Import and export of goods involves many links, one of which is inspection. Friends who have heard of customs declaration should not be familiar with the concept of inspection declaration. Some friends will also have such questions, whether all goods should be subject to inspection, what is the difference between customs clearance and customs inspection?

Difference one: Differences in management.

The simple understanding of customs clearance is to declare the goods to the customs, and the competent authority is the customs; when applying for inspection, the goods should be declared directly to the inspection and quarantine agency, and the competent authority is the inspection and quarantine agency.

Difference two: The sequential is different

Generally, the inspection is first and then the customs declaration, only after the inspection and confirmation of the commodity inspection department is correct, the customs will accept the application for customs declaration, while the examination and release is first after the inspection and release. Generally speaking, the inspection application is carried out first, and after the commodity inspection department confirms that it is correct, the customs will accept the customer's inspection application application, and then carry out a series of audit, release and other links.

However, in the actual application of international logistics companies, not all goods must be declared for inspection, only the goods expressly stipulated by some countries must be declared for inspection, and all import and export goods must be declared.

Difference three: each performs its own duties and does not interfere with each other.

As mentioned above, not all goods need to be declared for inspection, so customs declaration and inspection are two links that do not affect each other, and will not affect other links because there is no one link. However, when actually importing and exporting, if it is clearly stipulated to apply for inspection, the inspection application form will generally