What are the shopping restrictions in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong must know about tourism and shopping. What are the customs restrictions? The following are the relevant laws and regulations on shopping clearance restrictions in Hong Kong:

According to Announcement No.54 of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (20 10):

Within the scope of "self-use, reasonable quantity", the customs only levies on articles for personal use with a total value of more than 5,000 yuan carried by inbound resident passengers, and levies on articles for personal use with a total value of more than 2,000 yuan carried by inbound non-resident passengers in China;

Necessary items, such as expensive watches and designer handbags, should be taxed in full.

("Resident passengers" refer to passengers who return to their habitual residence in China after leaving the country for residence. It mainly includes domestic travelers with business visas, official visas and individual tourist visas; "Non-resident passengers" refer to passengers who return to their usual place of residence abroad after entering and staying. Mainly including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan tourists and foreign tourists. )

According to the provisions of the List of Restricted Articles Carried by Passengers into China by the General Administration of Customs:

Hong Kong and Macao residents and mainland residents travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macao for personal reasons can carry 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, or 250 grams of cut tobacco, alcoholic beverages with the degree of 12 1 bottle (below 0.75 liters).

Other passengers can carry 400 cigarettes, or 65,438+000 cigars, or 500 grams of cut tobacco, and 2 bottles of alcoholic beverages with the degree of 65,438+02 (below 65,438+0.5 liters) duty-free.

The customs shall fully tax and release the following commodities:

Television, video camera, video recorder, player, audio equipment, air conditioner, refrigerator (electric freezer), washing machine, camera, copier, program-controlled telephone exchange, microcomputer and peripheral equipment, telephone, wireless paging system, fax machine, electronic calculator, typewriter and word processor, furniture, lamps, meals and other common items.

Note: For passengers and residents in border areas who enter and leave the country many times in a short period of time (more than 15 days), the customs will only release their travel necessities according to regulations, and will not implement the above standards.

Articles imported into and exported from Hong Kong

Customs and import regulations are different in all countries of the world. Some countries and regions have strict regulations on imported food. If you want to buy special food, you must know the customs regulations in advance.

According to China's entry-exit inspection and quarantine laws and regulations, human blood and its products, food, animal and plant products, old clothes, soil, fruits and other biological products. You can't bring it into the country, and some are allowed to bring it into the country, but you must declare quarantine. As these special products were brought into China casually without any quarantine, it also provided opportunities for foreign dangerous pests to enter the country, especially fruits. Once dangerous sexually transmitted diseases pests are allowed to lurk into the country, it may cause epidemics, reduce fruit production and destroy agriculture and ecological environment. At the same time, once alien pests are introduced, it is extremely difficult to completely eradicate them, and the cost of prevention and control to control their hazards is extremely high.

Articles that cannot be brought into the country:

1, plant pathogens, pests and other pests (including biological products);

2. Animal carcasses and specimens;

3. soil;

4. Fruits and eggplant, peppers and tomatoes;

5. Living animals (except cats and dogs) and animal genetic materials such as sperm and embryos;

6. Eggs, skins, manes, hoof bones and horns and meat (raw meat, sausages, ham, bacon, etc.). );

7. Animal aquatic products, milk and dairy products, animal blood and its products.

Articles that are allowed to enter the country but must be declared for quarantine:

1, flowers, cut flowers, dried flowers;

2 plant samples, exhibits and specimens;

3. Dried fruits, dried vegetables, pickled products and frozen vegetables;

4. Seeds, seedlings and other propagating materials and tobacco leaves (quarantine examination and approval procedures must be handled in advance before entry);

5. Non-seed cereals and beans;

6. Bamboo, rattan, willow and grass products;

7, cats, dogs and other pets (quarantine certificate and immunization certificate)