VIII. For maintenance goods from inland and outside of the Zone entering and leaving the Zone, declaration formalities may be completed in a centralized manner and the formalities for centralized declaration shall be completed within the account book write-off period, no declaration beyond the year being permitted.

    IX. While making declaration to the competent customs, enterprises in the Zone shall submit the declaration data to the Informatization System, which is to complete the account book write-off.

    Enterprises in the Zone shall declare data of entry, exit, transfer, deposit and consumption of maintenance goods to the competent customs on a regular basis via the Informatization System.

    X. The maintenance service write-off period shall not exceed one year in principle, and enterprises in the Zone shall, at the end of a write-off period, receive the inventory check by the customs. If enterprises in the Zone fail to dispose of maintenance defectives and leftover bits and pieces produced in the write-off period and maintenance goods that cannot be maintained as required, no declaration may be made to the customs.

    XI. If enterprises in the Zone have any of the following cases, the competent customs shall suspend their maintenance service:

1. non-compliance with the conditions for business conducting;

    2. goods involved in suspected smuggling or import-export IP tort are put on file for investigation and prosecution by the customs; or

    3. suspension as required by the customs for other illegalities.

    After compliance with the conditions for business conducting once again or after the investigation finished, the competent customs shall determine whether or not to restore the service according to actual circumstances.

    Enterprises in the Zone may request for stopping the maintenance service on their initiative.

XII. The supervision mode “bonded maintenance” (code 1371) applies to goods entering the Zone from abroad to be maintained or detected by bonded way by enterprises in the Zone or goods maintained or detected (excluding foreign ships and aircraft) returned to abroad after maintenance or detection, as well as goods transported from inland outside of the zone to the Pilot Zone to be maintained or detected and goods maintained or detected transported out of the Zone after maintenance or detection. The foregoing “foreign ships and aircraft” are still subject to supervision according to the supervision mode “repair goods” (code 1300).

This announcement comes into force on May 1, 2014

Annex:  China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Domestic and Overseas Maintenance Filing Form

Shanghai Customs    

April 21, 2014