A: Lhasa Customhouse is a branch of the China general Administration of Customs
in Tibet, and under its jurisdiction are the Xigaze, Nyalam, Shiquanhe and Gyirong
Customhouses, and it also has an office in Lhasa Post Office. The Lhasa Customhouse
takes charge of clearance formalities for foreigners and overseas Tibetan compatriots
entering and leaving China by Lhasa's Konggar airport.
The General Administration
of Customs has issued new, more flexible stipulations regarding the supervision
and control of the luggage of overseas Tibetans entering and leaving China. The
goods imported and exported through Lhasa Customs are subject to the Customs Import
and Export Tariff Regulation of the People's Republic of China, and Measures for
Levy of Customs Import Tariff in Tibet of the People's Republic of China. The
Lhasa Customhouse levies duty According to the 21-item and low-rate import tariff
regulations of Tibet on goods imprted for sale within Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Administration for the Inspection of Import and Export Commodities under the
government of Tibet autonomous Region conducts technical inspection of imported
and exported goods. Its headquarters are in Zham, and it has branches in Chengdu
City in Sichuan Province and Golmud City in Qinghai Province.
The Lhasa Animal
and Plant Quarantine Institute is the animal and plant quarantine organ of the
state in Tibet Autonomous Region. It has four branches in Zham, Bulang, Gyirong
and Riwo respectively, and has offices at Konggar Airport and the Lhasa International
Post Exchange Office. According to the Law of Exit-Entry Quarantine for Animals
and Plants of the People's Republic of China, the Lhasa Animal and Plant Quarantine
Institute implements exit-entry quarantine procedures on the following articles:
live animals, animal products, cultivated plants, wild plants and their products
or other articles under quarantine; means of transport from animal or plant epidemic-stricken
areas. |
