Inspection and Quarantine Clearance
The Department of Inspection and Quarantine Clearance takes the responsibility of studying and formulating provisions and rules concerning entry-exit inspection and quarantine general business and certificate issuing and marking, as well as organizing the implementation; administering the business of entry-exit inspection and quarantine at ports; establishing and collecting the list of entry-exit inspection and quarantine categories; administering the issue of preferential-treatment form of origin and general form of origin; administering the reckoning and charging work of entry-exit inspection and quarantine and the statistics of relevant business; organizing the implementation of information application of entry-exit inspection and quarantine; supervising and administering social service agencies dealing with businesses related to entry-exit inspection and quarantine according to the law.
What Are Wild Species Prohibited from Export by the State?
The State bans export of musk, nostoc flagelliforme, and/or wild plants with important value unnamed or newly discovered.
What Are Wild Fauna and Flora and Their Products Falling into the Scope of Endangered Species Import and Export Management?
Wild fauna and flora or their products listed in the Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora published in 2002 by the Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office and the General Administration of Customs, as well as precious animals, rare plants or their products specified by the state;
Wild fauna and flora and their products listed in the Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora, including both those from the wild world and those domesticated or bred artificially; and
If it is claimed in the packing instruction that the import/export goods contain ingredients of wild fauna and flora listed in the Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora, such goods are managed in accordance with the requirements relevant to the species listed in the Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora.
Precious animals refer to the wild animals under Class I and Class II state protection in the List of Wildlife under Special State Protection and the wild animals listed in the Appendices I & II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, as well as domesticated or bred ones of the above species.
Rare plants refer to the wild plants under Class I and Class II state protection in the List of Wildlife under Special State Protection and those listed in the Appendices I & II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
How Does China Practice Wild Fauna and Flora Import and Export Management?
China practices endangered species import and export management over the wild fauna and flora. It means that the legally protected rare and endangered wild fauna and flora as well as their products are under import and export management in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Forestry Law of the People's Republic of China, Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife, Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Wild Plants Protection, and relevant laws and regulations.
What Are Cultural Relics Prohibited from or Permitted for Export?
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Cultural relics are classified into precious ones and general ones. Rare and precious cultural relics, revolutionary cultural relics and those detrimental to national honor, undermining national unity and/or having a bad political effect are prohibited from export. General cultural relics may be permitted for export upon special approval of the State Bureau of Cultural Relics. Artifacts and replicas produced after the founding of the People's Republic of China do not fall into cultural relics and may be managed as general articles. |
What Are China’s Identification Range of Outbound Cultural Relics?
Identification range of outbound cultural relics:
1. Ceramics, goldware, silverware, copperware and other metal wares, jades, lacquer wares, glassware, all kinds of sculptures, furniture, paintings and calligraphy, stone inscriptions, rubbings, books, literature, embroideries, cultural goods, stamps, currency, appliances, arts and crafts, etc. created, manufactured or published at home or abroad before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949;
2. Works of the late, famous modern painters and craft artists produced after the founding of the People's Republic of China;
3. Vertebrate paleontology fossils and ancient human fossils; and
4. Other articles specified by the state management authorities for culture..
What Are China’s Management Regulations on Goods Prohibited from Import and Export?
1. No enterprise may engage in import and export of the goods listed in the catalog of commodities prohibited (stopped) from import and export issued by the state.
2. If it is necessary to import (export) the goods listed in the catalog of commodities prohibited (stopped) from import and export issued by the state, such goods may be inspected and released by the customs on strength of the import (export) permits issued by relevant authorities under the State Council..
What Are the Goods Listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Export?
The following goods have been listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited form Export issued in China and are prohibited from export:
The first batch of goods listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Export: tiger bones that have been boiled off (referring to those that have not been processed or defatted); tiger bones that have not been boiled off (referring to those that have not been processed or defatted); rhinoceros horns; bezoars; musks; ephedra herbs for medical purpose, ephedra herbs used as spices and for other purposes; fresh nostoc flagelliformes (ground or not ground); cold (frozen) or dry nostoc flagelliformes (ground or not ground); carbon tetrachloride (for making cleaning agent); l, 1, 1-methyl chloroform (methyl chloroform) (for making cleaning agent); trichlorotrifluoroethane (CFC-113) (for cleaning agents); logs treated by paint and colorant (or treated by kreosote or other corrosion removers); needlebush logs treated by other methods (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); mahogany logs treated by other methods (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); teakwood logs treated by other methods (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); other tropical logs treated by other methods (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); oak logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); beech wood logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); nanmu logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); camphorwood logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); rosewood logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); paulownia wood logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); other unlisted non-coniferous logs (excluding those treated by paint, colorant, kreosote or other corrosion removers); unwrought or power platinums (excluding those to be exported by processing trade); platelike (or sheet) platinums (excluding those to be exported by processing trade).
