The authority of the entry port in Xiamen city, Fujian province canceled several fees for customs declaration and inspection services on April 1.
The exempted costs include a 15 yuan fee for data transmission levied on customs brokers for each registration for a customs declaration. Access fees for each registration for inspection - three yuan for the import and export firms and 5 yuan for the customs brokers – are also removed.
The 15 yuan fee for data transmission levied on import and export firms for each registration for a customs declaration was lifted on June 1, 2015, in compliance with China's General Administration of Customs.
An official from the commerce bureau of Xiamen estimated that almost 40 million yuan ($6.2 million) will be saved by the firms and brokers in 2016 because of the cuts, which will be absorbed by the local government.
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.
