(1) “Personal use”
According to the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 194 of 2018 on the Supervision of Cross-border E-commerce Retail Import and Export Commodities, it is clearly stated that “cross-border e-commerce direct purchase imported goods and goods subject to the import policy of ‘online shopping bonded import’ (supervision method code 1210) shall be supervised as personal use imported goods, and the requirements for the first import license, registration or filing of the relevant goods shall not be implemented. However, this does not apply to goods from epidemic areas that have been explicitly suspended from import by relevant departments and when risk emergency measures are initiated for goods with major quality and safety risks.”
(2) Recall by warning
According to the Notice on Improving the Supervision of Cross-border E-commerce Retail Import No. Shangcaifa [2018] 486, it is clearly stated that cross-border e-commerce enterprises bear the main responsibility for product quality and safety, and must fulfill their obligation to remind and inform consumers about quality, safety, hygiene, etc. Customs is required to monitor the quality and safety risks of cross-border e-commerce retail imported goods, implement necessary quarantine in accordance with laws and regulations before selling goods, and issue risk warnings as appropriate; market supervision departments are required to strengthen the supervision of recall of cross-border e-commerce retail imported goods, urge cross-border e-commerce enterprises and cross-border e-commerce platforms to eliminate safety hazards of goods that have been sold, and implement recalls in accordance with the law; customs orders relevant enterprises to take risk reduction measures for unqualified goods or goods with quality and safety problems, supervise goods that have not yet been sold, and investigate the responsibilities of relevant business entities in accordance with the law.
(3) Declaration of List
When cross-border e-commerce retail goods are imported, the domestic agent of the cross-border e-commerce enterprise or the customs declaration company entrusted by it shall submit the “Declaration List” and handle customs declaration procedures in the “list verification and release” method. The “Declaration List” has the same legal effect as the “Customs Declaration Form for Import (Export) Goods of the People’s Republic of China”.
(4) Identity verification
Cross-border e-commerce platform enterprises and domestic agents of cross-border e-commerce enterprises that conduct cross-border e-commerce retail import business shall verify the authenticity of transactions and the authenticity of consumer (orderer) identity information, and bear corresponding responsibilities; if the identity information has not been certified by the national competent authority or its authorized agency, the orderer and the payer shall be the same person.
(5) Site management
The supervision work site of cross-border e-commerce retail import and export commodities must comply with relevant customs regulations. Operators of cross-border e-commerce supervision work sites and warehousing enterprises shall establish a computer management system that meets the customs supervision requirements and exchange electronic data in accordance with customs requirements. Among them, the supervision work site for cross-border e-commerce direct purchase import or general export business should be set up in accordance with the customs supervision work site specifications for express or postal delivery. The bonded import business of cross-border e-commerce networks shall be carried out in special customs supervision areas or bonded logistics centers (Type B).