China Ningbo CIQ New CBEC Policy Foreshadows Overall CBEC Development

Recently, China Ningbo CIQ circulated a document internally which states that at Ningbo port import requirements for general goods will also be applied to CBEC commodities (bonded import mode) after 8 Apr 2016. When these goods enter bonded warehouses, application materials, registration where applicable, labeling and administrative requirements should be in accordance with traditional importation requirements.

Ningbo CIQ will conduct inspection and quarantine on CBEC following the strict rules for general trade. Qualified goods will be issued a customs clearance sheet. For products from CBEC direct mail import, Ningbo CIQ will no longer issue the customs clearance sheet but regard this types of goods as personal articles which should receive management for posts and expresses. 

So far CBEC stakeholders are still waiting for AQSIQ’s final rules to standardize the national import requirements for CBEC goods. The above rules are implemented by Ningbo CIQ which cannot represent the models of all local CIQs for CBEC. However, it strongly indicates that CBEC articles will fall under the same stringent requirements for general import. Under the new system import procedures and operations will still be more efficient in comparison to standard import but the bottom line is products should conform to China’s cosmetic laws, regulations and standards.