Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Goods in Logistics Centers Article 10

The following regulations shall govern the delivery of the goods of a logistics center to the tax areas, bond areas, or free trade zones:1. Where goods are to be shipped to the tax areas, the importer should fill out an application form and attach all necessary substantiating documents. The logistics center should declare the shipment with Customs through the Customs online processing system before actual shipment, and shipment of the goods may be effected after the customs clearance procedure is completed. As for goods originally shipped from the tax areas and later sold and distributed to tax areas with the same goods, the logistics center should fill out the necessary form and register the shipment online. Such goods may be shipped after registration; no customs declaration procedure is required under the circumstances.2. Where goods are shipped to bond areas, the logistics center and the operator in the bond areas should jointly fill out an application form and attach all necessary substantiating documents. The logistics center should declare the shipment with Customs through the Customs online processing system before actual shipment, and shipment of the goods may be effected after the customs clearance procedure is completed and the official seals have been affixed. However, except for contraband goods, restricted goods as defined in Subparagraph 8, Article 4 which may be stored in the warehouse upon the due authorization of the respective competent authorities, or goods that have been placed under limited storage period by Customs, no extra sealing shall be required either for goods transported from logistics centers to other logistics centers, bonded factories, technology industrial parks, science parks, and agriculture technology parks without monthly consolidated declaration to Customs or goods to be transported to another container terminal in the same controlled area.3. Where goods are shipped to free trade zones, the logistics center or the holder of the imported goods and the free-trade-zone enterprise should jointly fill out an application form and attach all necessary substantiating documents. The logistics center should declare the shipment with Customs through the Customs online processing system and then seal the goods and ship them to the warehouse in a free trade zone. The goods can be shipped to the free-trade-zone enterprise after the customs clearance procedure is completed. However, no extra sealing shall be required for goods transported from logistics center to the free-trade-zone enterprise within the same controlled area.The internal cargo transfers between a logistics center and its branch logistics centers should comply with the conditions stated in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph.