What are the regulations for personal mailing articles entering or leaving the country? Is there a limit on the amount? Do I need to pay taxes?
It is implemented according to the provisions of the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 43 of 2010 on the Adjustment of the Management Measures for Personal Mailing Articles Entering and Leaving the Country.
(1) For personal mailing articles entering the country, the customs shall collect import tax in accordance with the law, but if the amount of import tax payable is RMB 50 (inclusive) or less, the customs shall exempt it.
(2) For personal articles sent from or to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the limit is RMB 800 per time; for articles sent from or to other countries and regions, the limit is RMB 1,000 per time.
(3) For personal mailing articles entering or leaving the country that exceed the prescribed limit, they shall go through the return procedures or go through the customs clearance procedures in accordance with the regulations for goods. However, if there is only one article in the parcel and it is indivisible, although it exceeds the prescribed limit, if the customs verifies that it is for personal use, it can go through the customs clearance procedures in accordance with the regulations for personal articles.
(4) Commercial mail that is imported or exported by mail should go through customs clearance procedures in accordance with the regulations for goods.