New year is near, Christmas has just passed, followed by what we call the solar calendar year, New Year's Day.
Overseas Chinese friends close to the holidays, most choose to return home for the holiday, family reunion, foreign students are also on vacation to return home!
This trip home, inevitably bring a variety of specialties and gifts, pick up some small things that can not be bought at home, or directly overseas in advance mail home, but you mail the things, really can go back to the country? -.
A few days ago, the Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau issued the "Shanghai Port Post Inspection Credit Information Collection and use Management measures (trial)" announcement, making more detailed provisions on the inspection of overseas goods!
The specific measures are as follows:
- In this paper, the behavior of breach of trust in post inspection is summarized as the general behavior and serious act of breach of trust.
- General breach of trust means that the responsible person concerned is aware of the inspection and quarantine laws and regulations, but has committed a violation of the inspection and quarantine laws and regulations, which involves one of the following circumstances, and shall be valid for a period of one year:
- Those who carry them more than two times in a year and who have been seized in accordance with the law by mail prohibited from entering the country;
- Those who deliberately conceal, lie, or hide prohibited objects from entering the country have been seized in accordance with the law;
"serious breach of trust" means that the responsible person concerned is aware of the laws and regulations of inspection and quarantine, but repeatedly or maliciously violates the laws and regulations of inspection and quarantine, which involves one of the following circumstances, and is valid for a period of three years:
- Having committed more than two general breaches of trust within five years;
- Refusing to accept a decision on quarantine treatment or refusing to do so by means of violence or threat, and obstructing the inspection and quarantine authorities from carrying out quarantine enforcement acts according to law;
- Stealing, seizing, damaging or spilling over animals and plants and their products intercepted by the animal and plant quarantine authorities;
- Carry more than twice a year, post prohibited entry
Those seized in accordance with the law will be punished by the Shanghai entry and exit Inspection and Quarantine Department and reported to the Shanghai Public Credit Information Service platform.
Such rules are also intended to protect the biosafety of the country's doors. Once defined as a "break-of-faith" person, the consequences are unthinkable.
Because once broken faith, reading, employment, entrepreneurship, credit, insurance, rental housing, car rental, immigration and so on will be affected!
Can be said to be "everywhere restricted", in the community is very difficult to base! It has formed a compelling mechanism to make people consciously keep their promises.
In fact, China has always been strict with the entry of products, the return of friends must pay attention to!
So, what kind of "foreign new year goods" are prohibited from entering the country, and what items can't be sent or brought with them?
Food regulation
20 non-duty-free products
Printed matter management system
Tobacco and wine products
And cash.
Similarly, returning to Australia is another test for Chinese friends!
Because Australia has been implementing strict border quarantine and inspection policy.
The main restrictions of Australian Customs are as follows:
- Cash: if you carry more than 10000 Australian dollars and the equivalent of foreign currency, you must declare. If you carry promissory notes, traveler's cheques, personal cheques, or bills of exchange, you must also fill in the negotiable securities form (BNI), truthfully upon request.
- Tobacco and alcohol: passengers over the age of 18 may not bring in more than 2.25 litres of alcohol duty-free, cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products shall not exceed 25 or 25 grams, and the excess of the limit will be subject to duties or seizures;
- Drugs: the following drugs are required to be declared:
- Excitatory drugs that may have an impact on behaviour or hallucinations, such as hormonal drugs, dehydroepiandrosterone and all steroids;
- May be misused, abused and dependent on drugs, such as steroids, anesthetic painkillers, etc.
- Traditional medicines containing harmful ingredients to animals and plants should also be declared;
- Prescription drugs with dosage within 3 months are usually not required to be declared, but it is recommended to carry an English prescription and a doctor's certificate stating that you need to take the drug.
quarantine
Visitors entering from home can pass directly, without checking. If from Africa, the Americas will have to be quarantined.
In summary is the current customs regulations, the vast number of Chinese friends must pay attention to, do not because of a small error and be detained luggage, leaving bad records, or even can not enter the customs!