Bonded logistics centers are divided into Type A and Type B. Type A is a customs-supervised place approved by the customs and operated by a corporate legal person in China, specializing in bonded warehousing and logistics business. It is divided into public logistics centers and self-use logistics centers according to the scope of service.
Type A bonded logistics centers can store the following goods:
①Domestic export goods;
②Transit goods and international transit goods;
③Foreign merchants temporarily store goods;
④Processing trade import and export goods;
⑤Supply of materials and maintenance parts for international ships and aircraft;
⑥Spare parts imported for maintenance of foreign products
⑦General trade import goods that have not completed customs formalities;
⑧Other goods that have not completed customs formalities.
Goods that cannot be stored are goods prohibited from entering or leaving the country by the state.
Bonded logistics center type B is a customs centralized supervision place approved by the customs, operated by a corporate legal person in China, and where multiple enterprises enter and engage in bonded warehousing and logistics business.
Bonded logistics center type B can store the following goods:
①Domestic export goods;
②Transit goods and international transit goods;
③Foreign merchants temporarily store goods;
④Processing trade import and export goods;
⑤Supply materials and maintenance parts for international ships and aircraft;
⑥Spare parts imported for maintenance of foreign products;
⑦General trade import goods that have not completed customs formalities;
⑧Other goods that have not completed customs formalities.
Goods that cannot be stored are goods prohibited from entering or leaving the country.
The difference between type A and type B can be understood as follows: type A is operated by a domestic corporate legal person; type B is similar to a logistics park, with many enterprises settled in and jointly operated.
For details, please refer to the “Interim Administration Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on Bonded Logistics Centers (Type A)” (General Administration of Customs Order No. 129) and the “Interim Administration Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on Bonded Logistics Centers (Type B)” (General Administration of Customs Order No. 130).