Administrative Rules of the Customs of the People's Republic ofChina Concerning the Bonded Factory of Processing Trade
Administrative Rules of the Customs of the People's Republic ofChina Concerning the Bonded Factory of Processing Trade
(Promulgated by the General Administration of Customs of thePeople's Republic of China on April 6, 1988)
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Article 1
The present rules are formulated in order to meet the need of the
development of foreign economic relations and trade, encourage and promote
the development of processing trade in accordance with the Customs Law of
the People's Republic of China.
Article 2
Enterprises specially permitted by the Customs to conduct the bonded
processing for producing export products are the bonded factories of
processing trade (hereinafter referred to as the bonded factory).
Article 3
The goods imported by the bonded factory are the bonded goods of the
Customs and shall be under the Customs supervision and control from the
date of import to the date of total export and shall not be sold,
transferred, exchanged and shifted to other uses without the permission of
the Customs.
Article 4
The enterprises which have the right to conduct the import and export
businesses with the permission of the State or the export-production
enterprises with the legal personalities to conduct the businesses of
processing imported materials and components for re-export (hereinafter
referred to as the processing unit), may apply to the local competent
Customs for setting up the bonded factories.
Article 5
Setting up the bonded factory shall have the following conditions:
1. Having special facilities for processing and manufacturing export
products;
2. Having warehouse specially for storing and piling up imported
goods and export products;
3. Establishing account books specially for recording the production,
sale, storage and other matters;
4. Having full-time persons for managing the bonded goods, warehouse
and account books;
The processing unit having the above conditions shall submit the
"Application For the bonded Factory of Processing Trade" and apply to the
Customs. After on-the-spot investigation and approval by the Customs, the
"Registration Certificate For Bonded Factory of Processing Trade" shall be
issued and given with the stamp of the bonded factory of processing trade
on it, and then the bonded processing shall be permitted.
Article 6
The raw materials, materials, components, spareparts, set elements,
supplementary materials, packaging materials and chemicals of appropriate
dosage consumed in the direct processing procedure (hereinafter referred
to as the materials and components) imported by the bonded factory to
process, assemble products and manufacture export products for foreign
businessmen shall be permitted to postpone the formalities of import duty
and be exempted from the Customs duties, product (value added) tax and
consolidated industrial and commercial tax according to the actual amount
of the imported materials and components consumed in processing export
products.
Article 7
The registration on file and conciliation after verification of the
imported materials and components of the bonded factory shall be dealt
with in accordance with the relevant rules concerning the administration
of processing imported materials and buyer-supplied materials.
Article 8
When the bonded factory imports the materials and components or
exports products, the operator or his agent shall fill in special
declaration of import and export goods in quadruplicate with the stamps of
"The Goods of the Bonded Factory" on the right above of each copy, and
together with relevant documents and the registration manual of processing
imported materials and buyer-supplied materials and declare to the Customs
at which the goods will enter or leave the territory. After examination by
the Customs, one copy of the declaration certificates shall be sent to the
competent Customs, and another copy together with the stamp of the Customs
shall be returned to the declarer for the bonded factory's records.
Article 9
The relevant processing unit shall list storage and processing of
imported materials, storage and export of products and domestic sales of
products under special permission of last quarter into forms and report
before 15th of the first month of each quarter to the competent Customs
for verification.
In case the imported materials and components will be mixed with
domestic materials for processing, the bonded factory shall report
accurately to the Customs the ratio and quantity of consumed imported
materials and components.
Article 10
When considering necessary, the Customs may sent Customs officer to
station in the bonded factory or send Customs officer at any time to
supervise and check the storage and export of the materials, components
and products and documents and account books. The bonded factory shall
render office and necessary convenience according to the regulations.
When the bonded factory requests the Customs officer to come to the
factory to accomplish formalities of examination and release, the factory
shall apply to the Customs in charge and pay fees according to the
regulations.
Article 11
When the bonded factory is out of the Customs' supervision and
control or has conducts violating the Customs regulations, the Customs can
at any time revoke his certificate of the bonded factory, and deal with
the conducts violating the Customs regulations in accordance with the
Customs Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 12
The present Rules shall enter into force on May 1, 1988.
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