Customs clearance. China's customs does not have holidays on weekends. The customs is a national service structure. Even if it is a statutory holiday, there will be people on duty. The customs working hours are generally: 8:30-12:00 in the morning and 13:30-17:00 in the afternoon. Similar units that work on weekends include post offices, State Grid, banks, etc.
The functions of the customs: 1. Supervise and manage imported and exported goods, passenger luggage and postal items, and inbound and outbound means of transportation. Some are called customs clearance management, and some are called ensuring the legal entry of goods and items. Outbound.
2. Collection of customs duties and other taxes. In addition to collecting customs duties, many countries' customs also collect domestic taxes and fees during the import and export process, such as value-added tax, consumption tax, and petroleum tax. Some countries' customs also levy anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties and fines on imported goods.
3. Check for smuggling. The customs departments of various countries conduct investigations and arrests for evading supervision, commercial fraud, and evading customs duties, especially for smuggling of goods and items that are prohibited and restricted from entry and exit, especially drugs. Each country's customs has intensified its investigation efforts. Special functions possessed by other parts or individual countries’ customs: such as compilation of foreign merchandise trade statistics, bonded management, coastal patrol and warning, management of navigation, first-level protection of copyrights and patent rights, etc.