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The program passed the strict verification under the relevant Chinese laws.

In case of those who live in China or foreigners who carry purchased articles or currencies in hand during the immigration to China or bring the articles to China as a mail, we've prepared the clearance information so those people can understand easily.

This information is provided free of charge and we would appreciate it if anyone can use it conveniently.

▶ The main contents are as follows.

1) Postal parcel

Information on the amount of tax and customs clearance for mails broughted to China from overseas.

2) Traveler's hand-held article

▪ Information on customs clearance for overseas travel at the time of entry and departure

▪ Tax exemption and taxation of goods purchased at travel countries or duty free shops

▪ The amount of each kind, calculation formula information when taxation of goods purchased from travel countries or duty free shops

▪ Whether or not the hand-held article is subject to self-declaration

▪ Guideline to the FTA with China for your destination and the duty remission

▪ 9 items such as duty-free range, customs clearance, prohibited or restricted items of travel country

▪ Limitations and measures of money and other means of payment held at the time of immigration

3) Visa information etc.

▪ Visa information for Chinese residents on overseas travel

▪ Other matters for Chinese residents to enter China after overseas travel

▪ Other additional information will be constantly updated

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※ This program is based on the assumption that travelers' personal items or postal parcels are for personal use (for self-consumption) or for souvenirs.

※ For the traveler's belongings or postal parcels, it shall be particularly proceeded unlike the general import & export only if it's for the personal use(including self-use and gift).

▶ What are personal or commercial items?

Outline

A personal item refers to any item that is not intended for commercial use (self-used item) or a small quantity item that is intended to be used as a souvenir to nearby relatives for travel memorials.

Commercial goods means goods that are sold outside or not for sale, but for yourself or others' business.

An important difference

The following three benefits are granted to personal items according to the relevant laws and regulations.

① Less than a certain amount and/or quantity is totally exempted. (tax exemption)
(2) No complicated requirements are specified for each item.(no requirement)
This is simply customs clearance (no procedure)

On the other hand, commercial items do not receive any of the above three special treatments, and strict requirements, procedures, and taxes are levied on the basis of regular imports.

Classification standard - Swearing black is white does not work.

Whether it is for personal use or for commercial purposes, it is not externally visible, and only the carrier can know how to use it.

Therefore, if you always claim all personal items for personal use at first, you will get the above three benefits, but not always.

There is no absolute criterion, but it is helpful to refer to the following as a rough guide.

The first judgment, whether personal or commercial, is made at the discretion of the relevant customs officer (the field discretions may be determined by the customs officer whose position is over than the section chief) under the Act. Therefore, if it is not a customs officer judged that it is not for personal use, it is not.

Customs officers can not judge freely, and judge them roughly on the basis of common sense. (Judgment based on the purpose of travel, travel period, travel destination, occupation, age, nature, quantity, price, use, reason for bringing in, etc.)

※ Actual case

1) Commercial cases

- A case in which 200 polo shirts are claimed as self-use or gift
- If you carry 12 pairs of Nike shoes
- If you carry 20 bottles of health supplements for 1 bottle for 3 months
- If you carry five smartphones or tablet PCs
-If you carry 1KG of dried sea cucumber etc.

2) Cases accepted for personal use

-If you bring 50 sample cosmetics in small bottles
-If you carry seven assembly toys
-If you carry a variety of personal items (hairpins, straps, beauty products, clothing, etc.)
-If you carry three purses
-If you carry 10 scarves, etc.

Tip

The discretion of the customs officer in any country or the port of entry is very wide. Keeping the following points in mind will help you to carry on for your own personal use.

Explain why you need a particular item for yourself.
Explain that price of the product is low.
Tell the customs officer that the items could not enter the bag and drove them together in the bag of other party.
Explain that it will soon be consumed as an enthusiast of the item.
Claim to have a large consumption because it is a large family.
Claim to have many places to offer gifts nearby.
Complain that I did not know it was my first trip.