The second batch of goods listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Export: Rod-like charcoals with sectional diameter >4cm and length >10crn; rod-like charcoals with noncircular sections.
What Are Other Goods Prohibited from Export apart from Those Listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Export?
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Apart from those listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Export, others goods not allowed to be exported as per other laws and regulations include: 1. Products of prison labor; 2. Musk and nostoc flagelliformes; and 3. Unnamed or newly-discovered wild plants with important values.
In addition, the national special pearl shells such as Baishi shell, pteria penguin and pearl oyster have been listed in Catalog of no-foreign-exchange aquatic germ plasm resources at the present stage in China, i.e. any entity or individual may not provide those species including adult, cub and spawn for foreign countries. |
What Are Other Goods Prohibited from Import apart from Those Listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Import?
Apart from those listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Import, others goods not allowed to be imported as per laws and regulations include:
1. Wastes not listed in the Catalog of Wastes Used for Raw Materials Restricted in Import and Catalog of Wastes Used for Raw Materials Subject to the Automatic Import Licensing Administration.
2. Scrap metals subject to radioactive contamination.
3. Relevant animals, animal products, animal feedstuffs such as meat and bone meal, and biological products from epidemic areas.
4. Right-hand-drive vehicles, second-hand (used) vehicles and motorcycles.
5. Waste titanium materials and ferro-titaniums as well as ferro-titanium wastes and scraps.
6. The unqualified titanium materials and titanium materials, which are subject to legal inspection.
7. Endangered species of wild fauna and flora.
8. Imitation guns.
9. Motor vehicles and compressors for the air conditioning systems of motor vehicles (including air conditioning machines for motor vehicles) using CFC-12 as refrigerants.
In addition, import of the following products is stopped:
Watches of domestic origin which have been exported; blood products such as VIII factor preparations; toothpaste of “DARK-IE”/ “DARLIE” brands; ammonium nitrate; ammonium chlorate; etc.
What Goods Are Listed in the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Import?
China has listed the following goods into the Catalog of Goods Prohibited from Import, and import of them is prohibited:
First batch of goods listed in the Catalog: tiger bones that have been boiled off (referring to those that have not been processed or defatted); tiger bones that have not been boiled off (referring to those that have not been processed or defatted); rhinoceros horns; opium fluids and opium extract; carbon tetrachloride and Trifluorotrichloroethane (CFC-113, used for cleaning agents).
Second batch of goods listed in the Catalog: Steel and iron containers for compressed or liquefied gas; other steel and iron containers for compressed or liquefied gas; domestic cooking appliances for gas fuel; other domestic appliances for gas fuel; aluminum containers for compressed or liquefied gas not for retail packing; boilers for power generation with a steam production 900t or more per hour; other water-tube boilers with a steam production exceeding 45t per hour; water-tube boilers with a steam production not exceeding 45t per hour; other vapor generating boilers (including hybrid boilers); super-heated water boilers; central heating boilers of household type; other central heating boilers; auxiliary plant for use with steam or other vapor generating boilers and super-heated water boilers; auxiliary plant for use with central heating boilers; condensers for steam or other vapor power units; furnace burners for liquid fuel; furnace burners for natural gas; furnace burners for other gases; furnace burners for pulverized solid fuel; mechanical stokers including their mechanical grates, and mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances; Furnaces and ovens for the roasting, melting or other heating treatment of ores or of metals; coke ovens; burn furnaces for radioactive waste; other non-electric industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens; other magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus; other video recording or reproducing apparatus; electrocardiographs; B-ultrasonic diagnostic equipment; chromoscope ultrasonic diagnostic equipment; other ultrasonic scanning apparatus; magnetic resonance imaging apparatus; scintigraphic apparatus; patient monitors; other electro-diagnostic apparatus; ultraviolet and infrared ray apparatus; syringes (with/without needles); tubular metal needles; needles for sutures; other needles (catheters and cannulas) and similar products; dental drill engines (whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment); dentists’ chairs incorporating dental equipment; other instruments and appliances used in dental science; other ophthalmic instruments and appliances; stethoscopes; sphygmomanometers; endoscopes; artificial kidney (dialysis) apparatus; diathermy apparatus; blood transfusion apparatus; anesthetic apparatus and instruments; other instruments and apparatus used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences; computed tomography apparatus; other apparatus based on the use of X-rays for dental uses; other apparatus base on the use of X-rays for medical, surgical or veterinary uses; low dosage X-ray security inspecting equipment; other apparatus based on the use of X-rays; apparatus base on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations for medical uses; apparatus base on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations for other uses; X-ray tubes; X-ray intensifiers; other apparatus and parts of heading 9022; video games of a kind used with a television receiver; video games operated by coins; other games operated by coins; other video games; engines; and vehicles.
