New regulations regarding Customs Clearance procedures in Shanghai have taken effect.

 

Previously, consignees or designated customs brokers would declare the composition of the outside packaging (cartons, wooden boxes or wooden pallets, etc.) of their goods to China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ) by their own judgment based on the information provided by consignors or forwarders.

 

They could then make the import declaration to Customs after declaring to Shanghai CIQ. The requirement of making the declaration to CIQ was restricted to consignees or designated customs brokers.

 

The new procedure requires that all import cargoes which are being handled by UFL must enter our Bonded Warehouse where our staff will examine the external packaging of the goods and then input the correct data on CIQ system.

 

Consignees or Designated Customs Brokers can supply supplementary information based on the data shown on the CIQ system. On getting approval from CIQ, they can make the import declaration to Customs. From this point, the liability of making declaration to CIQ will fall on U-Freight.

 

In order to facilitate timely and speedy Customs Clearance, customer co-operation is requested.

 

Client staff should examine the outside packaging of the goods carefully and report to our Shanghai office with consol pre-alert as well as the outside packaging materials of the goods. Our warehouse staff can then input the correct data on CIQ system promptly, based on the information provided by origin before the arrival of flight and the entry of goods to our Bonded warehouse.

 

At present, the above measure is only applicable to Shanghai shipments.