Laws of the People's Republic of China

The General Administration of Customs, the State Enter-exit Supervision and Quarantine

Announcement of the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration for Enter-exit Inspection and Quarantine Concerning the Adjustment of the Catalogue of Enter-Exit Goods that shall be Inspected and Quarantined by Enter-exit Inspection and Quarantine Authorities

[2000] No.1

January 11, 2000

According to the Construction Project of Enter-exit Inspection and Quarantine Authorities Around the Country approved by the State Council, the former enter-exit hygienic quarantine, animal and plant quarantine authorities and the enter-exit goods quarantine authorities shall be merged to constitute the enter-exit inspection and quarantine authorities. In order to adapt to the needs of institution reform, put into effect the management model of "report for quarantine once, sampling once, inspection and quarantine once, hygienic alleviation of harm once, charge once, visa issuing once ", to further simplify the procedure, be one window towards outside and facilitate enter and exit, the Table of Types of Enter-exit Goods for Quarantine, the Table for Comparison between Catalogue of Enter-exit Animal and Plant for Quarantine and HS Catalogue and the Table for Comparison between Catalogue of Imported Foods for Hygienic Inspection and HS Catalogue (hereafter referred to as "Three Tables") now are merged and adjusted to be Catalogue of Enter-exit Goods that the Enter-exit Inspection and Quarantine Authorities shall Carry Out Inspection and Quarantine (hereinafter referred to as the Catalogue of Goods for Inspection and Quarantine). Three "Three Tables" involved 5,249 coded goods while the catalogue of goods for Inspection and Quarantine thereby adjusted involve 4113 coded goods. The Catalogue of Goods for Inspection and Quarantine took effect as of the date February 1, 2000, the Circular Concerning Printing and Distributing the Table of Types of Enter-exit Goods for Quarantine, the Table for Comparison between Catalogue of Enter-exit Animal and Plant for Quarantine and HS Catalogue and the Table for Comparison between Catalogue of Imported Foods for Hygienic Inspection and HS Catalogue (State quarantine law cooperation [1994] No.4) of the State Enter-exit Inspection and Quarantine and the General Administration of Customs was thereby abolished. According to provisions in the Law of the People's Republic of China on Inspection on Enter-exit Goods, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Enter-exit Animal and Plant Quarantine, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Food Hygiene, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, any enter-exit goods that has been listed in the Catalogue of Goods for Inspection and Quarantine shall be quarantined by enter-exit inspection and quarantine authorities and the customs, by the Customs Clearing Bill of Entering Goods or the Customs Clearing Bill of Exiting Goods, carry out examination and let go through.