Customs Clearance Issues

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Customs Clearance Issues

Customs Clearance IssuesAll imported goods are subject to Customs clearance in every country. When you buy from Chinavasion, the goods are sent fromChina. Therefore you are importing, and you are the importer responsible for the goods when the goods pass through Customs inyour destination country. According to our general terms and conditions, you may order anything you like from Chinavasion and wewill fulfil your order, but it remains totally your responsibility to find out in advance if the products are permissible to import intoyour destination country, and if so what clearance requirements, taxes, policies etc apply in that country. Chinavasion cannot andwill not offer advice or pre-shipment information on Customs issues in any regard.

From over 3 years of shipping thousands of orders a week, we can confirm that in over 99.9% of shipments fromChinavasion there is no issue whatsoever with Customs clearance.Furthermore in the majority of the rare casessubject to a delay in Customs, the goods are released and delivered successfully. This is because the clearance vianormal shipping methods (couriers or post) is handled professionally by the shipping company, and Chinavasion is an experiencedprovider of correct shipping documentation and compliant products and packaging.

You need to be aware that, since any order you make on Chinavasion.com will pass through your country's Customs, the Customshave the right to hold and inspect your goods according to their policies.

Every country's Customs has different policies, and these policies can vary substantially, for example...

...from port to port ...from day to day or from one Custom's staff member to another ...depending on the volume of packages requiring clearance on any particular day ...depending on the security levels and political climate of the moment ...depending on the package shipment method ...depending on the package origin ...depending on the package, weight, shape, packing, size, profile, x-ray results, etc ...depending on the package contents ...depending on the declared or assessed valuation of the package contents ...depending on the paperwork accompanying the shipment ...depending on random inspection timetables or scheduled batch checks for particular criteria

As the importer,you bear sole responsibility for the clearance of the goods any issues that may arise from aninspection or hold. Typically, the consignee of the shipped packets is taken as the importer in any problem case.

If you are dropshipping, it is important to note that the consignee of the goods is your customer, and therefore they will be liablefor any assessed import duties, sales taxes, or issues arising from Customs inspection.

In most countries, depending on the category of goods imported and the quantity or value, the shipment will be assessed for dutiesand /or sales tax. That is your responsibility as the importer and you can find detailed notes from Chinavasionhere.

In The Case Of A Customs Hold1. Chinavasion will contact you to discuss the issue openly.2. You will typically be required to communicate directly with your country's Customs, or contact them via your courier

company.3. If additional documents are required, Chinavasion will do our utmost to provide the documents to you and support the

goods clearance.4. Your country's Customs can hold goods pending a decision for as long as they like.
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5. The final decision about assessing, valuing, taxing, releasing/refusing, seizing the goods is entirely down to Customs. Insome cases no reasons are provided, and in many countries the importer has no right of appeal. In most countries theCustoms are hard to communicate with and lack basic public information or accessible staff contact.

6. In the vast majority of cases, the goods are released after a delay ranging from 1 day to 6 months... the reason for thedelay is usually unknown, and the length of the delay is unfortunately beyond anyone's control.

7. If the goods are refused entry, they will either be destroyed with no compensation, or turned back so the courier shipsthem back to Chinavasion.

Under these terms and conditions, which you are agreeing to at the time you place your order, you are acknowledging youunderstand your basic responsibilities as an importer and the resultant liabilities should any exception occur.

Examples of situations where Chinavasion will compensate you If internationally recognised documents such as CE / FCC / Sisvel could not be supplied fast enough by Chinavasion, and

Customs refused entry to the goods.

If you made a valid request for customization of the shipping paperwork, and we agreed to follow your instructions butfailed to do so.

If we made any other serious error on the paperwork accompanying the goods. If the goods were delayed or impounded by China Exit Customs rather than your own country's Customs. If a Customs inquiry reveals a valid IPR issue with the products. Chinavasion never knowingly markets/sells counterfeit

products or any products/packaging infringing intellectual property of any parties.

Examples of situations where you are not entitled to compensation

If you refused to accept the goods. If the goods could not clear due to import restrictions that are specific to your own country, e.g. FDA approval of

products (USA), country-specific certification, restricted categories of goods, quotas, so-called anti-dumping enforcementetc.

If you refused to accept applicable taxes or other charges associated with the import procedure. If you refused to pay additional charges or fines resulting from Customs' re-assessment of the classification or value of

the goods.

If you were unable to accept the goods due to laws in your country such as a lack of an import licence. If Customs refused entry to your goods because you failed to provide paperwork or other information in a timely manner,OR provided incorrect paperwork or information. If Customs refused entry to your goods but they did not provide a reason, OR we were unable to confirm sufficient detail

of the supposed reason.

