Must border small-scale trade use agency exports?

According to the newly implemented Customs Import and Export Goods Declaration Management Measures in 2025, border small-scale trade enterprisesare not required to entrust an agency company for export, but must meet three core conditions:

• Possession of valid import and export operation rights
• Possess independentcustoms clearanceCapability or having registered professional customs declarants
• Single batch goods value not exceeding the border small-scale trade limit (currently USD 80,000)

Which situations recommend using agency exports?

The following three types of enterprises are recommended to entrust professional agency companies for export procedures:

• Newly established enterprises:
  • Enterprises without complete foreign trade teams
  • Lack of experience in preparing customs declaration documents
• Special commodity exports:
  • involveInspection of vaccinesAgricultural products
  • Electronic products requiring CCC certification
• Multi-country transit trade:
  • Involving third-country certificates of origin
  • Requiring transit country customs clearance documents

What materials are needed for independent exports?

Enterprises handling border small-scale trade exports independently must prepare the following documents:

• Original export contract with company seal
• Proforma invoice (must indicate trade terms)
• Packing list (gross/net weights must match customs declaration)
• Customs declaration power of attorney (waived for self-declaration)
• HS code classification confirmation for goods

What are the new changes in 2025 customs supervision?

Key regulatory focuses for border trade this year include:

• Intelligent bill - auditing systemFull coverage:
  • Electronic document review time reduced to 2 hours
  • Real-time error alert function for declarations launched
• Local taxpayer management:
  • Export tax refundImplementation of document pre-review system
  • Electronic rate of foreign exchange verification forms reaches 100%

How to evaluate the professionalism of an agency company?

Key considerations when selecting agency service providers:

• Customs AEO certification level (recommend choosing Advanced Certified Enterprise)
• Special commodity operation cases (e.g. hazardous chemicals/food products)
• Emergency response mechanism (inspection anomaly response speed)
• Fee transparency (existence of hidden additional charges)

Based on our experience serving 300+ border enterprises, companies with annual export frequency below 12 times and single shipment value below $30,000 can reduce comprehensive operating costs by 28% using agency services. We recommend enterprises dynamically adjust the ratio between self-operation and agency services according to actual business scale and development stage.