According to Article 11 of the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the “Customs Law”), the consignees and consignors of imported and exported goods and customs declaration companies shall register with the customs in accordance with the law when handling customs declaration procedures. Customs declaration companies and customs declaration personnel shall not illegally act as agents for others to make customs declarations.
I. Basis of Establishment
Article 11 of the Customs Law; Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Customs Declaration Units of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China (Order No. 253 of the General Administration of Customs, effective from January 1, 2022).
II. Processing Methods
(I) Online Processing
Enterprise users log in to the “Internet + Customs” integrated platform and enter the “Enterprise Management and Audit” section to handle the process, or log in to the “Enterprise Qualification” subsystem of the “Single Window” standard version to handle the process.
(II) On-site Processing
Customs at the place where the enterprise is registered. Customs consultation telephone number: 12360.
III. Processing Guide
(1) Applicants can directly submit applications when applying for business licenses through the “multi-certificate integration” method.
(2) If no record is made when the business license is obtained, the applicant can also log in to the “Enterprise Qualification” subsystem of the standard version of the “Single Window” of China International Trade or the “Enterprise Management” subsystem of the “Internet + Customs” and fill in the relevant information and submit the application to the customs, or directly submit the materials to the local customs site for on-the-spot processing.
(3) The local customs will review the application submitted by the applicant. If the review is passed, the applicant can print the customs declaration unit record certificate by himself and handle the whole process paperlessly online.
Tips
About the use of temporary record certificate
The temporary record certificate is valid for 1 year and will automatically expire after the validity period. If you still need to handle import and export business at that time, you should re-apply for temporary record registration.
The following units shall apply for temporary filing if they need to engage in non-trade import and export activities in accordance with relevant national regulations:
1. Permanent representative offices established in China by foreign enterprises, news organizations, economic and trade institutions, cultural groups, etc. in accordance with the law;
2. Units that import and export a small amount of goods and samples;
3. State organs, schools, research institutes, the Red Cross, foundations and other organizations;
4. Units that accept donations, gifts, international aid or provide donations and international aid to foreign countries;
5. Other units that can engage in non-trade import and export activities.
IV. Enterprise Qualification Information Inquiry
Natural persons, legal persons or unincorporated organizations can inquire about the enterprise information disclosed by the customs through the “China Customs Enterprise Import and Export Credit Information Publicity Platform” or “Internet + Customs”.
V. Enterprise Filing Annual Report Management System
The filing and registration of customs declaration units is valid for a long time, but it should be noted that customs declaration units should submit the annual report of the previous year from January 1 to June 30 each year.
Enterprises can submit their annual business reports together with the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System. Seven days after submitting, enterprises can enter the China Customs Enterprise Import and Export Credit Information Publicity Platform to check the submission status. Any abnormal annual report or data should be responded to and handled immediately.
Consignees and consignors of import and export goods registered or filed with the customs, customs declaration companies, processing and production companies, and companies with tax-exempt imported goods within the supervision period should submit their reports.