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China Customs Affairs Memo（October 2026）

China Customs Affairs Memo（October 2026） 观海咨询
2026-11-08
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Starting October 1, Customs carried out suitability-for-carriage inspections on containers used for shipping exported perishable and deteriorating food and frozen products. 
According to Announcement No. 136 of the General Administration of Customs (GACC).

Starting October 1, Customs implemented new inspection standards for imported recycled pulp. 
According to Announcement No. 141 of the GACC, the "SN/T 5939—2026 Inspection Rules for Imported Recycled Pulp" took effect on October 1, and the original "SN/T 5939—2025 Inspection Rules for Imported Recycled Pulp" was abolished at the same time.

Starting October 1, Customs added inspection requirements for key microbial indicators of imported recycled pulp.
 According to Announcement No. 144 of the GACC, the requirements were added from October 1.

Customs revised the "Provisions on the Administration of the Record-Filing of Importers and Exporters of Imported Food." 
On October 23, Announcement No. 150 of the GACC issued the revised "Provisions on the Administration of the Record-Filing of Importers and Exporters of Imported Food," effective as of the date of issuance of the announcement.

Customs planned to comprehensively promote the cross-customs-district return business for cross-border e-commerce online shopping bonded imported goods. 
From October 16 to 25, the GACC issued a notice soliciting opinions, indicating that it planned to comprehensively promote the pilot work on cross-customs-district returns of cross-border e-commerce online shopping bonded imported goods that had been carried out successively at Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, and Guangzhou Customs since 2023.

Customs planned to revise the "Measures for the Administration of Unit Consumption in Processing Trade." 
From October 20 to 27, the GACC publicly solicited opinions on the draft revision of the measures.

Customs planned to strengthen credit management of the customs declaration industry. 
On October 29, the GACC issued a notice publicly soliciting opinions on the "Announcement on Matters Concerning Strengthening Credit Management of the Customs Declaration Industry (Draft for Comment)."

The number and growth rate of administrative reconsideration cases accepted by the GACC in 2025 both reached record highs. 
On October 9, the website of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) released the "2025 National Administrative Reconsideration Case Statistics," showing that in 2025 the GACC accepted 898 administrative reconsideration cases, a year-on-year increase of 55.6%, with both the number of cases accepted and the year-on-year growth rate reaching record highs.

The GACC published its list of powers and responsibilities. 
On October 13, the website of the GACC published the "List of Powers and Responsibilities of the GACC," with a total of 17 items, including 3 administrative licensing items, 13 other power and responsibility items, and 1 administrative reconsideration item.

Two departments strengthened coordinated intellectual property protection. 
On October 8, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the GACC jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Coordinated Intellectual Property Protection" (Guo Zhi Fa Bao Zi [2026] No. 30).

Four departments issued a notice to further improve the level of trade liberalization and facilitation in the Hainan Free Trade Port. 
On October 9, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), and the GACC jointly issued Notice Shang Zi Mao Fa [2026] No. 187, involving 16 matters in three aspects: promoting the optimization and upgrading of goods trade, promoting the liberalization and facilitation of services trade, and innovating new forms and models of trade.

Twelve departments issued the "Action Plan for Promoting High-Quality Development of Multimodal Transport and Optimizing and Adjusting the Transport Structure (2026-2030)." 
On September 28, the Ministry of Transport (MOT), the NDRC, the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the MEE, the MOFCOM, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), the GACC, the National Railway Administration (NRA), the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the State Post Bureau (SPB), and China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) jointly issued Notice Jiao Yun Fa [2026] No. 124 to print and distribute the action plan. (Published on the MOT website on October 9.)

Two departments added Qinzhou Port in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Qingshuihe and Houqiao ports in Yunnan Province as border ports for the import of medicinal materials. 
On October 15, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and the GACC jointly issued Announcements No. 93 and No. 94, adding the above ports as border ports for the import of medicinal materials as of the date of issuance of the announcements (published on the NMPA website on October 22).

