What is commodity classification？
Under the classification and catalogue system of the Convention on the Harmonized System of Commodity Names and Codes，Customs in accordance with the Import and Export Tariff Commodities and Items Annotations, the People's Republic of China Import and Export Tariff National Subheadings Annotations, administrative rulings issued by the General Administration of Customs and commodity classification decisions，Provision is made for activities involving the coding of imports and exports of goods。
How is the classification of goods determined？
According to the actual condition of the goods received and exported, declaration shall be made to the Customs according to the goods received and received or their agents。Export and export declaration in advance, the type of goods should be determined according to the actual situation when the goods arrive at the customs supervision place。Where there are other laws, administrative regulations and provisions of the General Administration of Customs, the relevant provisions shall be followed。
Who is the main body responsible for declaring the classification of commodities？
The consignee or its agent shall, in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and customs requirements, truthfully and accurately declare the names, specifications and models of import and export commodities, classify the declared import and export commodities and determine the corresponding commodity codes。
What is the coordination system？
Under the auspices of the International Customs Cooperation Council, the Convention on the Harmonized System was adopted at the 61/62nd session of the Customs Cooperation Council in 1983 and entered into force on 1 January 1988。HarmonizedComodityNomenclatrueandCodingSystem, HS for short) is the coordinate system of the convention in the attachment。The harmonized system is the standard language of international trade commodity classification at present, and it is a complete, systematic and universal international trade commodity classification system。Classify commodities in international trade by category, chapter, item and subitem。There are 21 types of coordinated systems, which are basically differentiated according to the division of labor of social production, such as agriculture, chemical industry, textile, metallurgy and so on。The categories are divided into 97 chapters, basically classified according to the attributes or uses of the goods。
What is pre-classified social Services？
1.What is pre-classification？
Depending on whether it has legal effect, pre-classification can be divided into non-binding pre-classification (i.e. advisory) and binding pre-classification (legally binding on both the applicant and customs).。
Binding pre-classification means that before the actual import and export, the applicant applies to the Customs in a written form prescribed by the Customs, and provides the information required for the classification of the goods, and the Customs provides samples as required, and makes a legally effective commodity classification decision in accordance with the law。
The procedures and powers of non-binding pre-classification are similar to those of binding pre-classification, but they do not have legal effect。Is to facilitate the import and export of goods business units or their agents to handle customs procedures for the convenience of the people。
2.Definition of pre-classified socialization
The so-called socialization of pre-classification services means that according to the Customs Law, Customs Regulations and Classification Management Regulations, after training and assessment, the professional ability of the unit and its customs declaration personnel is confirmed, and its customs declaration enterprises are allowed to provide pre-classification operations and consulting services for the society, and make it institutionalized。In short, the customs evaluates the customs declaration enterprises, and hands over the operation and consultation work of the import and export commodity coding classification originally carried out by the Customs to the excellent customs declaration enterprises that have passed the assessment, and the customs itself only performs the procedural assessment function。
3.The purpose of pre-classification socialization
Improve the accuracy of declaration and classification and reduce classification differences;
Reduce changes to processing trade manuals caused by classification errors and discrepancies;
Improve classification level and speed up customs clearance;
Reduce customs affairs, save administrative resources, and reduce law enforcement risks;
4.Process of obtaining qualification of import and export commodity pre-classification unit。
Customs declaration enterprises that have passed the training and assessment of the pre-classification socialization leading group of the General Administration of Customs shall obtain and fill in the Application Form of Import and Export Goods Pre-Classification Unit from the local customs declaration association;
After signing the opinions of the local customs association, after reviewing and signing the opinions of the customs tariff, supervision and trade department of Canada directly under the local customs, the recommendation of whether to grant the import and export goods pre-classification unit to the China Customs Association is proposed;