Dangerous goods are indispensable in production and life. They are widely used in all walks of life and all aspects of social activities. They are also important commodities in international trade. The truthful and accurate declaration of imported and exported dangerous goods is conducive to the targeted implementation of supervision by the customs, effectively preventing safety risks, and speeding up customs clearance of goods. The following editor will talk about the import and export dangerous goods declaration.

I. import and export dangerous goods inspection and supervision

1. Laws and regulations

Article 17 of the “import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China” stipulates that enterprises that produce packaging containers for exporting dangerous goods must apply to the commodity inspection agency for performance appraisal of packaging containers. Enterprises producing dangerous goods for export must apply to the commodity inspection agency for appraisal of the use of packaging containers. Dangerous goods that use unqualified packaging containers are not allowed to be exported.

Article 6 (3) of the "Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals" (Order No. 591 of the State Council) stipulates the Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Department is responsible for the inspection of imported and exported hazardous chemicals and their packaging.

The "Announcement on Issues Concerning the Inspection and Supervision of import and Export of Hazardous Chemicals and Their Packaging" (Announcement No. 30, 2012 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine) clarifies the inspection and supervision of the import and export of dangerous chemicals listed in the National Catalog of Dangerous Chemicals. It also provides detailed regulations on application materials, inspection requirements and inspection contents.

2. Specific inspection requirements

According to the above regulations, export dangerous goods packaging shall apply to the local customs for "origin inspection", and the local customs shall issue the "Outbound Goods Transport Packaging Performance Inspection Result Form" and the "Outbound Dangerous Goods Transport Packaging Use Appraisal Result Form" after passing the inspection.

The customs adopt the supervision mode of "port inspection + destination inspection" for imported hazardous chemicals and their packaging. The consignee of imported hazardous chemicals or their agents should report to the customs for inspection and apply for inspection.

The customs adopt the supervision mode of "origin inspection + port inspection" for the export of hazardous chemicals and their packaging. The consignor or its agent of the export of hazardous chemicals shall report to the local customs for inspection and apply for "origin inspection", and the local customs shall pass the inspection After that, an electronic account will be issued, and the customs at the exit port shall verify and release with the electronic account. If the exported dangerous chemicals are dangerous goods, they should also apply to the local customs for the appraisal of the use of exported dangerous goods packaging.

PS: The hazardous chemicals listed in the "Catalogue of Dangerous Chemicals" include 148 items that are not restricted by the "Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods" (TDG). Regardless of whether they are listed in the "Law Inspection Directory", the scope of statutory inspection should be truthfully declared to the customs, and the inspection and supervision of the customs shall be accepted.

II. import and export dangerous goods specification declaration

How to obtain dangerous attribute information

Dangerous goods include the substances and articles specified in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG, also known as the Orange Book) and the definitions of hazardous chemicals in the "Globally Harmonized Chemical Classification and Labeling System" (GHS, also known as the Purple Book).

By checking the hazard warning labels and hazard publicity labels attached to the packaging of the goods, reviewing the hazard overview, composition/component information, transportation information, regulatory information and other items in the product safety technical specification (MSDS), you can initially obtain the hazards of the goods Classification, main ingredient CAS NO., UN number, packaging category and other hazardous attribute information.

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