Regulations Concerning Import Duties over incoming Passengers' Baggage or Personal Postal items
The Chinese Customs implements special tariff
regulations and rates on dutiable passengers' baggage and personal postal items. At
present, there are four tariff rates : 10%, 30%, 80% and 100%. Ad valorem duties are
collected on import goods. The prices are centrally examined and approved by the Customs
on the basis of the international retail prices before promulgation and implementation.
1. Radio transceivers, ciphony communications systems;
2. Endangered and rare animals and plants (including specimen) as well as their seeds and
reproductive materials;
3. Other articles prohibited from entry by the Customs.
1. Arms, imitation arms, ammunition and explosives of all kinds,
2. Counterfeit currencies and couflterfeit negotiable securities;
3. Articles detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of China;
4. Deadly poisons of all kinds;
5. Opium, morphine, heroin, marihuana and other addiction inducing drugs and psychedelics,
6. Animals, plants and products made thereof infected with or carrying disease germs,
insect pests and other harmful organisms;
7. Foodstuff, medicines and other articles coming from epidemic--stricken areas and
harmful to man and livestock or those capable of spreading disease.
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