【Strategy】Several things relating to customs that you must know for buying case and bag luxuries oversea
Question: Can I mail a bag like Chanel in from abroad?
Answer: According to relevant regulations, items mailed from or to Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan by an individual are limited to RMB 800 yuan in value each time; items mailed from or to other countries and regions are limited to RMB 1,000 yuan in value each time. When exceeding the limits, it is imperative to handle returning formalities or customs clearance formalities according to relevant cargo regulations. However, if there is only one item in parcel that is not separable, it is allowed to handle customs clearance formalities according to relevant regulations on individual items when the customs find in examination that it is indeed for individual use though the value exceeds the required limit. Therefore, though a Chanel bag exceeds the value limit, it can be released by collecting tax as it is a single and inseparable piece. Therefore, little friends are reminded that a bag may be good, but do not be greedy, it is enough to mail one each time! (document basis: No. 43 Announcement of General Customs Administration for 2010).
Question: How does customs review prices for cases and bags of a famous brand?
Answer: Though it is identified in No. 15 Announcement that each case is limited to RMB 500 yuan; each shoulder bag, knapsack, handbag is limited to RMB 200 yuan; each wallet and key case is limited to RMB 100 yuan. However, these prices are for common cases and bags! The prices of these Chanel, Hermes, PRADA, Dior cases and bags which are high in value, generous and high in class and you mail exceed N times the above prices. Therefore, they all have to be revalued otherwise. So everybody should keep such information as legal, valid and true shopping invoice, website transaction record, payment voucher, etc. to send with box or provide when handing the formalities with customs for reference in valuing. (document basis: No. 15 Announcement of General Customs Administration for 2012).
Question: After tax levy price is determined, what is the percentage on which tax is calculated for cases and bags?
Answer: The tax rate for cases and bags is 10%. (document basis: No. 15 Announcement of General Customs Administration for 2012)
Question: If two or more bags are mailed incautiously, how to do?
Answer: According to relevant regulations, it is imperative to handle the returning formalities or customs clearance formalities according to relevant cargo regulations when exceeding the value limit. In case of applying for returning, the recipient is requested to bring Notice for Handling Customs Formalities for Entering and Exiting International Mails and your id card to file a returning application on the spot of customs; if it is really hard for you to give it up, you may also find an agent enterprise to import it as a cargo by customs clearance. What we would like to remind you is that this will cost a lot of additional agent fee. (document basis: No. 43 Announcement of General Customs Administration for 2010)
Question: What is the tax rate for mailing costumes of a famous brand?
Answer: The tax rate for textiles and its finished products is 20%. The tax rate for leather costumes and ornaments is 10%. Likewise, what we would like to remind all people enjoying to dress up is that the prices of these costumes with a brand which are high in value, generous and high in class almost exceed N times of the listed dutiable prices, so they all have to be revalued otherwise. So everybody should keep such information as legal, valid and true shopping invoice, website transaction record, payment voucher, etc. to send with box or provide when handing the formalities with customs for reference in valuing. (document basis: No. 15 Announcement of General Customs Administration for 2012).
Question: What is the tax rate for mailing a high-class watch?
Answer: There are two standards for customs to levy tax on watch: one is for high-class watches (the examined price is at and over RMB 10,000 yuan), for which the tax rate is 30%; the tax rate for other watches is 20%. (document basis: No. 15 Announcement of General Customs Administration for 2012).
What we would like to remind everybody finally is that I have told you for many time that it is necessary to keep such information as legal, valid and true shopping invoice, website transaction record, payment voucher, etc. for reference in valuing. Please do not employ trickery in above information as customs staffs with sharp eyes will not simply value your items merely according to such information, they use them as a reference only.
Excerpted from China Customs Magazine
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