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Customs and Zero-Tariff Compliance

Zero-Tariff Equipment, Vehicles and Yachts

Duty-free at entry, supervised afterwards — transfers, changes of use, and disposals all have a price.

Supervision of zero-tariff production equipment, vehicles, and yachts after clearance, including transfers, changes of use, and disposals.

What this covers

  • A register of the supervised assets the entity holds, with the date each was cleared
  • A check, before any transfer, of whether the receiving party is one the relief can pass to
  • The duty position on an early transfer, change of use, or disposal, worked out before it is agreed
  • Periodic use reports where customs requires them, prepared from the entity's own records
  • A disposal and exit plan that treats the supervised assets as a line item
  • Coordination with the declaration enterprise on any filing a transfer needs

Our services

Admitted for a declared useThe relief is conditional on the asset staying where, and being used as, it was declared.

Zero-tariff production equipment, vehicles, and yachts are admitted for a declared use by a declared entity, and customs supervises them afterwards. The saving taken at entry is conditional on the asset staying where, and being used as, it was declared.

Transfers priced before they are agreedWho receives the asset, and when, decides whether duty comes back.

A transfer is where this bites. Passing an asset to another eligible entity is treated differently from passing it to a party that is not one, and moving it into the mainland, or ending the declared use, can bring duty back. The amount is tied to how long the asset has been held against the supervision period, so the same sale costs more early than late.

Mechanism, not a quoted figureSupervision terms are set and revised by customs, so each asset is confirmed against the current rules.

Because the period and the rules are set by customs and revised, we confirm the current terms for each asset rather than quoting a figure; the mechanism, not a number, is what a plan should be built on.

Exit planned with the assets in viewA sale or closure is negotiated by people who know what is still supervised.

We keep the register, check each transfer or disposal before it is agreed, and carry the exit into the entity's planning, so the supervised assets are known to the people negotiating a sale or a closure. Filings are made by a registered customs declaration enterprise.

Why choose HainanInc?

A register of every supervised asset and its clearance date

Transfers checked before they are agreed, not after

Supervised assets carried into exit planning

Discuss Zero-Tariff Equipment, Vehicles and Yachts with our team

HainanInc is an independent advisory practice for foreign capital entering the Hainan Free Trade Port and for Chinese groups investing from it — one accountable team from entity formation and customs through annual compliance.

Our services

Our practice areas cover the whole life of a presence in Hainan — from the market-entry assessment made before anything is filed, through formation, tax incentives, customs and zero-tariff compliance, and annual compliance, to the work permits, outbound investment, and deregistration around it. One engagement model means a single accountable team across all of them.

We make Hainan navigable.

The Free Trade Port rewards preparation and penalises gaps in compliance. Our role is to shorten that learning curve: one engagement, one accountable team, and a documented path from first assessment to ongoing compliance.