China

QUESTION: We are customizing product by having our China manufacturer add our customer’s logo/decals to finished goods. We then import those finished goods into the US and distribute to the customer. China customs is asking for the brand authorization letter (assuming this is only for the customers who registered their brands). My employer wants to […]

QUESTION: We heard from our broker in China that due to the trade war between China and the US, China customs has issued an urgent notice today. All goods imported from the US, the place of origin must be indicated on the packing list as well as on the goods themselves with a small label […]

QUESTION: Our company is interested in having an FTZ in China and have our vendors in China ship their products to FTZ first. Then, ship them to customers in China out of FTZ when receiving orders. In this situation, are the products subject to normal import duty and VAT into China? Or is there something […]

QUESTION: If we ship non-Chinese and possibly non-US origin empty instruments of international traffic (IIT) so our Chinese suppliers can fill them with parts, what are the Chinese import and export requirements? ***************** Answers: You should work with your Chinese suppliers on this. China Customs does recognize IIT, but the ways they do it vary […]

QUESTION: I am working on providing 2 door to door quote to our project management team. Both quotes are for exporting into China. Why would a buyer not want to act or provide information for an IOR? These customers have export to China before, but refuse to act as IOR or provide a broker they […]

QUESTION: I’d like to ask the membership if anyone has encountered a requested by either their Chinese customer or sister division to add the manufactured date to the item on their shipment? My sister company indicated there is a new regulation requiring this data be supplied into their “Pre-Record System” for importation. This is mainly […]

QUESTION: We are interested in setting up a warehouse for our products in the FTZ in Shanghai. We are a US company in the process of setting up a legal entity in China. Once we have a legal entity in China, we would like to set up warehousing so we can ship our products from […]

QUESTION: Our entity in China is running into issues with its returns process and the valuation of returned product.   Step 1 – China entity prepares export of several products of different values/prices that fall under the same HS Code Step 2 – Chinese Customs rolls the total value of these products under the HS […]

QUESTION: Our company is the exporter of a marketing display shipment to China. It was shipped under DDP terms and now is stuck at customs waiting on an import license. Does this sound legitimate that marketing display material would require an import license? If so, how do we apply for an import license and about […]

QUESTION: I had a conversation with the trade team in China about their import process.  I was told that even though we give them a perfectly good SAP generated commercial invoice they must replicate the information on a new a different document.  They recreate the whole commercial invoice on an excel spreadsheet and submit that.  […]

QUESTION: Two simple questions: Does anyone have a link to the consolidated code list on which China will be imposing US origin good tariffs? Does anyone have information how Chinese companies can apply for exclusions? ========= Answer: We have a related party in China and we were told there is no official exclusion process.  There […]