According to the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals, customs are responsible for inspecting the import and export of hazardous chemicals and their packaging.
What is "hazardous chemical"? What is the commonly referred to "dangerous package certificate"? What goods need to be processed? How should I apply for it If you have these questions, then take a look at the Q&A collection that the editor has compiled for you!
1、 What do dangerous chemicals and dangerous goods refer to respectively?
Dangerous chemicals refer to highly toxic chemicals and other chemicals that have properties such as toxicity, corrosion, explosion, combustion, and combustion support, and are harmful to human health, facilities, and the environment.
Dangerous goods refer to substances and items that have hazardous characteristics such as explosion, flammability, toxicity, infection, corrosion, and radioactivity, and are prone to causing personal injury, property damage, or environmental pollution during transportation, storage, production, operation, use, and disposal, requiring special protection.
2、 What is the difference between hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods?
Dangerous chemicals only contain chemical substances, while dangerous goods contain substances and items, both of which have special packaging requirements. Some dangerous goods do not belong to hazardous chemicals, such as lithium batteries, batteries, matches, car airbags, etc.
In the classification principles of hazardous chemicals, some hazards have not been adopted by the classification standards for hazardous goods, so some hazardous chemicals, such as boric acid, are not classified as hazardous goods.
3、 What is the commonly referred to "dangerous package certificate" in Chinese?
"Dangerous Goods Certificate" is a common term, which accurately refers to the "Outbound Goods Transport Packaging Performance Inspection Result Form" issued after the packaging performance inspection is qualified, and the "Outbound Dangerous Goods Transport Packaging Usage Appraisal Result Form" issued after the packaging usage appraisal is qualified.
4、 How to apply for a dangerous goods certificate?
According to the Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China and its implementation regulations, production enterprises exporting packaging containers for dangerous goods shall apply to the customs of the place of origin for performance appraisal of packaging containers for dangerous goods; Production enterprises exporting dangerous goods shall apply to the customs of the place of origin for the identification of the use of dangerous goods packaging containers.
Kind reminder:
Exporting dangerous goods requires obtaining a "dangerous goods certificate"; The exported hazardous chemicals belong to dangerous goods and also require the application of a "hazardous package certificate".
5、 What are the scope and declaration points of export hazardous chemicals that need to be declared for inspection?
Scope of application: Hazardous chemicals listed in China's "Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition)" (HS codes and corresponding inspection and quarantine names related to hazardous chemicals are also provided in the attachment of the notice).
Attention: Regardless of whether it is included in the Catalogue of Import and Export Commodities Subject to Inspection and Quarantine by Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Institutions, the hazardous chemicals listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals should be truthfully declared to the customs and actively cooperate with the customs to inspect the import and export of hazardous chemicals and their packaging.
Declaration points: Before export, an electronic account should be applied for in the "Exit Inspection and Quarantine Application" module of a single window. During export declaration, an electronic account should be filled in the integrated declaration module of the export declaration form.
Kind reminder:
The General Administration of Customs will update the Catalogue of Import and Export Commodities Subject to Inspection and Quarantine by Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Institutions before December 31st each year.
6、 What are the declaration materials that the shipper or its agent of exporting hazardous chemicals needs to provide?
1. Declaration of Conformity for Export Hazardous Chemical Production Enterprises;
2. Results of Performance Inspection for Transport Packaging of Outbound Goods (excluding bulk products and those exempted from using dangerous goods packaging according to international regulations);
3. Classification and identification report of hazardous characteristics;
4. Hazard announcement labels (excluding bulk products) and safety data sheet samples. If they are foreign language samples, corresponding Chinese translations should be provided;
5. For products that require the addition of inhibitors or stabilizers, an explanation of the actual name and quantity of the inhibitors or stabilizers added should be provided.
Reminder: The above-mentioned 1-4 materials, which involve multiple declaration batches and require multiple uses of documents, are allowed to be provided by enterprises only during the initial declaration, and for subsequent reuse. If the customs need to verify the original documents, they should be provided as required. The second item, the Performance Inspection Results Form for Outbound Goods Transport Packaging, must be provided and verified by customs regardless of whether it is declared for the first time.
The above content is sourced from Ocean Shipping Network
