Customs clearance delays? These things need to be understood

Customs clearance delays? These things need to be understood

In international logistics transportation, a term that is often faced and mentioned is "customs clearance at the destination port".

Customs clearance is sometimes completed in one or two days, and sometimes it can be extended for ten days, or even half a month. Why is this? In order to avoid customs clearance delays, what matters need attention?
To figure out the issue of customs clearance, we must first understand what is customs clearance at the port of destination.
01 What is customs clearance at the port of destination?

Customs clearance, also known as customs clearance, refers to the formalities that should be handled in accordance with the law when import or export or transit goods enter or leave the customs territory of a country. After completing customs declaration, inspection, taxation, release and other procedures, the inbound goods must fulfill all entry obligations before the goods can be released, and the logistics company will pick up the goods and finally deliver them.

In short, when goods from any country enter another country, they must go through customs clearance procedures in accordance with the regulations, otherwise, the entry of goods that violate the regulations will be punished by the laws of other countries. For countries, there are two main purposes of customs clearance: one is to check whether it is legal, and the other is to levy tariffs to maintain the trade balance between the two countries.

02 What is the process of customs clearance?

01 Order exchange

Go to the freight forwarder or shipping company to change the D/O. (According to the bill of lading in hand to determine where to change the bill. H B/L freight forwarding bill of lading M B/L shipowner's bill of lading) Electronic declaration - computer pre-recording, document review, sending, and customs contact/release.

02 inspection

After the electronic declaration is released, use one of the four copies of the customs declaration form to go to the Commodity Inspection Bureau to go through the quotation procedure and issue the customs clearance form. (If the goods need to be declared for inspection)

03 On-site handover list

On-site customs handover form (only if the goods need to be declared for inspection).

04 inspection

The customs will conduct inspections according to the supervision conditions of the declared name of the goods, and if there is an inspection, an inspection notice will be issued (only if there is an inspection by the customs).

05 Tax bill

When the goods are declared, the customs will issue a tax bill detailing the import duties for the enterprise to pay the tax.

06 release

Customs clearance.
03 What precautions should be taken during customs clearance?

If you do not want the goods to be detained by the customs of the destination country, you must declare the goods according to its customs policies and requirements, including the name of the goods, quantity, weight, declared value of the goods, and certification documents corresponding to special goods, etc.

The main factors affecting customs clearance are as follows: First, the declaration information of the goods, including the declared value and the declared name, will lead to the detention of goods; in addition, special items such as children's toys, cosmetics, medical equipment, etc. need corresponding certification documents, otherwise they will be detained goods.

04 What should I do if the goods are detained?
If the goods are detained at the customs of the destination country, it is necessary to understand the reasons for the detention to solve the problem. In actual operation, deduction of bills is nothing more than incomplete customs declarations, few customs declarations, irregular customs declarations and other reasons.

If the preparation materials are incomplete and there are few customs declaration forms, the materials and taxes shall be supplemented as required.

In the case of prohibited items and other goods prohibited from import, the goods can only be discarded and destroyed.