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Customs & Import/Export

Our customs and import/export team boasts a deep bench comprised of partners and associates from our offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other business hubs. Many key members have worked at local customs or customs colleges or been otherwise engaged in the customs and import/export sector for years before joining Zhong Lun, thereby equipping the team with extensive experience in customs and import/export work. We have established a sound rapport with China’s General Administration of Customs, its overseas offices and subordinated institutions nationwide, and trade associations, making us ideally positioned to act as an effective bridge between our clients and China’s customs.

Our services in the field of customs and import/export have earned us acclaim from industry players and clients. We count Fortune 500 companies, multinationals, central enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and private companies, among others, as our clients, which are active in a broad range of industries such as automobiles, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, electronics, logistics, energy, food, cosmetics, and luxury goods. Bolstered by preeminent expertise, in-depth knowhow, top-notch professionalism, and rich experience, our team has built a widely recognized profile in this area by helping domestic and foreign clients handle numerous customs inspections and investigations involving customs valuation, commodity classification, country of origin, processing trade, duty-exempt equipment, restricted/prohibited import/export goods. Our team has for many years been ranked among the top by professional rating agencies including Chambers and The Legal 500.

Scope of Services

  • Import/export duties counseling, tax planning, and risk control

  • Foreign customs laws, trade agreements, and global supply chain management

  • Application for advance ruling

  • Compliance capacity building and risk control for bonded business such as processing trade

  • Counseling and compliance concerning special or new means of customs clearance such as cross-border e-commerce and postal services

  • Matters relating to free trade zones and other areas subject to special customs supervision

  • Counseling and compliance regarding entry-exit inspection and quarantine and non-tariff trade barriers and controls

  • Restricted or prohibited import/export items and technologies trade compliance

  • Customs record filing and protection of intellectual property

  • Business credit management and European Union AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) certification counseling

  • Customs compliance health checks and customs compliance system development

  • Response to customs inspections, verifications, and smuggling investigations, including assistance with proactive disclosures

  • Customs administrative penalty, administrative reconsideration, and administrative litigation

  • Criminal defense, including compliance non-prosecution

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