Were the goods imported from New Zealand detained by the customs? You might be missing this crucial step!

When Mr. Zhang first tried to import a batch of health care products from New Zealand to China, he thought he only needed to pay for the cost of the goods and the freight. It was not until the goods had been detained at the customs for two weeks that he realized the importance of customs declaration agents - the additional warehousing fees and late declaration fees had directly increased the cost of this batch of goods by 37%.

As one of the countries with the strictest biosecurity supervision in the world, the customs of New Zealand have special requirements for foods, health care products, wood products, etc. The customs declaration data of Zhongshitong shows that in the cases of goods being returned due to non-standard declarations in 2023, 63% involved dairy products and honey products.

• Dairy products need to provide the health certificate issued by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) of New Zealand.
• Wooden packaging must be fumigated and labeled with the IPPC mark.
• Health care products need to meet the filing requirements of the State Administration for Market Regulation of China at the same time.

Ms. Li recently acted as an agent for a batch of New Zealand kiwifruits. Through the "Pre-declaration + Constant Temperature Customs Clearance" scheme of Zhongshitong, the original customs clearance time of 5 days was compressed to 28 hours. The key operations include:

• Transmitting electronic manifest data 72 hours in advance.
• Using the constant temperature inspection warehouse with AEO certification by the customs.
• Conducting quarantine approval and tax payment simultaneously.

Professional agency services usually include:

• Basic customs declaration fee: about 800 - 1500 yuan per ticket.
• Quarantine treatment fee: about 2% of the value of live goods.
• Value-added tax/tariff payment service fee: 0.3% - 1% of the tax amount.

Now through the WeChat mini-program of Zhongshitong, you can query in real time:

• Intelligent matching of HS codes for goods.
• Tax and fee simulation calculator.
• Tracking of the customs clearance status of goods.

Next time when you receive the "Customs Inspection Notice", you might as well first confirm: Have you provided a complete ingredient analysis table? Does the packaging have a compliant Chinese label? Perhaps a professional customs declaration agent is the missing crucial piece in your cross-border business.