Procedures of Declaration for Inspection & Quarantine on Import of Common Live Animals

Time and place of declaration

1. Time of Declaration
The owner or his agent shall make the declaration 30 days before entry for big and medium-size poultry and 15 days before entry for other animals.
2. Place of Declaration
The declaration shall be made to the inspection and quarantine establishment at the port of entry or the destination of the goods. 

Pre-declaration

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Submission and examination of documents for declaration

1. The declarer shall fill in “Declaration Form for Entry Goods” and submit relevant documents such as contract, invoice, packing list , maritime B/L or air / rail bill, etc.
2. The declarer shall provide “License for Quarantine of Entry Animals and Plants of People's Republic of China”. The declarer shall also provide a copy of the license for write-off if the goods are imported in batches.
3. The declarer shall provide the quarantine certificates (original) issued by exporting countries or region.
4. The declarer shall provide approval certificates for isolation courts.

Requirements for declaration

Before the import of animals an application for quarantine approval must be submitted. When signing the contract the importer shall pay attention to the following two things:
First, before signing the import contract, the importer shall go to the inspection and quarantine establishment to apply for quarantine approval and sign the import contract only after acquiring “License for Quarantine of Entry Animals and Plants of People's Republic of China”.
Secondly, the legal quarantine requirements of China shall be specified in the contract or agreement as well as quarantine certificates issued by governmental authorities in charge of the animal and plant quarantine of the exporting countries or regions.
For animals being prohibited or restricted from entry by China, the declarer shall provide the special approval license.
For the import of live animals (such as pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, foxes, ostrich and other stud stock), the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine identifies whether it is necessary to implement a foreign quarantine of origin according to the number of import, the situation of exporting countries and requirements in the protocols of animal sanitary quarantine signed by these countries and China. The need for foreign quarantine shall be specified in import contract. Veterinaries sent by AQSIQ and the official veterinaries of exporting countries shall together develop quarantine plans, select animals, implement quarantine in original farms, implement isolation quarantine and arrange the immunization during transportation, etc.

Charge of inspection and quarantine

1.Fees for quarantine shall be charged at 1.2‰ of the total value of the goods.
2. Where laboratory tests are implemented, fees shall be charged according to the actual test items.
3. Extra fees shall be charged for the items so required in charging provisions, or the items out of the regulations for inspection and quarantine, required either by foreign government or the traders, or by Chinese laws or AQSIQ provisions.
4. Fees for issuance of certificates of inspection and quarantine such as “Customs Release Bill for Entry Goods” shall be charged ￥6 for an original and ￥2 for a copy.
For details, see Charging Provisions of Inspection and Quarantine for Entry-exit Goods by the National Development and Reformation Commission and the Ministry of Finance (DR.Price 【2003】No.2357)

Examination and issuance of certificates

1.The inspection and quarantine establishment shall be in charge of issuing “Customs Release Bill for Entry Goods”, “Inspection-and-Quarantine Certificates for Entry Goods”, etc. in accordance with relevant provisions.
2. If animals fail the inspection and quarantine, the inspection and quarantine establishment shall issue “Animal Quarantine Certificate”.

 

Attachment:
I.Modification
For declared import and export goods, the declarer may apply to the inspection and quarantine establishment for modification of the data of the declaration on the condition that inspection and quarantine have not been performed, or certificates for the goods have not been issued, even though the inspection and quarantine have been performed. Upon examination and approval of the inspection and quarantine officials, the declarer is allowed to modify his declaration in accordance with the stipulations.
Note: The application for modification shall not be accepted if the description, quantity/weight, package and requests for inspection and quarantine are discrepant from that declared.
Following documents shall be submitted for modification.
1. To fill in “Declaration Form for Modification”, illustrating the reasons and items.
2.To submit evidential documents.
3.To submit the new contract or L/C if any.
II.Withdrawal
After declaration, for some good reasons, the declarer may apply to the inspection and quarantine establishment for withdrawal of the former declaration. The declaration is allowed to be withdrawn upon the approval of the inspection and quarantine officials.
After declaration, if the declarer has not contacted the inspection and quarantine establishment for inspection and quarantine within 30 days, the declaration will be automatically withdrawn.
Documents Required for Withdrawal.
1. To fill in “Declaration Form for Modification”, illustrating the reasons.
2.To submit evidential documents.

III. Re-declaration for Inspection And Quarantine
1. Scope
The declarer who has completed the declaration procedures and got the certificates shall re-declare for inspection and quarantine on any of the following cases.
(1)Beyond the expiry of inspection and quarantine.
(2)Change of importing country or region with different requirements for inspection and quarantine.
(3)Change of package.
(4)Withdrawal of the declaration.
(5)Disorder in lots, inconformity of the goods with the certificates found upon port check.
2. Requirements
(1)To fill in “Declaration Form for Export Goods”, and submit relevant messages and documents.
(2)To return the formerly issued certificates. The re-declaration in absence of certificates is subject to relevant regulations.