<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Dirk,<br><br>We have not shipped specimens to China so we cannot share experiences, but with permission, I copy below a comment from one of our fellow colleagues at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.<br><br>********<br>The CR Code means Customs Registration Code. The Chinese companies that usually do foreign trades have to register the companies in the Custom in China. After registration, companies will get a 10-digi code. But most museums do not have a code. If you want to ship some natural history specimens, you'd better ask the organizations you want to ship to beforehand if they have the code.<br> <br>If you want to ship the specimen to museums in China, you do not need to write the Code, only the address is OK. Then the destination museum will go through some formalities to get the specimens. But it depends on what kind of specimens. Some are
forbidden to import. You'd better contact the destination you want to send the specimens to.<br>********<br><br><br>Hope this helps.<br><br><br>Mariko<br><br><br>Mariko Kageyama<br>Collections Manager, Vertebrate Zoology<br>University of Colorado Museum of Natural History<br>Boulder, Colorado 80309-0265<br>U.S.A.<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 11/12/12, Bentley, Andrew Charles <i><abentley@ku.edu></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley@ku.edu><br>Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Import to China<br>To: "Dirk Neumann" <Dirk.Neumann@zsm.mwn.de>, "nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>Date: Monday, November 12, 2012, 7:36 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Dirk<br><br>The way I read this it is only for "dutiable" (where duty needs to be paid) items of which natural history specimens are not and is also not
mandatory. Not sure this is a huge issue...<br><br>Andy<br><br> A : A : A :<br> }<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<)))_°><br> V V V<br> Andy Bentley<br> Ichthyology Collection Manager<br> University of Kansas<br> Biodiversity Institute<br> Dyche Hall<br> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br> USA<br><br> Tel: (785) 864-3863<br> Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br> Email: <a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a> <br> <a
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</a><br><br> : : <br> A : A : A :<br> }<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<)))_°><br> V V V<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [mailto:<a
ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann<br>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:51 AM<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Import to China<br><br>Hi all,<br><br>just want to resume my previous posting regarding shipping natural history specimens to China.<br><br>1. Import requirements for China have apparently changed 1.Jan.2012 <a href="http://www.cn.dhl.com/content/dam/downloads/cn/express/brochures/china_order_33_briefing_deck_for_customers_v2010-07-07.pdf
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</a><br><br>A 10-digit CR code is required to facilitate import to China. This CR-code is not the same as the harmonised customs HS-Code for zoological or botanical collectors items (which is 9705 00).<br><br>2. Has anyone recently sent specimens to colleagues in China ? If so, which CR-Code did you use ?<br><br>I could not find any information on CR codes in the net (there are many sites telling you that you would need an CR-Code without referencing<br>them) or ont he website of the Chinese customs authorities. Might be provided on the Chinese version of the site?<br><br><a href="http://english.customs.gov.cn
" target="_blank">http://english.customs.gov.cn
</a><br><a href="http://www.customs.gov.cn
" target="_blank">http://www.customs.gov.cn
</a><br><br>Any information would be appreciated!<br><br><br>Dirk<br><br>--<br>Dirk Neumann<br><br>Tel: 089 / 8107-111<br>Fax: 089 / 8107-300<br>email: Dirk.Neumann(a)zsm.mwn.de<br><br>Postanschrift:<br><br>Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns Zoologische Staatssammlung München Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Labor Münchhausenstr. 21<br>81247 München<br><br>Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung:<br><a href="http://www.zsm.mwn.de/ich/
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