Is the right to declare customs a hidden money - devouring beast?

Mr. Zhang recently encountered a troublesome matter: A batch of imported equipment worth millions of yuan in his company was stuck at the customs for a full two weeks, with a daily storage fee of nearly 10,000 yuan. When he rushed to the customs broker, the other party said, "A piece of authorization document is missing." Only then did he realize that the agency right to declare customs is not a simple stamping process, but a vital point related to the safety of the enterprise's capital chain.

The so - called agency right to declare customs essentially means that an enterprise entrusts the legal liability of customs declaration to a professional institution. According to data from the General Administration of Customs, in 2022, the volume of agency customs declarations in the country accounted for 67%, but nearly 30% of the enterprises incurred additional costs due to improper authorization management.

• Scenario 1: Ms. Li's cross - border e - commerce company entrusted customs declaration through a personal account and was judged by the customs as "declaration by a non - business entity", and the entire batch of goods needed to be re - inspected
• Scenario 2: A certain manufacturing factory handed over the right to declare customs to a shell company registered by a former employee for a long time, and was finally listed on the dishonesty list due to misreporting the product name

The golden rule recommended by Zhongshi Customs clearance experts:

• Check qualifications: Confirm that the agent has a customs declaration unit filing certificate, and the filing number can be verified on the website of the General Administration of Customs
• Limit scope: Specify restrictive clauses such as commodity categories, ports, and time limits in the entrustment agreement
• Leave a way out: Adopt a dual - authorization model of "right to declare customs + logistics monitoring" to track the status of goods in real - time

With the popularization of the "single window" for international trade, authorization can now be completed online through electronic signatures. However, it is worth noting that the electronic right to declare customs needs to be used in conjunction with a digital certificate. A certain food enterprise suffered the loss of 12 tons of cold - chain goods due to the failure of the USB - KEY annual review, which led to the invalidation of the authorization.

When you sign the customs declaration power of attorney in the conference room, essentially, you are endorsing the goods with the company's credit. Before stamping the seal next time, you might as well ask an extra question: Is this agent really worthy of entrusting the company's customs credit?