The General Administration of Customs Decree of the General Administration of Customs No.59 Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for Supervising Import Exhibits has been amended, and repromulgated again, Director of the General Administration of Customs: Qian Guanlin February 14, 1997 Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for Supervising Import Exhibits Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China for the purpose of promoting foreign Article 2 Import exhibits (hereinafter referred to as exhibits) used in these Measures include the following goods and articles: (1) goods and articles to be used in an exhibition for display or demonstration; (2) articles necessary for demonstrating the machines or appliances on display; (3) building or decoration materials for exhibitors to set up their temporary exhibition stands; and (4) films, slides, videotapes, audiotapes, manuals, advertisements, etc. to be used for demonstrating and publicizing the exhibits. Article 3 Exhibits listed as goods to be temporarily imported with Customs consent shall be exempted an application for an import licence and Article 4 Any unit receiving an exhibition to be held in China shall in advance send a copy of the relevant approval document to the Customs Article 5 Where Customs dispatches officers to be stationed at the site of the exhibition for the performance of supervision duties, the host Article 6 All exhibits shall be reshipped out of the territory within six months of the date of importation. If it is necessary to extend the For an exhibition which will last more than six months, the host unit or its agent shall report in advance to the General Administration Article 7 When importing exhibits, the host unit of the exhibition and the exhibitors or their agents shall provide a guarantee to Customs. Where an exhibition is to be held at a place designated by Customs or at a place under the supervision of officers dispatched by Customs, Article 8 The host unit of an exhibition or its agent shall complete import declaration formalities for its exhibits with the Customs office A host unit or its agent declaring import exhibits shall submit to Customs an exhibit list. The contents in the exhibit list shall Article 9 If any exhibits include articles which are subject to import restrictions in accordance with the stipulations of relevant laws or Article 10 The host unit of an exhibition or its agent shall notify Customs before unpacking the exhibits in preparation for Customs inspection Article 11 Where printed matter, audiovisual products and other articles which shall be inspected as required by Customs are to be displayed No printed matter and audiovisual products detrimental to politics, the economy, culture or morality of the State or which infringe Article 12 Without Customs permission, no exhibit shall be moved out of the place where the exhibit is supervised, and those which need to be Article 13 After the close of an exhibition, the host unit of the exhibition or its agent shall promptly submit a list of exhibits to be verified Article 14 With regard to exhibits which have been rearranged as to be imported formally, Customs shall process import formalities in accordance The host unit of an exhibition shall go through import clearance formalities promptly with Customs for exhibits which have been rearranged Article 15 For all small articles for sale during an exhibition, the host unit or its agent shall submit to Customs for examination the approval Article 16 Goods which have been confirmed by Customs as to be waived or presented as gifts by the owner of the exhibits shall be dealt with If it is impossible to reship out of the territory exhibits which have been destroyed, lost or stolen, the host unit of the exhibition If exhibits have been damaged or lost due to force majeure, Customs shall, in light of their losses suffered, reduce or exempt from Article 17 Customs shall, in accordance with the circumstances such as the category of the exhibition, the scale of exhibitors and the number (1) small packages of samples which can represent foreign goods in display activities, including samples of food or beverages (non-alcoholic) a. those provided and distributed free by exhibitors during the exhibition period among visitors only for their personal use or consumption; b. those clearly used as advertising samples and having a very low unit price; c. those which are not suitable for commercial use and in which per unit content is distinctly less than the minimum packing content d. those samples of food or beverages which, failing to be packed for distribution as provided for in subparagraph (l)c, have been really (2) goods and materials imported for demonstrating the operation of machines or their components and parts on display in an exhibition (3) cheap goods used only once, such as paint, coatings and wall paper, imported by exhibitors for building, putting up or decorating (4) literature, catalogues, manuals, price lists, posters, calendars with advertisements, photos not framed, etc. related to activities (5) archives, records, forms and other documents imported to be used in various kinds of international conferences or for other related This Article shall not be applicable to alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and fuel. Article 18 If the goods mentioned in Subparagraph (1) of the preceding article need to be imported in excess of the restricted quantities, taxes Article 19 Where goods and articles other than those provided for in Article 17 are imported to hold an exhibition, taxes shall be levied thereon Article 20 Where exhibits are to be placed on exhibition with approval at two or more places of Customs establishment within the territory of Where, at the close of an exhibition, part of the exhibits need to be shipped to another place of Customs establishment for another Where, beyond the original approved exhibition plan, exhibits need another site for exhibition unexpectedly, or to be placed on another Article 21 At the close of an exhibition, formalities for Customs verification shall be undertaken with the Customs office at the place of exhibition. For the exhibits which need to be transported to another place of Customs establishment before being reshipped out of the territory, Article 22 With regard to the goods which are imported for holding a technological exchange fair, a commodity exhibition or for engaging in similar Article 23 Whoever violates the provisions of these Measures shall be punished by Customs in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Law Article 24 The General Administration of Customs shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Measures. Article 25 These Measures shall enter into force as of April 1, 1997. |
The General Administration of Customs
1997-02-14