Third batch of goods listed in the Catalog: sludges from leaded gasoline (including sludges from leaded antidetonators); calxes and residues containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or compounds there of (to be used for picking up or producing arsenic, mercury, thallium and compounds thereof); calxes and residues containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium or chromium compounds thereof (to be used for picking up or producing antimony, beryllium, cadmium or chromium and compounds thereof); ashes (or residues) from burning of municipal garbage; waste oils containing polychlorinated biphenyls (or polybrominated biphenyls) (including waste oils containing polychlorinated terphenyls); other waste oils; waste medicines (the medicines whose valid term for preservation has expired and thus not suitable for the intended purposes); municipal garbage; silt from sewers; medical wastes; organic solvents containing waste halides; other waste organic solvents; waste metal sour washing liquors (or hydraulic oils) and brake oils (including waste antifreeze fluids); chemical wastes mainly containing organic elements (wastes of other chemical industry and relevant industries); other chemical wastes (chemical by-products and the wastes thereof from other chemical industries or whose code number is not elsewhere specified); ashes containing silver or silver compounds (mainly for recovery of silver); ashes containing other precious metals or compounds of precious metals (mainly for recovery of precious metals).
Fourth batch of goods listed in the Catalog: unprocessed human hair (no matter washed or not, including wasted human hair); waste from pigs’ bristle and hair; waste from badger hair and other animal hair used for making brushes; wasted horse hair; scoria, scruff and similar industrial draff; asphalt macadam; other calx and draff whose major ingredient is lead; calx and draff whose major ingredient is copper; calx and draff whose major ingredient is tungsten; calx and draff whose major ingredient is other metals or compounds (other than calx and draff whose major ingredient contains more than 10% vanadium pentexide in 2620.9990.10); wasted tires and their dices; leather waste residue, ash, sludge and its powder; worn clothing; wasted crushed aggregates of batteries and wasted batteries.
Fifth batch of goods listed in the Catalog: air-conditioners; incinerators for radioactive wastes; refrigerators; automatic data process equipment; displayers; printers; other input-output parts for computers and other components of automatic data processing equipment; microwave ovens; electric rice cookers; wired phones; electrograph and teletypewriters; video tape recorders, record players and laser video compact disk recorders; mobile communication equipment; vidicon, video camera recorders and digital cameras; television sets; printing circuits; thermionic tubes, cold-cathode tubes or light-cathode tubes; integrated circuits and micro-electronics components; duplicating machines; medical appliances; and radial application equipment.
What Articles Are Restricted on Exit from China?
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1. Precious metals such as gold and silver, and products made from them; 2. National currencies; 3. Foreign currencies and the relevant marketable securities; 4. Radio transceivers and communication security machines; 5. Precious traditional Chinese medicines; 6. General cultural relics; and 7. Other restricted outbound articles specified by the Customs. |
What Articles Are Restricted on Entry to China?
1. Radio transceivers and communication security machines;
2. Tobacco and alcoholic drinks;
3. Rare and endangered animals and/or plants, including their specimens, seeds and propagation materials;
4. National currencies; and
5. Other restricted inbound articles specified by the Customs.
What Are Outbound Articles Prohibited by the State?
1. All the articles within the scope of the prohibited importation;
2. Manuscripts, printed materials, films, photos, records, audio tapes, video tapes, VCDs, laser videodiscs, computer storage media and other articles containing state secretes;
3. Precious antiques and other cultural items prohibited from exit; and
4. Rare and endangered animals and/or plants, including their specimens, seeds and propagation materials.
What Are Inbound Articles Prohibited by the State?
1. All kinds of weapons, mock weapons, ammunition and explosives;
2. All kinds of counterfeit currency and fake securities;
3. Printed materials, films, photos, records, motion pictures, audio tapes, video tapes, laser videodiscs, computer storage media and other articles harmful to China's political, economic, cultural and moral development;
4. All kinds of high/potent poison;
5. Opium, morphine, heroin, marijuana, and other narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs that can make people addicted;
6. Animals and/or plants and their products carrying dangerous viruses, bacteria and other pests; and
7. Food, medicine and other articles which are harmful to the health of humans and animals, from epidemic areas and/or can spread diseases.