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Breaking! A Share Space Barge Hit the Dock and Caused Serious Delay

 On November 3, the X-press BRAHMAPUTRA, a share space barge serving the Colombo and Indian routes, collided violently with the terminal as it left the Port of NEW MANGALORE, India. The accident caused the container ship to hit the port side stern several meters long crack, and has been caused a very serious delay.

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As many as 13 internationally renowned shipping companies, including Maersk, cma-cgm, hapag-lloyd, APL, OOCL, PIL and Zim, have been involved in the accident.

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APL Launches Two More Asian Sea Routes

 On October 4th, APL announced two new Asian routes: Asia Subcontinent Express 6 (AS6) and Asia Subcontinent Express 7 (AS7). It covers the larger Asian market from China to southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and provides customers with competitive transport time, which greatly facilitates the communication between India and China.

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With the launch of AS6 and AS7, APL will stop running Asia Subcontinent Express 3 (AS3) and Asia Subcontinent Express 5 (AS5) routes.

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Turkish Customs Releases News on Entry & Transhipment

 Turkish customs has recently imposed new requirements on all incoming or transhipment cargo and will strictly enforce them. For goods to be unloaded at Turkish ports, including goods imported from Turkey and transhipped via Turkey, H.S. code and commodity instructions are mandatory, as is the VAT number of the consignee and notifier. 

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The shipping company has issued a notice that the shipping company shall not be liable for any delay or extra charges or demurrage in the delivery/transshipment of the goods if the customs declaration is caused by incorrect cargo information provided by the customer. 

Q & A on Customs Hot Issues

Q1:

My company has its own trademark, but it has not been filed in the customs. Recently, we learned that a batch of goods that infringe our company’s trademark right are about to be exported. May I ask whether our company can apply to the customs to detain the goods?

A1:

Where the holder of the intellectual property right requests the customs to detain the suspected infringing goods, he shall also submit to the customs evidence sufficient to prove the obvious existence of the infringing facts. The evidence submitted by the holder of the intellectual property right shall be able to prove the following facts:

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1) Goods detained by customs are about to be imported or exported.

2) The trademark logo, work or patent which infringes upon the exclusive right to use the trademark on the goods without permission has been used.

Q2:

When the company collects the tax, it finds that there is overdue tax on the previous business, but the business transaction is pressed for time. Can the company use other guarantees to operate the business first?

 A2:

Where an enterprise fails to pay taxes for handling consolidated taxation, after the customs initiates a claim for guarantee with a guarantee institution, the corresponding guarantee shall terminate if the enterprise continues to handle consolidated taxation, other guarantees shall be used.

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Q3:

The company wants to import a batch of engines, in the domestic processing production machine. However, the customs needs to provide the actual transaction price of the goods at the time of customs declaration. How to determine the actual transaction price?

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The customs value of the imported goods shall be determined on the basis of the transaction price specified by the customs and the transportation and related expenses and insurance fees before the goods arrive at the place of importation within the territory of China.

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The transaction value of the imported goods refers to the total amount of the price after adjustment according to relevant regulations, including the price paid directly and the price paid indirectly, which is actually paid and payable by the buyer for the import of the goods when the seller sells the goods to China.