State Council Order of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China No. 454 The Regulation on Customs Statistics of the People’s Republic of China is hereby promulgated, and shall come into force as of March Premier of State Council, Wen Jiabao December 25, 2005 Regulation on Customs Statistics of the People’s Republic of China Article 1 The present Regulation is formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China Article 2 The customs statistics is the statistics made by the customs on the trade of import and export goods according to law, and is the The task of the customs statistics is to make statistical investigation, statistical analysis, and statistical supervision over the Article 3 The General Administration of Customs shall be responsible for organizing and administering the customs statistical work countrywide. The customs statistical institutions and statistical personnel shall perform their duties in accordance with the Statistics Law of Article 4 The goods that actually enter and exit the territory and result in the increase or decrease of the stock of goods within the territory The goods of entry and exit the territory that exceed the reasonable amount for self use shall be listed into the customs statistics. Article 5 The following import and export goods shall not be listed into the customs statistics: 1. Transit goods, transshipment goods, and through goods; 2. Goods imported and exported temporarily; 3. Currency and gold used as currency; 4. Leased import and export goods with the lease term for less than one year; 5. Import and export goods compensated without payment or altered due to defects or damages, shortage, bad quality, or nonconformance 6. Other goods that shall not be listed into the customs statistics as prescribed by the General Administration of Customs. Article 6 The statistical items of import and export goods shall include: 1. Name of the goods and the code; 2. Quantity and price; 3. Operating entities; 4. Ways of trade; 5. Ways of transportation; 6. Country (place) of origin, country (place) of shipment, and domestic destination of the import goods; 7. Final country (place) of destination, country (place) of shipment destination, and domestic place of sources of the export goods; 8. Date of import and export; 9. Customs type; and 10. Other statistical items as prescribed by the General Administration of Customs. The General Administration of Customs may make adjustment on the statistical items on basis of the requirement for national economic Article 7 The name and code of import and export goods shall be made classified statistics in accordance with the Catalogue of Commodities The quantity of the import and export goods shall be made into statistics in light of the unit of measurement prescribed in the Catalogue The Catalogue of Commodities under Customs Statistics of the People’s Republic of China shall be publicized by the General Administration Article 8 The price of import goods shall be made into statistics in light of the aggregate of the goods price, the transportation fees before The price of export goods shall be made statistics in light of the aggregate of the goods price, the transportation fees before the Article 9 For import goods, the statistics on the country (place) of origin, and country (place) of shipment, and the domestic destination shall For export goods, the statistics on the final country (place) of destination, country (place) of shipment destination, and domestic Article 10 The operating entities of import and export goods shall be made statistics based on the legal persons, other organizations, or individuals Article 11 Classified statistics shall be made on the basis of the trade mode of import and export goods according to the requirements of customs Article 12 The statistics on basis of the transport modes of import and export goods shall be made in light of the transport mode of goods when Article 13 The statistics on the date for importing goods shall be made on the basis of the date when the goods are discharged by the customs; Article 14 The statistic on import and export goods shall be made by the customs that accepted the declaration of them.. Article 15 The customs statistical materials shall include the original customs statistical materials and the relevant statistical information The original customs statistical materials as mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall refer to the import and export goods declaration Article 16 The General Administration of Customs shall gratuitous provide the relevant comprehensive statistical materials to the relevant departments The customs houses directly under the General Administration of Customs shall gratuitous provide the relevant comprehensive statistical Article 17 The customs shall establish the system of regular announcement of statistics materials to publicize customs statistical information The customs may provide statistical services upon the need of the general public of the society. Article 18 The statistical personnel of the customs shall be obliged to keep confidential for the national secrets and business secrets acquired Article 19 The parties shall be enpost_titled to inquire about the original customs statistical materials and the relevant information declared by Article 20 In case the customs has any question about the items declared by the parties according to law, it may put forward the inquiry to the Article 21 In case any item that shall be declared according to law fails to be declared or the declaration on the item is untruthful, which Article 22 The present Regulation shall be implemented as of March 1, 2006. |
State Council
2005-12-25