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The flower production enterprises of Yunnan shall determine the varieties and quantity of goods delivery according to the supply contract signed with the purchasers, organize the goods for delivery, and entrust the agency company (hereafter called consignor) with the right of import and export to carry out the operation of inspection, quarantine, customs clearance and goods shipment, with the following specific procedures:
1.1 Declaration on quarantine in export
According to the requirements of Yunnan Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine, in the export of bulbar flowers, the declaration for quarantine shall be made 1-2 days in advance, and the related data including accurate quantity, package number, gross weight and net weight shall be provided. These quarantine declaration forms shall be filled in by the quarantine declaration personnel who have accepted specific training by the Administration of Inspection and Quarantine. The quarantine declaration personnel then apply for quarantine to the quarantine department of the Administration of Inspection and Quarantine. The Inspection Department shall enter the information into the computer, and notify the specific person of the Quarantine Department to fetch the form, and then according to the flower varieties, the Quarantine Department will dispatch the quarantine personnel to carry out the quarantine, and after inspecting the goods, prepare the customs clearance form and issue the certificate of quarantine. After the finish of quarantine, the Quarantine Department shall forward the certificate to the Inspection Department. The certificate shall be reviewed and issued by the Quarantine Department. The quarantine declaration personnel shall pay the charges before claiming the certificate. However, the enterprises of high credibility in the Administration of Inspection and Quarantine may settle the amount once per month. The whole process of quarantine requires 0.5-2 days in minimum.
1.2 Determination of aircraft space
In the mean time of quarantine declaration, the export agency company must confirm the export aircraft space with the airline or the aviation shipping company, and provide the quantity, weight, package quantity and packaging specification of the goods delivery, or confirm the aircraft space by phone.
1.3 Customs declaration in export
The consignor shall fulfill the customs declaration at the Customs Declaration Hall of the Customs Building with the related certificates including the certificate of quarantine, the certificate of custom clearance, invoices, packing list and foreign exchange cancellation form for export 0.5-1 day before shipment. In case of export of orchid flower, the certificate of near-death plant protection shall be provided.
1.4 Flower shipment
After fulfilling all the beyond certificates, consignor shall organize the flower products, deliver the goods to the airport for handling goods-mounting and shipping in several hours before the departure of flight.
1.5 Foreign exchange cancellation after verification
According to the related stipulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the export agency company with certain credibility shall claim the certificate of foreign exchange cancellation in advance, and fill up the certificate according to the variety, quantity and unit price of the flowers as well as the total amount of foreign exchange. The consignor shall fulfill the foreign exchange cancellation in certain time limit, or before the claim of next lot of foreign exchange cancellation at the latest.
In case the flower export company is encountered with damage of flower or quality unconformity, and consequently the payment is rejected, the operation of the certificate of foreign exchange cancellation will be impacted directly.
1.6 Tax drawback in export
To encourage the export, the government will return the value-added tax paid by the export enterprise. The consignor shall submit the customs declaration sheet in export, the verified certificate of foreign exchange cancellation, the value-added tax invoice, certificate of payment exclusively for export and the export invoices to the Taxation Administration to apply for tax drawback. Currently, the tax drawback for flower enterprises is taxation in 3% and drawback in 5%.
As the tax drawback in flower export requires complicated formalities, there are rare enterprises applying for tax drawback. |
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