Export to China - the breif guide

This guide covers a brief summary on customs condition, legislation, export documents etc. required when exporting to China.  
SUMMARY CHINA

ISO-country code:         CN
Population:                      approx 1 336 million

Language:                       English

Curency:                          1 yuan renminbi (CNY) = 10 jiao = 100 fen

Timezon:                          GMT +8 hours

Surface (skm2):              9 536 700

Dims & weight system:   Metric system

IMPORTANT

1 – The previous British crown colony Hong Kong belongs to China since 1st of July 1997. As Hong Kong has a status as a free port intact, Hong Kong is handled separately and is excluded from this guide.

2 – The previous Portuguese colony Macau belongs to China since 20^th of December 1999 and as Macau’s status as free port also is intact it is also excluded from this guide.

Import regulation

All importers must be authorized by Ministry of Commerce (MoC). To a number of products import licenses is mandatory.

customs condition

The Chinese custom tariff is in conformity with many other based on the HS-nomenclature.  Customs fee is based on the CIF-value or corresponding.

VAT tax and customs fee is paid on the import entry. Custom fees, duties and taxes  can be found in EU: s custom database.

TRade INVoice

Trade invoice is to be written in English and should contain information about the number of packages, marks, the number of collis shipped and its kind (pallet, parcels etc.) gross, net weight and the FOB value, CIF costs and CIF value.

Additional information such as information on legislation, product requirements, other export documents etc. can be found in our guide "Export to China" which you can buy here.