General Administration of Customs and SAMR Jointly Issued the Announcement on Optimizing the Inspection and Quarantine Supervision of Import and Export of Elevator Products
This announcement covers the inspection and quarantine supervision of import and export of all categories of elevator products including complete elevator machines, core components, escalators and moving walks. The core contents include: first, implementing the customs clearance mode of "advance declaration" and "two-step declaration" for import and export elevator products. Enterprises can go through the declaration procedures in advance with documents such as bills of lading and contracts, and the goods can be released quickly after arrival at the port, and the overall customs clearance time limit is reduced by more than 50%; second, implementing classified supervision of export elevator products, implementing facilitation measures of "immediate declaration and release" and "priority inspection" for first-class export enterprises with high credit rating and stable product quality. For eligible export products, enterprise self-inspection reports and third-party inspection reports can be accepted, and the proportion of on-site inspection can be reduced; third, simplifying the 3C certification handling process for imported elevator products. For imported elevator products that have obtained international authoritative certification and meet China's mandatory standards, simplifying the 3C certification application materials and review process, implementing the 3C certification "self-declaration" mode, and shortening the certification handling time limit; fourth, implementing the supervision mode of "inspection in one place, nationwide release" for import and export elevator products. After the export elevator products complete the inspection and quarantine at the place of origin, they can be directly cleared and released at any port in the country without repeated inspection; fifth, optimizing the handling process of the certificate of origin for export elevator products, fully implementing "self-service printing, intelligent review, second-level issuance" of the certificate of origin. Enterprises can handle it online through the international trade "single window" without submitting paper materials offline; sixth, establishing a response mechanism for technical trade measures for the import and export of elevator products, jointly with industry associations to establish an early warning platform for technical trade measures in the global elevator market, timely release information on access policies, standard updates and certification requirement changes in various countries, and provide compliance guidance and response services for enterprises; seventh, severely cracking down on fake and shoddy elevator products imported and exported, strengthening the quality and safety supervision of elevator products imported and exported, severely investigating and punishing products that are fake and shoddy and do not meet safety standards according to law, including them in the credit blacklist, and implementing joint punishment; eighth, implementing the "fault tolerance and error correction" mechanism for the import and export of elevator products. For non-subjective intentional declaration errors of enterprises without harmful consequences, those who meet the conditions can be given lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment according to law, to guide enterprises to operate in compliance. The implementation of this announcement has comprehensively optimized the import and export supervision environment of elevator products in China, improved the level of customs clearance facilitation, reduced the institutional transaction costs of elevator foreign trade enterprises, will further promote the high-quality development of China's elevator product import and export trade, and help Chinese elevator enterprises deeply expand the global market.