Announcement No. 14 of 2015 of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China
In order to further deepen the paperless reform of customs clearance operations, reduce the circulation of paper documents, and reduce the burden on enterprises, with the consent of the State Administration of Taxation, the General Administration of Customs decided to ban goods exported after May 1, 2015 (inclusive) , the customs will no longer issue paper export goods declaration certificate sheets (exclusively for export tax rebates), and at the same time stop transmitting electronic data related to the export goods customs declaration certificates (export tax refunds only) to the State Administration of Taxation. The General Administration of Customs will instead transmit the relevant electronic data to the State Administration of Taxation. The General Administration transmits electronic data of customs clearance information on export customs declarations. For export goods before April 30, 2015 (inclusive), relevant enterprises are required to go to the customs from May 1 to May 31 to print out the paper export goods declaration form certification page (exclusively for export tax rebates), and the original issued paper export The cargo declaration form certification copy (exclusive for export tax refund) system will cease operation from June 1.
For export goods subject to the tax refund policy at the port of departure, the paper export goods declaration form certification page (exclusively for export tax refunds) will still be printed in accordance with the current regulations.
This is an announcement.
General Administration of Customs
April 22, 2015