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The standard of belongings, tax information and others may be differ by your destination

※ This program is based on the assumption that travelers' personal items or postal parcels are for personal use (for self-consumption) or for souvenirs.

※ For the traveler's belongings or postal parcels, it shall be particularly proceeded unlike the general import & export only if it's for the personal use(including self-use and gift).

▶ What are personal or commercial items?

Outline

A personal item refers to any item that is not intended for commercial use (self-used item) or a small quantity item that is intended to be used as a souvenir to nearby relatives for travel memorials.

Commercial goods means goods that are sold outside or not for sale, but for yourself or others' business.

An important difference

The following three benefits are granted to personal items according to the relevant laws and regulations.

① Less than a certain amount and/or quantity is totally exempted. (tax exemption)
(2) No complicated requirements are specified for each item.(no requirement)
This is simply customs clearance (no procedure)

On the other hand, commercial items do not receive any of the above three special treatments, and strict requirements, procedures, and taxes are levied on the basis of regular imports.

Classification standard - Swearing black is white does not work.

Whether it is for personal use or for commercial purposes, it is not externally visible, and only the carrier can know how to use it.

Therefore, if you always claim all personal items for personal use at first, you will get the above three benefits, but not always.

There is no absolute criterion, but it is helpful to refer to the following as a rough guide.

The first judgment, whether personal or commercial, is made at the discretion of the relevant customs officer (the field discretions may be determined by the customs officer whose position is over than the section chief) under the Act. Therefore, if it is not a customs officer judged that it is not for personal use, it is not.

Customs officers can not judge freely, and judge them roughly on the basis of common sense. (Judgment based on the purpose of travel, travel period, travel destination, occupation, age, nature, quantity, price, use, reason for bringing in, etc.)

※ Actual case

1) Commercial cases

- A case in which 200 polo shirts are claimed as self-use or gift
- If you carry 12 pairs of Nike shoes
- If you carry 20 bottles of health supplements for 1 bottle for 3 months
- If you carry five smartphones or tablet PCs
-If you carry 1KG of dried sea cucumber etc.

2) Cases accepted for personal use

-If you bring 50 sample cosmetics in small bottles
-If you carry seven assembly toys
-If you carry a variety of personal items (hairpins, straps, beauty products, clothing, etc.)
-If you carry three purses
-If you carry 10 scarves, etc.

Tip

The discretion of the customs officer in any country or the port of entry is very wide. Keeping the following points in mind will help you to carry on for your own personal use.

Explain why you need a particular item for yourself.
Explain that price of the product is low.
Tell the customs officer that the items could not enter the bag and drove them together in the bag of other party.
Explain that it will soon be consumed as an enthusiast of the item.
Claim to have a large consumption because it is a large family.
Claim to have many places to offer gifts nearby.
Complain that I did not know it was my first trip.

In case of the departure from China, every article purchased from the duty free shop, or from the overseas is also included.

Of the options, article of not exceeding ~ is exempted, but of exceeding ~ shall be given the taxation.
And of them, for the input data of the excessive amount of ~ , you should only input the pure excessive amount out of the exempted one.

The currency here means the cash(bills or coins).

Other currencies except USD, or the other means of payment must be exchanged into USD in order to calculate.

According to the Article 27 to the Method for the inspection and supervision to the portable belongings of all travelers by the customs authorities of the People's Republic of China, "Residents" in China mean those who leave the country and then enter again in order to live in for the longer period, and "Non-residents" mean those who enter the country and then leave to the region where they live for the longer period

Please click HERE only if the following requirements are fulfilled.

- The carrier must be over the age of 16
- Only one kind of the cigarette, cigar or cut tobacco products is allowed to carry
- In case of an article of 200 cigarettes or less, 50 cigars or less and cut tobacco of 250 or less, of that kind

Please click HERE only if the following requirements are fulfilled.

