The State Council (国务院) published the rule 《海关总署公告2018年第32号（关于《中华人民共和国海关企业信用管理办法》及相关配套制度实施有关事项的公告）_国务院部门文件_中国政府网》 source. The document clarifies implementation arrangements for the Administrative Measures on Credit of Enterprises of the People’s Republic of China Customs and confirms that the Customs Certified Enterprise Standards remain valid as a supporting enforcement file source. It also specifies circumstances that will disqualify an enterprise from certified status or trigger a downgrade to dishonest classification, including penalties for importing prohibited solid waste and accumulated fines above prescribed monetary thresholds source.
Who is affected
Enterprises operating in China that are subject to national customs credit management and certification requirements—including importers, exporters, and customs declaration enterprises and their branches—are affected source.
What to do
Confirm that your enterprise’s credit-management practices align with the retained 《海关认证企业标准》, which the announcement continues to recognize as a supporting enforcement document source.
Ensure that branches of customs declaration enterprises maintain the same credit level as the parent company and that the parent enterprise bears corresponding credit-management responsibility source.
Evaluate whether any prior customs administrative penalties—particularly those related to importing prohibited solid waste or accumulated fines exceeding the applicable monetary thresholds—could result in disqualification from certified-enterprise status or a downgrade to dishonest-enterprise classification source.
Key dates
The rule was published on 28 September 2026 source.
The Administrative Measures on Credit of Enterprises of the People’s Republic of China Customs entered into force on 1 May 2018, with the supporting standards continuing as valid enforcement files from that date source.
30 April 2018 is the reference date for dishonest enterprises designated under the prior interim measures to be considered for reclassification as general-credit enterprises after one year without further violations source.