Cannot exceed 5,000 yuan.
If an inbound resident traveler carries personal articles for personal use with a total value of more than 5,000 yuan acquired outside the country, Customs will only levy tax on the excess portion. For indivisible single items, such as expensive watches and brand-name handbags, the full amount will be taxed.
Returning home with tobacco and alcohol, each adult aged 16 or above can bring duty-free 1,500 milliliters of alcoholic beverages (with an alcohol content of 12 degrees or above, usually two bottles), 400 cigarettes (usually two), 100 cigars and 500 grams of tobacco.
When travelers return to China, if the purchased items have exceeded the customs duty-free quota, they should choose to fill out the Customs Declaration Form and then go through the customs red declaration channel, and pay the tax after truthfully declaring to the customs.
If travelers are unable to determine whether their purchases exceed the duty-free amount, they are advised to use the red channel to consult with Customs. Travelers who carry excessive amounts of goods for commercial profit and do not declare them to Customs will be held criminally liable if they are suspected of smuggling and evading taxes of more than 100,000 yuan.
Expanded information:
The 20 commodities that the state stipulates should be taxed include:
The following are among them p>Television sets, video cameras, video recorders, video players, audio equipment, air conditioners, refrigerators (cabinets), washing machines, cameras, photocopiers, programmable telephone exchanges, micro-computers, telephones, wireless paging systems, facsimile machines, electronic calculators, printers and word processors, furniture, lamps and tableware. The above 20 items are not entitled to duty-free allowance.
Related immigration policy interpretation:
1. Bringing cell phones into the country.
The cell phones that travelers use for themselves or give to their friends and relatives in small quantities instead of renting or selling them are allowed to be brought back within reasonable quantities, as long as the carriers take the initiative to declare to the Customs before passing through the Customs and pay the tax and go through the relevant procedures according to the regulations to be safe and secure.
Mobile phones are one of the 20 types of goods that are not duty-free, so when you enter the country, even if you only bring one, you still have to go through the declaration channel and take the initiative to declare and pay the tax to the customs. If you send it by mail, you can only put one cell phone in the package, and you can't put anything else in the package. You will also need to pay the tax when you send it by mail.
2. Carrying animal products, live animals and plants.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Announcement No. 1712, live animals, meat (raw or cooked) and its products, aquatic animal products, egg and milk products, bird's nests, animal fur and bones, fresh fruits and vegetables, seeds and seedlings are all prohibited to be brought in or sent by post.
Pets such as dogs and cats need to be issued with relevant animal quarantine certificates and vaccination certificates, and are limited to one per person.
3. Helping others to carry luggage leads to crime.
In addition to the relevant provisions of the Customs and Excise Department, according to the "People's Republic of China *** and National Aviation Safety and Security Regulations," Article 24, paragraph 3, it is prohibited to use the passenger ticket to deliver or check in baggage items that are not the passenger's own. Anyone who commits any of the acts listed in this subparagraph may be subject to a warning, confiscation of illegal gains or a fine of up to 5,000 yuan.
According to the "Table of Prohibited and Restricted Items for Entry and Exit of the People's Republic of China", opium, morphine, heroin, marijuana, and other narcotics and psychotropic substances that can make people addicted to them are prohibited items for entry and exit of China.
4. Carrying excessive amounts of currency in and out of the country.
According to the Measures for the Administration of the Entry and Exit of the National Currency of the People's Republic of China, the limit of RMB per person per entry and exit is 20,000 yuan.
According to the Regulations on Foreign Exchange Management of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China, outbound personnel carrying foreign currency notes in the amount of 5,000 U.S. dollars to 10,000 U.S. dollars (including 10,000 U.S. dollars), should be to the foreign exchange designated bank to apply for the "Carrying Permit," to carry out the amount of more than 10,000 U.S. dollars in the equivalent of the amount of the deposits should be deposited with or purchase of foreign exchange to the location of the bank's branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange for the application of the Carrying Certificate".
Reference:
Customs Information Network - Customs Regulations and Policies Interpretation"
Don't "break through customs" by carrying excessive amounts of cosmetics, etc.-China News Network