From Sep 1st of 2010, China customs Change the Import Duty Exemption range from RMB 500 to RMB 50!

On September 1 this year, the personal allowance for standard items mailed down, online shopping model is facing a huge impact. Meanwhile, the Department implemented the new policy, members of the public to ask their overseas relatives and friends also need to pay attention to the Immigration send something, preferably well in advance about whether the tax-free range.

Yangcheng Evening News from Guangzhou Customs was informed that a move to crack down on use of personal mail on behalf of separation of goods, to evade state control and tax evasion as commercial smuggling. Guangzhou Customs administration Director of Management Services to the wonderful treasure that a number of companies and unscrupulous traders, the current policy of the empty drill, this should be the normal channels of import and export customs entry of goods, through the "three noes" were split into individual e-mail sent into the country to evade tax control. Customs is currently running on individual mail items of regulation 90 of the last century enacted, no longer meet the current situation, should make reasonable modifications.

How to understand and dispel doubts "50 allowance?"

It is worth recalling that the public misunderstood the relevant new measures to "send the goods come in the value of 50 on the tax." In fact, the "allowance of 50 yuan" means "candidates tax" related items candidates how to calculate the tax, customs have a "incoming passenger baggage and personal items duty-paid price list by mail." Currently using in June 2007 revised version of the General Administration of Customs, on September 1 this year, the policy adjustment involves this "price list" amendments.

"Price List" for each product listed in a "dutiable value" and corresponding "tax rate", for example, "perfume bottle", table "dutiable value" is 100 yuan (all denominated in RMB), "tax" 50%, or mail entry to any species of any brand of perfume, a bottle of customs calculated unified by 100, multiplied by the rate of 50%, their "candidates tax" for 50 yuan. According to the requirement that the time you sent 10 bottles of still tax-free, and after the implementation of new regulations, to tax-free, then can only send a bottle. Customs officers have pointed out that amendments to regulations designed to standardize as postal imports, but also take care to the recipient, the sender's reasonable needs.

Advise how to collect import duties?

September 1 this year, the import duty exemption from the minimum amount of 400 yuan from the previous reduced to 50, commissioned by post items overseas friends and family members of the public to pay attention, because the import tax levied directly to the recipient. According to report, the Customs Department and the cooperation agreement between the Post Office, where the entry email to taxation, the customs tax bills out to the recipient, the recipient by the post office to collect. Domestic and international express delivery company, is similar to the operation.

The public would like to check and calculate the tax candidates sent items, can be accessed at Guangzhou Customs website (http://guangzhou.customs.gov.cn), in the search bar type "duty-paid price list", you can query to the General Administration of Customs in 2007 Notice No. 25 (on the revision of "travelers baggage and personal postal import duty tariff classification table" and "incoming passenger baggage and personal items duty-paid price list by mail") and two tables related accessories.

The impact of "foreign Shopping Service" to price increases across the board

Allowance for a substantial reduction in postal articles, the most impact is "offshore Shopping Service" Shopping Service fees earned by post or Internet sellers. Reporter Taobao into the "Shopping Service" word search, all of a sudden out of 38,304 stores, most of which are "foreign Shopping Service." It is understood that the Shopping Service sellers, many friends and relatives overseas students and domestic partnerships. Their implementation on September 1 is very sensitive to the customs policy, a Shopping Service of the United States to do cosmetics seller, has been prominently posted in the Online Shop will be across the board price increases, therefore the statement.

Smaller "stewardess Shopping Service" sellers relatively happy, because our competitors prices, is bound to highlight their competitiveness. Such sellers are mainly commissioned to facilitate the frequent travel of those public service on behalf of immigrants to buy cosmetics, then onto the Online Shop for sale. The original species because of the limited operation, had originally intended to develop "mailing Shopping Service", the Department will implement new regulations, the crowd is watching.

Work in the Milky Way's senior Miss Bai Lingcheng and colleagues frequently use the service of "overseas Shopping Service", to buy most famous skin care products and jewelry, bags. She told reporters, "Overseas Shopping Service" of the buyers are mostly "experts", France, the United States, Japan, Italy and other well-known brands when the discount store fire sale crystal clear. Find trustworthy "overseas Shopping Service", to 10% of the fee, she felt very "significant number." She said new regulations introduced after the customs, purchasing prices go up, she patronized the "overseas Shopping Service" of the impulse will naturally decrease.

Milk is common within the commission to overseas Shopping Service varieties, due to the new deal involves only the customs post, is not involved in Hong Kong and Macao with the baggage of transit officers, many in Hong Kong and Macau as a Shopping Service Point online shop sellers have said little impact but directly from New Zealand, Australia Shopping Service formula, it may also face higher prices.

New Deal personal mail entry and exit

■ Send the original provisions of the personal mail from Hong Kong and Macao article, apply import duty tax of 400 yuan tax exemption; sent from Hong Kong and Macao personal items outside, apply import duty-free allowance 500 yuan tax. From September 1, the removal of the distinction between Hong Kong and Macao and other parts of management, no distinction between "Hong Kong and Macao" and "outside Hong Kong and Macao", as long as the candidates Jinkou goods tax in 50 (with 50) the following, to avoid customs levy, the excess tax according to regulations.

■ Personal import and export goods by post limits remain unchanged, that "personal message from or sent to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and each time limits for 800 yuan; sent from or sent to other countries and regions, articles, each time limit of 1,000 yuan. " If only one item within the packet and indivisible, though exceeding the limit by the Customs examination are indeed personal use, can still complete the formalities in accordance with personal items, does not need to import and export forms for customs clearance. (Xinhua Yao Zhide, correspondent Xu Yue)