Three departments optimized and adjusted export control measures for drone-related items. 
On October 19, the MOFCOM, the GACC, and the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (EDD of the CMC) jointly issued Announcement No. 49, providing that, starting November 18, the 13 items listed in the announcement may not be exported without a license, and also specifying the conditions for applying facilitation measures for licensing.

Two departments announced the implementation of export controls on items such as shield tunneling machines. 
On October 19, the MOFCOM and the GACC jointly issued Announcement No. 50, implementing export controls starting November 18 on items related to tunneling machines, walking excavators, and plateau-type wet shotcrete machines.

Two departments optimized and adjusted export control measures for dredger-related items. 
On October 19, the MOFCOM and the GACC jointly issued Announcement No. 51, implementing export controls starting November 18 on items related to dredger mud pumps, dragheads, and cutterheads.

Two departments further optimized the questioning and identification work for dual-use item export controls. 
On October 19, the MOFCOM and the GACC jointly issued Announcement No. 52, optimizing the questioning and identification work for dual-use item export controls as of the date of issuance.

Starting October 1, three varieties were added to the list of medicinal narcotic drugs. 
According to Announcement No. 58 of the NMPA, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), and the National Health Commission (NHC) dated July 6, starting October 1, 2026, three varieties including methoxyetomidate were added to the list of medicinal narcotic drugs. On August 28, the NMPA and the GACC jointly issued Announcement No. 84, publishing the relevant import and export declaration requirements.

Starting October 1, the entire class of ofenine-type substances was included in the "List of Non-Medicinal Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances." 
According to the joint announcement of the MPS, the NHC, and the NMPA dated September 18, it took effect starting October 1, 2026.

Two departments adjusted the export tax rebate policy for some products. 
On October 12, the MOF and the State Taxation Administration (STA) jointly issued Announcement No. 29, providing that starting April 1, 2027, the VAT export tax rebate rate for new energy vehicles would be lowered from 13% to 9%, and the VAT export tax rebate for products such as electronic cigarette devices would be canceled.

Two departments publicly solicited opinions on revising the "Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export in China" and simultaneously implemented pre-export registration management for the relevant technologies. 
On October 16, the MOFCOM and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) jointly issued Announcement No. 48, proposing to revise the "Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export in China" by adding certain artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and photovoltaic technologies, and publicly soliciting opinions from society from October 16 to November 15. The two departments simultaneously implemented pre-export registration management for the relevant technologies. From the date of issuance of the announcement until the date the revised "Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export in China" was formally revised and implemented, technology export operators were required, before exporting the technologies listed in the annex to the announcement, to register on the Technology Trade Management Information Application of the MOFCOM Unified Platform for Business System (https://ecomp.mofcom.gov.cn).

The NDRC issued the "Measures for the Administration of Outbound Investment." 
On October 16, the NDRC issued Order No. 49 promulgating the "Measures for the Administration of Outbound Investment," effective December 1.

The MEE published the "Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances." 
On October 24, the MEE issued Order  No. 40 promulgating the measures, effective as of the date of promulgation. The measures apply to environmental management registration for activities involving the production and import of new chemical substances within the territory of the People's Republic of China, except for new chemical substances that, after import, are stored in customs special supervision areas and are entirely exported without any processing.

The MOFCOM initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of p-nitrotoluene originating in the EU. 
On October 3, the MOFCOM issued Announcement No. 44, initiating an anti-dumping investigation as of the date of issuance into imports of p-nitrotoluene originating in the EU.

The MOFCOM announced the total permitted volume, application conditions, and application procedures for non-state-owned crude oil imports in 2027. 
Announced in MOFCOM Announcement No. 43 on September 24 (published on the MOFCOM website on October 8), the permitted volume for non-state-owned crude oil imports in 2027 is 257 million tons.

