Announcement No. 78 of 2026 of the General Administration of Customs (Announcement on Regulating the Export Declaration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Related Items)

The term "unmanned aerial vehicles and related items" as mentioned in this announcement refers to unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned airships and related equipment and components, civil anti-unmanned aerial vehicle systems, etc.

2. Filling Requirements

Export operators shall truthfully declare to the customs in accordance with the law, and shall be responsible for the authenticity, completeness and standardization of the declaration information. On the basis of filling in the declaration form for import and export goods of the People's Republic of China Customs, the goods involved in this announcement shall also be filled in according to the following requirements:

(I) strengthen the identification of export items. For export-controlled items, they shall be listed in the "the People's Republic of China Customs Declaration Form for Export Goods" (hereinafter referred to as the "Customs Declaration Form").In the "Remarks" column, indicate "Items under export control" and indicate the corresponding dual-use item export control code. It is not a controlled item, but the characteristics and other indicators are close; or the use does not meet the control requirements, but the characteristics and other indicators are met, it should be in the "Customs Declaration Form", "the People's Republic of China Exit Class C Express Customs Declaration Form" (hereinafter referred to as "Class C Express Customs Declaration Form"), "the People's Republic of China Customs Cross-border E-commerce Retail Export Declaration List" (hereinafter referred to as "Cross-border E-commerce Declaration List") In the "Remarks" column, it is indicated that "items that do not belong to export control".

(II) should be declared in accordance with the elements of the prohibition control (availablethe "China International Trade Single Window" and "Parameter Inquiry" columns), and fill in the corresponding contents in the "Prohibited Control Identification Code" and "Prohibited Control Declaration Elements" columns of the Customs Declaration Form against the "Standardized Declaration Category" to which the goods belong. Fill in the name and description of the item (including but not limited to characteristics, purpose, etc.) in the "other" column of "specifications and models" in the "C-type express declaration form" and "cross-border e-commerce declaration list. For the Cross-border E-commerce Declaration List, the simplified declaration (I. e., only the top 4 of the tax number) mode shall not be used, and the complete tax number shall be declared.

(III) shall be in the Customs Declarationthe full name of the overseas consignee in Chinese or English in the "Remarks" column of "Overseas Consignee and Consignee", "Class C Express Customs Declaration Form" and "Cross-border E-commerce Declaration List. In the "production and sales unit" column of the "cross-border e-commerce declaration list", the information of the domestic manufacturer or sales unit of the commodity shall be filled in, and the name of the e-commerce platform or agent enterprise shall not be filled in as a substitute.

The (IV) Declaration Form shall be accompanied by relevant documents such as contracts, invoices, technical information, etc. 《Class C Express Declaration can be submitted on paper or CD. The Cross-border E-commerce Declaration List does not need to be accompanied by the above information.

(V) the above information should be true, complete and accurate, and consistent with the contract, invoices, technical data and other accompanying documents and logistics information. The customs shall speed up the customs clearance of compliant goods with complete declaration elements; If there is any doubt about the authenticity of the information filled in, the customs will question it according to law, and the export goods will not be released during the questioning period.

Goods that enter and exit between the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision place within the territory of the People's Republic of China, or enter the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision place from outside the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision place shall be declared in accordance with relevant regulations.

this announcement fromeffective from June 30, 2026.

is hereby announced.

General Administration of Customs

9 June 2026

Source "Customs Release"