Equipment?Import Agency?Core Process Breakdown

Under the 2025 revised Mechanical and Electrical Products Import Management Measures, professional import agency services should focus on three operational dimensions:

• Verification of technical parameters
  • Confirm HS Code and declared product name consistency
  • Verify 18 technical indicators including equipment power and rotation speed
• Access Document Preparation
  • Mechanical and electrical product import license processing period shortened to 5 working days
  • ?CCC?Certification implementation adopts new classified management rules
• Logistics solution design
  • Oversized equipment transport requires 30-day advance reporting
  • Updated standards for dangerous goods packaging certification

Practical Strategies for Tariff Optimization

According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs in 2025, the average comprehensive tax rate (including VAT) for equipment products is 19.7%, but professional planning can reduce it by 3-8 percentage points:

• Application of Rules of Origin: Preferential tax rates under RCEP cover 83% of mechanical equipment
• Temporary Admission System: ATA Carnet usage expanded to R&D equipment
• Installment Payment Plan: Projects over $5 million can be paid in 6 installments

Key Risk Control Points

Dispute data from the past three years?Equipment import?Dispute cases show that 74% of problems occur in the following areas:

• Technical standard conflicts: Handling differences between EU CE certification and national standard GB
• Logistics loss disputes: Definition of transportation insurance coverage
• Customs Classification Disputes: HS code determination for multi-function equipment

Recommend establishing a triple safeguard mechanism: pre-classification review, transportation liability insurance, and technical parameter verification.

Agency service provider selection criteria

• Check AEO certification status (priority given to Customs Advanced Certified Enterprises)
• Confirm overseas customs clearance network coverage (local partners required in key countries)
• Verify emergency response records (require cases of customs clearance exceptions in the past 2 years)

Typical case analysis

A certain?Medical Devices?Typical problems encountered by companies importing German CT equipment:

• 12% deviation between declared power and actual parameters triggered customs inspection
• Solution: Achieve compliance through technical rectification explanation + third-party test report
• Processing time: Reduced from the standard 30 days to 11 working days

Policy Outlook for 2025

According to the latest announcement from the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, the following measures are expected to be implemented in the second half of the year:

• Adjustments to the tax policy catalog for major technical equipment imports
• Updated standards for determining the age limit of used equipment imports
• Expansion of cross-border trade facilitation pilot to 15 new ports