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Arrival and Departure - Departure from China

 

Departure from China

 

Departure is relatively much simpler. As mentioned above, you have to take out the things that you had declared in your Customs Luggage Declaration Form which you filled in on your arrival. If any item is missing, a certificate by the relevant department is required (for instance, a certificate from the police is required if something is stolen); otherwise, you have to pay import duty according to the Custom regulations. And you will fill out the Departure Card and pass the security check. 

The following items are prohibited imports:

• Arms, imitation arms, ammunition and explosives of all kinds
• Counterfeit currency and counterfeit negotiable securities
• Printed matter, films, photos, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes and video-tapes, compact discs (video & audio), storage media for computers and other articles which are detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of China
• Deadly poisons of all kinds
• Opium, morphine, heroin, marihuana and other addiction inducing or hallucinatory drugs
• Animals, plants and products made hereof infected with or carrying diseases, insect pests and other harmful organisms
• Foodstuffs, medicines and other articles coming from epidemic-stricken areas and harmful to humans and livestock, or those capable of spreading diseases.

The following items are prohibited exports:

• All articles enumerated as articles prohibited from import
• Manuscripts, printed matter, films, photos, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes and video-tapes, compact discs (video & audio), storage media for computers and other articles which involve state secrets
• Valuable cultural relics and other relics prohibited from export.
• Endangered and rare animals, plants (including their specimens) and their seeds or reproducing materials