Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Goods in Logistics Centers Article 9

For foreign goods to be stored in a logistics center, the logistics center shall declare to Customs by way of on-line transmission to Customs computers; the incoming goods may be stored only after the declaration has been recorded on Customs computer files or following completion of the customs clearance formalities.Where the goods originating from bond areas or free trade zones are designated for storage in a logistics center, the logistics center and the operator in the bond areas or the free-trade-zone enterprise shall jointly fill out an application and relevant forms and declare the goods to the supervisory Customs in the original bond areas or free trade zones. The goods may be stored in the logistics center only following completion of the customs clearance formalities.Where the domestic goods are to be shipped from the tax areas, the operator of logistics center shall fill out the Form of Entry/Exit of Domestic Goods and submit the information to the computerized system before the goods are stored into the warehouse. Alternatively, the goods may also be stored into the warehouse once the export declaration form is jointly filed by the logistics center and the operator of the tax areas and once the goods have been cleared by Customs.