Can I pick it up directly if I stay at the customs for inspection?

You can pick it up. Customs detention for inspection mostly occurs in express mail business, and it occurs after customs release.

Lien (pending inspection) is generally the following situations:

The first case: Express parcel is contraband and illegal.

The second case: your mail needs to be taxed.

The third situation: your mail is damaged and needs to be inspected. .

Please consult the local customs for confirmation. Shortly after the customs detains you for inspection (ranging from 5 to 20 working days according to the actual situation), it will send a text message or email to your mobile phone number or email address to tell you the reason for inspection and inform you to return the goods or pay the tax.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Customs Law

Article 2 The Customs of People's Republic of China (PRC) and People's Republic of China (PRC) are the state supervision and administration organs for entry and exit customs. In accordance with this Law and other relevant laws and administrative regulations, the Customs shall supervise inbound and outbound means of transport, goods, luggage, postal articles and other articles (hereinafter referred to as inbound and outbound means of transport, goods and articles), collect customs duties and other taxes, investigate and deal with smuggling, collect customs data and handle other customs business. Article 3 The General Administration of Customs shall be established in the State Council to administer the customs in a unified way. Article 4 The State shall set up a public security organ in the General Administration of Customs to investigate smuggling crimes, staffed with full-time anti-smuggling police, and be responsible for the investigation, detention, arrest and pre-trial of smuggling crimes within its jurisdiction. Customs investigation of smuggling crimes The public security organ shall perform the duties of investigation, detention, execution of arrest and pre-trial in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

When investigating smuggling crimes, the customs public security organs may set up branches in accordance with relevant state regulations. When handling cases of smuggling crimes under their jurisdiction, all branches shall transfer them to the people's procuratorate with jurisdiction for prosecution according to law.

Local public security organs at all levels shall cooperate with the Customs in investigating smuggling crimes and perform their duties according to law.

Article 5 The State implements the anti-smuggling system of joint anti-smuggling, unified handling and comprehensive management. The Customs is responsible for organizing, coordinating and managing the anti-smuggling work. The relevant provisions shall be formulated separately by the State Council.

Smuggling cases seized by the relevant administrative law enforcement departments should be given administrative punishment and transferred to the customs for handling according to law; Suspected of committing a crime, it shall be transferred to the public security organs and local public security organs of the customs to investigate smuggling crimes in accordance with the division of jurisdiction and legal procedures.

Article 6 The Customs may exercise the following functions and powers:

(1) to inspect inbound and outbound means of transport, and to inspect inbound and outbound goods and articles; Anyone who violates this law or other relevant laws and administrative regulations may be detained.

(two) access to the documents of entry-exit personnel; Interrogate suspects who violate this law or other relevant laws and administrative regulations, and investigate their illegal acts.

(3) consulting and copying contracts, invoices, account books, bills, records, documents, business correspondence, audio-visual products and other materials related to inbound and outbound means of transport, goods and articles; Inbound and outbound means of transport, goods and articles that violate this Law or other relevant laws and administrative regulations may be detained.

(4) to inspect the means of transport suspected of smuggling and places suspected of hiding smuggled goods and articles in areas under customs supervision and coastal areas near customs, and to inspect the bodies of smuggling suspects; With the approval of the Customs Commissioner directly under the Central Government or the Customs Commissioner at a lower level authorized by him, the means of transport, goods, articles and smuggling suspects suspected of smuggling may be detained; The detention time of smuggling suspects shall not exceed 24 hours, and may be extended to 48 hours under special circumstances.

In the coastal areas outside the customs supervision area and near the customs, when investigating smuggling cases, the customs may, with the approval of the Customs Commissioner directly under it or his authorized subordinate customs Commissioner, inspect the means of transport suspected of smuggling and the places suspected of hiding smuggled goods and articles except the citizens' residences, and the relevant parties shall be present; If the party concerned is not present, the inspection may be conducted in the presence of witnesses; Means of transport, goods and articles suspected of smuggling can be detained.

Article 8 inbound and outbound means of transport, goods and articles must enter or leave the country through the place where the customs is established. Under special circumstances, if it is necessary to enter or leave the country temporarily through places without customs, it must be approved by the authorities authorized by the State Council or the State Council, and go through customs formalities in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article 9 Unless otherwise stipulated, the consignee or consignor of import and export goods may go through the formalities of customs declaration and tax payment by himself or entrust a customs declaration enterprise to go through the formalities of customs declaration and tax payment.