Required documents

The applicants must bring the following original documents for examination and return and provide duplicate photocopies of them to the Customs:

(1) Registration Form of Customs Brokers

(2) Business License with Uniform Social Credit Code attached

(3) Registration Form for Foreign Trade Manager, Approval Certificate for Foreign-invested Enterprises (including companies funded by Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese), Receipt of the Registration of Establishment of Foreign-invested Enterprises or Receipt of the Modification Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises. (you can choose either one)

(4) Other documents relevant to the registration.

Note

*The China General Administration of Customs issued a notice on the registration of overseas-invested enterprises on Feb 3, 2017. The document was formulated to optimize the registration system of customs brokers.

According to the document, those foreign-invested enterprises (including companies funded by Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese) that have obtained the Receipt of the Registration of Establishment of Foreign-invested Enterprises or the Receipt of the Modification Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises and applied for the registration of the consignee or consigner for import and export of goods, do not need to present the Approval Certificate for Foreign-invested Enterprises.

The General Administration of Customs, the headquarters of China Customs, is a key border agency of the nation. China Customs shoulders the responsibilities of traditional customs, as well as border health checks, inspection and quarantine for imported and exported animals, plants, and their products, imported and exported food safety, and commodity inspection.

The service guides on customs clearance, enterprise registration, and commodity inspection are available on the administration’s official English website. ☞ SERVICE GUIDES