affiliated customs, and then register with the local customs.