What should I do if a typhoon passes through and bonded goods are affected?

Recently, due to the impact of typhoon "fireworks", there have been large-scale heavy rainfall processes in many areas such as Zhejiang, and some bonded goods of processing and trade enterprises have suffered varying degrees of losses due to flooding and other reasons.

Affected bonded goods refer to bonded imported materials and products that cannot be re exported due to force majeure or other legitimate reasons approved by customs, resulting in loss, shortage, or damage during the processing and export business of processing trade enterprises.

Are bonded goods affected by disasters? What to do

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Bonded goods are damaged by water immersion and rain, and cannot be reused. Can the enterprise handle it on its own?

Remember not to handle it on your own!

For bonded goods affected by force majeure factors (such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, etc.) in processing trade, after customs verification, if the affected bonded goods are lost or, although not lost, completely lose their use value and cannot be reused, they can be tax-free for verification and cancellation; For damaged bonded goods that have lost their original use value but can be reused, the customs shall calculate and collect taxes and deferred tax interest based on the approved price of the affected bonded goods, the corresponding import materials, and then write them off.

The original imported materials corresponding to the affected bonded goods that fall within the scope of import license management by the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and their authorized departments are exempt from submitting license documents.

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What proof materials need to be provided when handling bonded goods affected by disasters?

When handling the procedures related to bonded goods affected by disasters, the main proof materials that enterprises need to submit are:

(1) An insurance claim notice issued by an insurance company;

(2) Other valid certification documents recognized by customs.

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What should we do if the factory and warehouse are damaged, and there is no place to store bonded goods and non priced equipment?

If the warehouse or factory building is damaged and customs supervised goods (bonded goods, non priced equipment) need to be transferred to a new location for storage, the enterprise needs to report to the competent customs for changing the storage location of processing trade goods.

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Production is forced to be interrupted, but foreign orders are urgent. Is there any way to resume production as soon as possible?

If an enterprise is unable to continue production due to disasters, in addition to carrying out self rescue and seeking assistance from relevant government departments to resume production as soon as possible, it can also continue production and operation by filing with the competent customs in accordance with regulations, in order to avoid contract breach losses caused by delayed delivery.

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Who should the enterprise report to if it is affected by a disaster, and is there a contact information?

The above disaster situation and issues, as well as the relevant procedures and specific requirements that need to be handled, can be directly consulted and handled by enterprises with the competent customs, or they can call the customs hotline service hotline at 12360.

Kind reminder

Bonded goods for processing trade belong to customs supervised goods, and enterprises must remember not to handle them without authorization. In case of loss, shortage, damage, etc., processing trade enterprises must report to the competent customs in a timely manner, and the customs will dispatch personnel to verify and collect evidence according to the situation. Enterprises should cooperate and handle relevant procedures according to customs requirements before disposal.