Regional Integrated Clearance

Regional Customs Integration is a customs clearance model implemented by China Customs to promote trade facilitation. It allows enterprises to declare at any customs office within the same region (such as the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Pearl River Delta, etc.), while goods can be imported or exported through other ports within the region, achieving 'multiple customs clearances as if at one customs office.' Its core is to break down customs district boundaries, enabling enterprises to independently choose locations for declaration, tax payment, inspection, and release, reducing transshipment procedures and logistics costs. Use cases include: cross-customs-district import/export within a region, multi-port operations, bonded logistics, etc. Notes: Enterprises must be registered within the region and complete customs filing; policy details vary across regions and should be confirmed in advance; integration does not mean elimination of supervision—inspection and risk control still follow unified rules. Compared with 'declaration at place of origin, release at port,' regional integration has broader scope and more flexible options; compared with 'national customs integration,' regional integration is a phased arrangement, while the latter has gradually covered the whole country. Foreign trade practitioners should pay attention to regional customs announcements and plan logistics routes reasonably to enjoy clearance facilitation.