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The State Administration for Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the General Administration of Customs

Circular of the State Administration for Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the General Administration of Customs on Implementing Statutory Inspection on the Small Household Appliance Exports

GuoJianJianLian [1999] No.383

December 16, 1999

Each bureau of inspection and quarantine directly under the State Administration for Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine, commissions (departments, bureaus) of foreign trade and economic cooperation in various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and municipalities separately listed on the State plan, each local electromechanical product import and export administration offices, Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs and every customs directly under the General Administration of Customs:

With the development of China's foreign trade, as one of the important electromechanical products, small household appliances have been registering a higher and higher export volume and have already entered the European and American markets among others in the world. As small household appliances are directly associated with the safety of the end-users, safety problems of small household appliance exports have affected the export of Chinese electromechanical product.

In order to promote the foreign trade development, improve the quality of the small household appliance exports, further expand its export and give full play to the responsibility of the inspection organs, small household appliance exports are now under statutory inspection in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection. Relevant inspection details are hereby publicized as follows:

I.

The small household appliance for export (see attached Commodity HS Code) are under statutory inspection as of January 1, 2000.

II.

During inspection, the safety feature standard for the small household appliances for export shall not be lower than the standard of GB47061 and GB4706.

III.

The customs check and grant clearance for the small household appliances for export upon presentation of the Clearance Certificate for Exports issued by the State Administration for Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine. The sample of Clearance Certificate for Exports will be publicized in other document later.

IV.

Relevant provisions of the State Administration for Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine shall be followed with respect to application for inspection, inspection and certificate issuance.