If Customs refused entry to your goods due to a supposed IPR issue, but in our opinion this is unsubstantiated. If Customs are still holding the goods after a period of at least 6 weeks and after our best efforts we have no further

detail about the reason for the hold or any probable resolution to the case.

If clearance failed due to lack of licences / documents / certificates which are specific to your country and Chinavasiondeems it beyond the reasonable scope of our Shipping Team to provide these documents in the absence of any pre-shipment communication from you.

If Customs refused entry to your goods or levied increased taxes, charges, or fines associated with the classification ordeclared value of the goods on the shipping paperwork. We always inform you in advance about the declaration of yourgoods, and in the cases of larger shipments you have to agree to the declaration value explicitly, so this is deemed to betotally your responsibility.

If we previously warned you about a possible increased risk of delivery exceptions due to our experience of shipping toyour country, for whatever reason, but you explicitly agreed to go ahead with the order.

Compensation

"Compensation" refers to full or partial refund/credit of the amount you paid for the goods and /or shipping (dependingon the situation). Chinavasion will absolutely not offer any further compensation or accept any liability in any otherregard.

We reserve the sole right to evaluate the reason for a Customs exception. We will do this openly based on ourcommunications with the Courier, your country's Customs, and any evidence you have provided us of your owncommunications with the Courier and Customs.


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If the goods are returned to China, but we deem that you were liable for the failed delivery not us, we may be able tocompensate partially, based on any remaining credit after return delivery fees, China import taxes, and restocking fees.

If the goods are impounded, held indefinitely, destroyed, or confiscated by Customs, and according to the policy abovethis is not Chinavasion's responsibility (including where the actual reason for the exception was never clarified), you willnot receive compensation of any kind.

Search online, check with your local Government, local Customs and Chambers of Commerce, and seek advice on all importregulations and procedures!To ensure successful delivery, particularly of larger shipments, we strongly recommend you personally undertake rigorous researchof your local destination laws, regulations, and common practices in relation to imported goods and taxation.

For large shipments you should always hire a licensed Import Broker.

Registration

Processing of Shipping Bill

Quota Allocation

Arrival of Goods at Docks

System Appraisal of Shipping Bills

Customs Examination of Export Cargo

Stuffing / Loading of Goods in Containers

Drawal of Samples

Amendments

Export of Goods under Claim for Drawback

Generation of Shipping Bills

In India custom clearance is a complex and time taking procedure that every export face in his export business.

Physical control is still the basis of custom clearance in India where each consignment is manually examined in

order to impose various types of export duties. High import tariffs and multiplicity of exemptions and export

promotion schemes also contribute in complicating the documentation and procedures. So, a proper knowledge of

the custom rules and regulation becomes important for the exporter. For clearance of export goods, the exporter or

export agent has to undertake the following formalities:

Registration

Any exporter who wants to export his good need to obtain PAN based Business Identification Number (BIN) from

the Directorate General of Foreign Trade prior to filing of shipping bill for clearance of export goods. The exportersmust also register themselves to the authorised foreign exchange dealer code and open a current account in the

designated bank for credit of any drawback incentive.

Registration in the case of export under export promotion schemes:

All the exporters intending to export under the export promotion scheme need to get their licences / DEEC book

etc.

Processing of Shipping Bill - Non-EDI:

In case of Non-EDI, the shipping bills or bills of export are required to be filled in the format as prescribed in the


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Amendments:

Any correction/amendments in the check list generated after filing of declaration can be made at the service

center, if the documents have not yet been submitted in the system and the shipping bill number has not been

generated. In situations, where corrections are required to be made after the generation of the shipping bill

number or after the goods have been brought into the Export Dock, amendments is carried out in the following

manners.

The goods have not yet been allowed "let export" amendments may be permitted by the Assistant Commissioner

(Exports).

Where the "Let Export" order has already been given, amendments may be permitted only by the Additional/Joint

Commissioner, Custom House, in charge of export section.

In both the cases, after the permission for amendments has been granted, the Assistant Commissioner / Deputy

Commissioner (Export) may approve the amendments on the system on behalf of the Additional /Joint

Commissioner. Where the print out of the Shipping Bill has already been generated, the exporter may first

surrender all copies of the shipping bill to the Dock Appraiser for cancellation before amendment is approved on

the system.

Export of Goods under Claim for Drawback:

After actual export of the goods, the Drawback claim is processed through EDI system by the officers of Drawback

Branch on first come first served basis without feeling any separate form.

Generation of Shipping Bills:

The Shipping Bill is generated by the system in two copies- one as Custom copy and one as exporter copy. Both

the copies are then signed by the Custom officer and the Custom House Agent. superb info check this out it can

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