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Import Duties and Bonded Storage in China

Separate commercial storage costs from import tax treatment. Prepare the facts needed to review a proposed bonded-to-domestic release or another movement.

Logistics planning by TAPO INTL. Confirm the requirements for your product and import route before shipment.

Start with the actual movement

When you pay import duty in China depends on the applicable procedure and the goods. A question about bonded inventory should identify whether it stays under supervision, is proposed for domestic import or will move elsewhere. A warehouse address alone cannot establish the tax point or rate.

Prepare the basis for a tax assessment

Supply product identity, proposed HS classification, origin, value and the intended procedure. Add transport and insurance information where relevant to the review. A change in goods, destination or commercial arrangement can change the assessment. Do not treat an estimate prepared for one route as valid for another.

Distinguish bonded storage from exemption

Bonded storage and permanent exemption are different concepts. Review the applicable rules for the planned movement before making cash-flow assumptions. The customs rules for Type B logistics centres and comprehensive bonded zones should be checked for the selected facility and project.

Build the release plan into the quote

Give the expected domestic-release batches, schedule and importing parties. Keep taxes separate from storage, handling, declaration coordination and transport charges. TAPO assesses the contracted coordination scope; this guide does not provide a tariff determination or a tax-saving promise.

Questions before shipment

Can I calculate duties from a warehouse price list?

No. Tax assessment needs the goods, classification, origin, value and procedure. Commercial storage charges answer a different cost question.

Does the same tax answer apply to 1210 retail imports?

Do not assume so. Cross-border retail imports have a distinct framework and need their own product and transaction assessment.

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