The MOFCOM announced the implementation rules for the 2027 import tariff quotas for sugar, wool, and wool tops. 
Announced in MOFCOM Announcement No. 46 on October 8, the total 2027 sugar import tariff quota is 1.945 million tons, the total wool import tariff quota is 287,000 tons, and the total wool tops import tariff quota is 80,000 tons.

The MOFCOM announced the total volume, allocation principles, and related procedures for the 2027 fertilizer import tariff quota. 
Announced in MOFCOM Announcement No. 47 on October 10, the total 2027 fertilizer import tariff quota is 13.65 million tons, including 3.3 million tons of urea, 6.9 million tons of diammonium phosphate, and 3.45 million tons of compound fertilizer.

The MOFCOM planned to formulate the "Measures for the Administration of Export Vouchers for Dual-Use Items in the Civil Aviation Field." 
On October 13, the Bureau of Industry Security and Import/Export Control of the MOFCOM issued a notice publicly soliciting opinions on the draft measures.

The NDRC issued the 2027 application and arrangement rules for grain and cotton import tariff quotas. 
Published on October 14 in NDRC Announcement No. 5. The total 2027 grain import tariff quota is: 9.636 million tons of wheat, 7.2 million tons of corn, and 5.32 million tons of rice; the total 2027 cotton import tariff quota is 894,000 tons.

The NMPA issued the "Classification Catalogue of Toothpaste." 
On October 14, NMPA Announcement No. 100 was issued, effective May 1, 2027. For toothpastes already filed before the implementation of the Catalogue, the filer was required to complete changes to the filing information before January 1, 2028, so that they comply with the provisions of the Catalogue; toothpastes already produced or imported before the filer completed the change of filing information could be sold lawfully until the end of the product shelf life.

The General Office of the MEE issued the 2027 total volume setting and allocation plan for hydrofluorocarbon quotas. 
On October 15, the General Office of the MEE issued a notice stating that the total 2027 hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs) import quota is 0.1 billion tCO2.

The MOFCOM publicly announced the list of enterprises proposed for allocation in the 2026 redistribution of wool and wool tops import tariff quotas.
On October 20, the Department of Foreign Trade of the MOFCOM issued a notice publicly announcing the list of enterprises.

The MOFCOM announced the total 2027 goods export quota. 
Announced on October 25 in MOFCOM Announcement No. 53.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) publicly solicited opinions on the "Internal Compliance Guidelines for Export Controls of Monitoring Chemicals." 
On October 29, the Department of Work Safety of the MIIT (Office of the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention) issued a notice soliciting opinions.

The MOFCOM planned to formulate the "Measures for Investigation and Enforcement of Dual-Use Item Export Controls." 
On October 30, the Bureau of Industry Security and Import/Export Control of the MOFCOM issued a notice publicly soliciting opinions on the draft measures.

China signed the United Nations Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents as one of the first signatory countries. 
On local time October 26, the signing ceremony for the United Nations Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents was held in Accra, Ghana, with 26 countries including China becoming the first signatories of the Convention. The Convention was initiated and led to conclusion by China and was deliberated and adopted by the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in December 2025. By creating, at the level of international rules, a "negotiable cargo document" applicable to all cross-border modes of transport, the Convention broke the institutional barrier of several centuries under which only sea waybills could represent title to goods.

The second regular meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism was held in Beijing. 
From October 8 to 9, China and the EU held the second regular meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism in Beijing, achieving 16 outcomes.

China and Switzerland signed a protocol to upgrade their free trade agreement. 
On October 30, the two sides signed the protocol to upgrade the free trade agreement in Beijing. The two sides signed the free trade agreement in 2013, which took effect in July 2014, and launched negotiations on upgrading the free trade agreement in September 2024. After the signing of the upgrade protocol, the two sides were to respectively complete their domestic legal approval procedures to promote the early entry into force and implementation of the upgrade protocol.



The above translation was prepared by DeepSeek based on the Chinese version. Please note it has not been professionally verified. For the original Chinese version, please refer to: 2026年10月关务备忘

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