China

QUESTION: Regarding China Customs announcement No.56 (Nov. 21, 2017) effective June 1, 2018, that shipments arriving in China from the US must provide China Customs with the exporter’s EIN, are there any USG restrictions on doing so, such as USG’s prohibition on providing the EEI to foreign parties? ==================== ANSWER: We have concerns regarding providing […]

QUESTION: Regarding China Customs announcement No.56 (Nov. 21, 2017) effective June 1, 2018, that shipments arriving in China from the US must provide China Customs with the exporter’s EIN, are there any USG restrictions on doing so, such as USG’s prohibition on providing the EEI to foreign parties? =========== Answer: No, many companies already do […]

QUESTION: Recently we imported a containers worth of products into China where about $15,000 worth of parts from one supplier were not mentioned on the commercial invoice.  This discrepancy was not discovered until the container was unloaded at our factory.  Now we have an issue as it relates to the payment of the supplier of […]

QUESTION: We currently purchase small aluminum housings that are used in the manufacture of our electrical sensor products in the US. These housings are either CNC machined out of Chinese extruded aluminum or from aluminum ingots purchased in China, following machining the housings are then shipped to us. We have approached our supplier and requested […]

QUESTION: With China’s response to the US tariff hikes, do the Chinese tariffs only hit US produced agriculture or US companies selling to China?  For instance, if a US company purchases corn or wheat from another nation and ships directly to China, do the tariff’s apply?  Or is this strictly if the commodity originates in […]

QUESTION: Where can I find a list of the 128 products that China says it will impose additional tariffs on (in retaliation for US tariffs on steel and aluminum), including the duty rates? *********** Answers: Here is a link to the list of products. Duty rates have not yet been announced.   https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/04/the-full-list-of-us-products-that-china-is-planning-to-hit-with-tariffs.html ************** http://fortune.com/2018/04/02/china-tariffs-128-us-products/ […]

QUESTION: We are interested to send (either free of charge or have supplier buy) US components to China to be used in the manufacture of a finished product and exported back to the US. Does anyone know if China has a duty drawback type program to recoup duty paid on the import of US made […]

QUESTION: Why is Chinese customs so interested in whether the US, Mexico or Canada applies preferential duty treatment to US imports? Is this a sudden interest or am I just now hearing about it from my Chinese counterparts because they’re getting asked? ************ Answers: One of the reasons for the Chinese to be interested on […]

QUESTION: Any members know of publicly available sites, not subscription or paid, where the China HTS and Customs rulings can be found ? ========== Answers: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/china_e.htm ========== Just found the site of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council – information is free when you register   Online search on China import tariff rates on all categories of […]

QUESTION: We have a bonded warehouse in China.  We regularly ship goods to this warehouse where the goods are stored until our end customer in China places an order. When the Chinese company places an order, the goods are removed from the warehouse and the Chinese company makes entry and pays any duty due. Goods […]

QUESTION: We have been approached by our customer to provide a value on the country of origin certificate related to China Peru FTA. Under 19 CFR 10.195 – Country of origin criteria value means the value of a good or material for purposes of calculating customs duties or for purposes of applying this subpart per […]