Maritime customs clearance process

Maritime customs clearance process: document exchange, inspection, on-site delivery, inspection, tax bill and release.

1, change the bill-go to the freight forwarder or the shipping company to change the D/O, (according to the bill of lading in hand, H B/L freight forwarder bill of lading M B/L shipowner bill of lading determines where to change the bill).

Electronic declaration-computer pre-recording, document inspection, sending, contact with customs/release.

2. Inspection-After the electronic customs declaration is released, you go to the Commodity Inspection Bureau with one of the four copies of the customs declaration, and issue a customs clearance form or affix three inspection seals. (Only when the product needs inspection).

3. On-site handover form-Customs on-site handover form (provided only when products need inspection).

4. Inspection-The customs will inspect the goods according to the supervision conditions of the declared name of the goods and the inspection probability of the day. If there is an inspection, an inspection notice will be issued (only in the case of customs inspection).

5. Tax bill-declare the goods with the details of the tax bill issued by the customs that allows enterprises to pay import duties.

6. Clearance-Customs clearance.

The meaning of customs clearance

Customs clearance is expressed as "customs clearance" or "customs clearance" in English, which refers to the procedures that should be performed in accordance with various laws, regulations and provisions when importing, exporting or transferring goods into or out of a country's customs territory.

The goods can only be released and the owner or declarer can pick up the goods after the customs clearance has fulfilled various obligations and gone through the formalities of customs declaration, inspection, tax payment and release. In the process of customs clearance, goods, whether imported, exported or transshipped, are under customs supervision and are not allowed to circulate freely.

In other words, customs clearance is aimed at imported goods, and both domestic Haitao customers and cross-border e-commerce import and export enterprises need to fulfill their customs clearance obligations.