The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) and Hong Kong Customs today launched the Mainland-Hong Kong "Single Submission for Dual Declaration" Scheme on cargo, extending the scheme’s coverage to all land boundary control points connecting the Mainland and Hong Kong.

The move enables more enterprises to benefit from the completion of customs declarations for both the Mainland and Hong Kong sides by making a single submission of road cargo information, Hong Kong Customs explained.

The two customs administrations recently launched a trial run of the Mainland-Hong Kong "Single Submission for Dual Declaration" Scheme on cargo, involving three participating enterprises, at the Shenzhen Bay and Heung Yuen Wai Boundary control points.

These enterprises submitted cargo information to the China International Trade Single Window. The information was then encrypted and automatically sent to the Hong Kong Road Cargo System, from which the enterprises retrieved relevant cargo information for completing a local customs declaration.

The participating enterprises noted that the scheme not only ensures the accuracy of cargo information declared for both the Mainland and Hong Kong sides but also saves time and manpower required for declarations and minimises operating costs.

Hong Kong Customs said it will work closely with the GACC to further extend the scheme's coverage to cargo exported from Hong Kong to the Mainland, thereby providing comprehensive coverage of road cargo clearance between both places.