Letter to Clients on Strict Implementation of Announcement No.33, 2010 of General
Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China

Dear TNT Clients,

The General Administration of Customs of China (hereinafter as GAC) issued Announcement No.33 with respect to strengthening the management on import and export samples and advertising articles (see Annex 1) on May 25th, 2010, which came into force on July 1st, 2010. In consideration of the actual situations of consignors and consignees in China, GAC set a transition period from July 1st, 2010 to June 30th, 2011, and will strictly implement the regulatory declarations and requirements for the import and export samples and advertising articles according to GAC Announcement No 33 as of July 1st 2011. In order to comply with new provisions and ensure that customs clearance of exporting packages will not be affected, please follow below instructions and prepare proper and complete declaring documentation.

1.For those companies who have import & export business license, please prepare TNT airway bill, shipping invoice in triplicate, the original POA (Power of Attorney, see Annex 2) upon every delivery. Meanwhile, a 10-digit CR No (Customs Registration Number) and HS code should be indicated on invoice and the column 9 of airway bill.

2.Regarding those companies who don’t have import & export business license, please entrust your agent, who has import and export agency license, for your further import and export declaration. At the same time, please prepare TNT airway bill, shipping invoice in triplicate, the original POA and the copy of Import/Export Agency Agreement (no compulsive format). Meanwhile, a 10-digit CR No (Customs Registration Number) and HS code should be indicated on invoice and the column 9 of airway bill.

Please click TNT official website www.tnt.com.cn for further information, such as Q & A of GAC No.33, including the acquisition way for POA, how to check HS code in Customs website. You also can download soft copy of POA (both sides printing is must and valid) at our website.

Warm Reminding:

1. All import and export of samples and advertising articles, no matter whether they are bought or provided free of charge, must be declared to Customs by the consignors or consignees who have recorded on Customs registration, or their agents.

2. The correct HS code, commodity name, specification and type, value, quantity and weight are MUST when Customs declaration. At the same time, please pay attention to the accuracy of goods description, avoiding the ambiguous and non-standard wording, such as fabric samples, clothing, electronic parts and mechanical parts, etc.

Yours sincerely,
TNT Worldwide (China) Limited
June 2011