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2009 China Customs
2009 China Customs
2009 China Customs
Ⅳ.Customs Control
Customs control is the process where Customs inspects, verifies
and examines inward and outward means of transport, goods,
personal articles as well as mails and parcels according to the
law to ensure the implementation of national laws and
regulations concerning entry and exit of means of transport,
goods, personal articles as well as mails and parcels through
acceptance of declarations, document inspection, examination
and release and other related management systems and
procedures.
ⅦCustoms Statistics
Customs statistics refers to the process where Customs conducts
statistics compilation and comprehensive analysis of such items
as the description, quantity, weight, price, country (region) of
origin, legal entity, domestic destination, domestic place of
origin, trade method, transport means and relevant Customs
districts (houses) of the import and export goods by collecting,
sorting and processing import & export declarations or other
documents verified and approved by Customs so as to reflect
comprehensively and accurately the faring tendency of foreign
trade, conduct early-warning import & export monitoring and
provide information services for national macro-economic
decision-making and the development of foreign trade. Customs
statistics is one of the categories of State statistics prescribed by
law. The General Administration of Customs issues monthly
basic statistical data of China's foreign trade and provides
statistical data and consultancy services. It provides periodically
monthly and yearly statistics data of China's foreign trade for the
United Nations Statistics Bureau, the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), the WTO and other relevant international
organizations. China Customs is renowned for its timely data
release, which is among the world-best.
Ⅷ Port Management
Port management means the process where Customs, according
to the State Council’s requirements of promoting the Integrated
Clearance Project, gives full play to its functions of port
management, enhances the overall management of ports, and
formulates a sound plan for the opening of ports. Currently,
there are 253 first-class ports across the country, the opening of
which must be approved by the central government.
Ⅻ International Cooperation
With China’s more extensive and intensive integration into the
economic globalization, China Customs is getting more and
more involved in international affairs and is playing an
increasingly important role in world economy and trade.
Through participating in WTO negotiations and honoring
commitments to the WTO, China Customs played an important
part in China’s accession to the WTO and in successfully
meeting the challenges to China’s foreign trade brought about
by the accession. Since China became a full member of the
World Customs Organization (WCO) in 1983, China Customs
has been participating actively in such activities of the WCO as
Permanent Technical Committee, Enforcement Committee,
Harmonized System (HS) Committee, Technical Committee on
Customs Valuation, Technical Committee on the Rules of Origin
and the Sub-Committee on Automatic Data Processing, and has
taken an active part in the revision of the Kyoto Convention and
the Nairobi Convention, the review of the Harmonized System
and the formulation of the rules of origin.