- The carrier must be over the age of 16
- Only one kind of the cigarette, cigar or cut tobacco products is allowed to carry
- In case of an article of 400 cigarettes or less, 100 cigars or less and cut tobacco of 500g or less, of that kind

The tax exemption principles to import tobacco products to China from Hong Kong and/or Makau are the followings:

▶ Tax free range
- Of 200 cigarettes or less, 50 cigars or less and cut tobacco of 250g or less, in case of the entrance from Hong Kong and/or Makau
- Only one kind of the cigarette, cigar and cut tobacco products is exempted and, of that kind, the quantity not exceeded the exemption range shall only be exempted.
- In case that the carrier is under the age of 16, the taxation shall be imposed, even if the article is covered by the exemption range.
- Other tobacco products except cigarette, cigar and cut tobacco shall be proceeded, under the discretion of the competent customs officer at site, within the proper tax exemption range.
※ Those not easily determined under the three standards above-mentioned shall be proceeded under the discretion of the competent customs officer at site.
▶ For those who entered from Hong Kong or Makau
- 1) In case of carrying 250 cigarettes only
  - ⇒ Of not exceeding 200 cigarettes is exempted, but its excessive 50 pieces
  - ⇒ Please input only the excessive amounts of cigarettes above-mentioned for this column
  2) In case of carrying 250 cigarettes and/or 75 cigars
  - ⇒ An article of 200 cigarettes is exempted, and of exceeding 50 cigarettes and/or 75 cigars
  - ⇒ Or, an article of 50 cigars is exempted, and of exceeding 25 cigars and/or 250 cigarettes
  - ⇒ Please input only the excessive amounts on this column
  ※ It's highly advantageous to get the tax exemption for most valuable articles, first

The tax exemption principles to import tobacco products to China for every entrance from the other countries except Hong Kong and Makau are the followings:

▶ Tax free range
- Of 400 cigarettes or less, 100 cigars or less and cut tobacco of 500g or less, in case of the entrance from the other countries
- Only one kind of the cigarette, cigar and cut tobacco products is exempted and, of that kind, the quantity not exceeded the exemption range shall only be exempted.
- In case that the carrier is under the age of 16, the taxation shall be imposed, even if the article is covered by the exemption range.
- Other tobacco products except cigarette, cigar and cut tobacco shall be proceeded, under the discretion of the competent customs officer at site, within the proper tax exemption range.
※ Those not easily determined under the three standards above-mentioned shall be proceeded under the discretion of the competent customs officer at site.
▶ For those who entered from the other countries
- 1) In case of carrying 450 cigarettes
  - ⇒ Of not exceeding 400 cigarettes is exempted, but its excessive 50 pieces
  - ⇒ Please input only the excessive amounts of cigarettes above-mentioned for this column
  2) In case of carrying 450 cigarettes and/or 125 cigars
  - ⇒ An article of 400 cigarettes is exempted, and of exceeding 50 cigarettes and 125 cigars
  - ⇒ Or, an article of 100 cigars is exempted, and of exceeding 25 cigars and 450 cigarettes
  - ⇒ Please input only the excessive amounts on this column
  ※ It's highly advantageous to get the tax exemption for most valuable articles, first

You should choose either to carry your belongings in hand or to receive it by mail.

For the rest information, please input the values in accordance with what the program says and click 'View Result'.

※ Note - Target articles applicable to the mail tax(xing you shui, 行邮税) of China

To the <belongings> of travelers entered to China and the <parcels> received in China, the <mail tax> shall be commonly applied in accordance with the corresponding special tax rate.

However, the exemption limit and its range between the belongings and parcels may be differ.

The parcels here mentioned mean the kind of articles received in China by sending them with the mean of mail, from the overseas.

For postal parcel that arrives in China, the shipped country and price determine whether the item is subject to customs clearance.

Please choose the price range per one parcel, which appears after selecting the sending country.

Articles imported into China by mail do not have duty-free system based on the price or quantity of the goods unlike tourist carry-on articels.

However, if the tax is 50 yuan or less, Chinese customs will exempt from tax collection.

Therefore, you must enter the price or quantity of the goods correctly.

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