19970610The State Council
The General Administration of Customs Decree of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China No.65 Measures of Customs for Supervision and Control of the Bonded Areas adopted by the State Council on June 10, 1997, are hereby promulgated Director General of the General Administration of Customs, Qian Guanlin August 1, 1997 Measures of Customs for Supervision and Control of the Bonded Areas Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Law and other relevant laws with a view to strengthening Article 2 Establishment of the bonded areas within the territory of the People’s Republic of China must be subjected to the approval of the Article 3 The bonded areas are specially designated areas under customs supervision and control. The customs exercise supervision and control Article 4 Only administrative organs for the bonded areas and enterprises are established in the bonded areas. No persons other than the security Article 5 Enterprises established in the bonded areas(hereinafter referred to as in-area enterprises) should complete the formalities of registration Article 6 The bonded areas practice the customs auditing system. In-area enterprises should hook up with the electronic computer network of Article 7 The customs are empowered to conduct inspections and examinations of the goods, articles, transportation vehicles and personnel entering Article 8 Goods and articles the import and export of which are prohibited by the State must not enter or leave the bonded areas. Chapter II Supervision and Control of Entry and Exit Goods between the Bonded Areas and Beyond-the-boundary Areas Article 9 The customs exercise simple, convenient and effective supervision and control over entry and exit goods between the bonded areas and Article 10 Consignees, consignors or their agents shall report to the customs for the record on entry and exit goods between the bonded areas Article 11 No import-export quota and license control shall be exercised other than passive export quota control in respect of entry and exit Article 12 Import duty and import link taxes of goods entering the bonded areas from places beyond the boundaries, unless otherwise provided (1) Machinery, equipment and other capital goods needed for in-area construction projects of infrastructure for production shall be exempted (2) Production and management equipment and rational quantity of office items for their own use by in-area enterprises as well as their (3) Rational quantity of management equipment and office items as well as the required parts and components for maintenance for their (4) Raw materials, parts, components and packaging materials required for the processing of export products by in-area enterprises shall Goods or articles other than those prescribed in subparagraphs(1) to(4) in the preceding paragraph entering the bonded areas shall Goods for transshipment and goods stored in the bonded areas shall be put under control as bonded goods. Chapter III Supervision and Control of Entry and Exit Goods between the Bonded Areas and the Un-bonded Areas Article 13 Formalities for import goods shall be completed for goods from the bonded areas entering un-bonded areas; formalities for export goods Article 14 For machinery, equipment, capital goods and articles entering the bonded areas from the un-bonded areas for in-area use, user units Article 15 For goods of the bonded areas to be imported and exported from the ports of un-bonded areas or goods of one bonded area to be shipped Chapter IV Supervision and Control over Goods in the Bonded Areas Article 16 Goods in the bonded areas can be transferred and diverted among in-area enterprises; the interested parties should report to the customs Article 17 Such simple processing as classification, sorting, painting and pasting of marks and change in packaging forms of transit goods in Article 18 When in-area enterprises hold exhibitions and displays of foreign commodities and commodities of the un-bonded areas in the bonded Chapter V Control of Goods of Processing Trade in the Bonded Areas Article 19 In-area processors should complete the formalities at the customs for their required raw materials and components entering or leaving Article 20 Production of export products under passive quota control by in-area processors should be subjected to the approval of the competent Article 21 Formalities should be completed at the customs in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State for the shipment out of the Shipment by in-area processors of in-area processed finished products, substandard products or the leftover bits and pieces of industrial Article 22 For finished products processed entirely with materials and components shipped in from abroad by in-area processors to be sold in Article 23 In-area processors entrusting enterprises in un-bonded areas or accepting the entrustment of the enterprises in un-bonded areas for (1) They have in-area production sites, which have already formally conducted processing business; (2) Main working procedure of the processing business entrusted to enterprises in un-bonded areas should be carried out in the bonded (3) The duration of entrusting enterprises in un-bonded areas with processing business shall be six months; when extension becomes necessary (4) In-area processors taking orders of entrusted processing from enterprises in un-bonded areas should complete the formalities for the Article 24 The customs do not practice the system of bank guarantee machine account for processing trade for the processing businesses with imported When the processing business is entrusted to enterprises in un-bonded areas, the enterprises in the un-bonded areas shall go through Chapter VI Supervision and Control over Transportation Vehicles and Articles Carried by Individuals Entering and Leaving the Bonded Article 25 Transpotation vehicles and personnel entering and leaving the bonded areas should go through the special-purpose passages designated Article 26 The persons-in-charge of the transportation vehicles entering and leaving the bonded areas should complete the formalities for registration Article 27 Without the approval of the customs, transportation vehicles and personnel from the bonded areas to the un-bonded areas must not ship Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions Article 28 Whoever in violation of the provisions of these Measures shall be dealt with pursuant to the provisions of the Customs Law of the Article 29 Specific measures relating to putting on record provided for in these Measures shall be worked out by the General Administration of Article 30 These Measures enter into force as of the date of promulgation. 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The General Administration of Customs
1997-08-01