Joint venture model for environmental protection?Equipment import?particularity

The newly implemented "Foreign Investment Equipment Supervision Regulations" in 2025 clearly stipulate that environmental protection equipment introduced in Sino-foreign joint venture projects must meetDouble standardsDuring our handling of the import of a certain German-made sewage treatment equipment, we discovered that the equipment parameters must not only comply with the GB18918-2024 national standard but also pass the EU CE Machinery Directive certification. This kind ofTechnical Parameter Cross-ValidationIt has become the primary challenge during customs clearance.

Typical Operational Process Breakdown

• Project Initiation Phase
  • Verify whether the proportion of foreign investment in the joint venture complies with the equipment duty-free policy.
  • Pre-review of equipment technical parameter compatibility (preparation of Chinese/foreign standards comparison table)
• Customs declaration phase
  • Accurate HS code classification (with special attention to preventing confusion between categories 8419 and 8421)
  • The import of used equipment requires the submission of original usage records and an environmental protection inspection report.
• Logistics and distribution stage
  • Special-sized equipment requires prior reporting of transportation routes (cross-provincial height-restricted road sections inspection).
  • Key Points of Customs Ledger Management for Temporarily Stored Equipment in Bonded Warehouses

Key Points of Customs Clearance Practice in 2025

The latest Announcement No. 58 from the General Administration of Customs stipulates that imported environmental protection equipment must be30 days before arrival at portComplete the energy efficiency pre-declaration. We recommend adopting a modular customs declaration strategy: splitting the equipment intoCore components(Tariff rate 5%) andAuxiliary system(Tariff rate 8%) declared separately, a Japanese-funded enterprise saved 17% in tariff costs through this method.

Compatibility verification of domestic and foreign equipment

• Power Supply Specification Verification (380V/50Hz Compatibility Solution for Overseas Equipment)
• Control System Interface Protocol Conversion (Configuration of Modbus to Profibus Protocol Converter)
• Conversion of Emission Standards (Equivalence Recognition between ISO 8573 and GB/T Compressed Air Standards)

Suggestions for Selecting a Cooperation Mode

Based on 20 years of agency experience, we have summarized three effective cooperation models:

• Full-process hosting model: Suitable for first-time trial enterprises (service fee accounts for 1.2-1.8%).
• Risk - sharing model: Tiered pricing based on customs clearance time (0.05% daily reduction for delayed clearance)
• Technical Supervision Mode: On-site customs coordination for equipment installation and debugging (saving 3-5 working days)

Typical case analysis

A Sino-American joint venture?photovoltaic?The board cleaning equipment project encountered customs clearance delays: due to failure to complete the procedures in advance.Automatic Import License(Related to O-certificate management), resulting in the equipment being detained at the port for 28 days. After our intervention, measures were takenClearance in batchesStrategy: Declare the core laser components separately to recover 85% of the direct losses. This case reveals that joint venture equipment imports must complete theThree pre-review items:

• Confirmation of Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue Category
• Verification of the Match Between Equipment Purpose and Total Investment
• Compliance Review of Technology Transfer Terms