What is the departure procedures like from China?
Departure is relatively much simpler. As mentioned above, you have to take out the things that you had declared in your Customs Luggage Declaration Form which you filled in on your arrival. If any item is missing, a certificate by the relevant department is required (for instance, a certificate from the police is required if something is stolen); otherwise, you have to pay import duty according to the Custom regulations. And you will fill out the Departure Card and pass the security check. The following items are prohibited imports: Arms, imitation arms, ammunition and explosives of all kinds Counterfeit currency and counterfeit negotiable securities Printed matter, films, photos, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes and video-tapes, compact discs (video & audio), storage media for computers and other articles which are detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of China Deadly poisons of all kinds Opium, morphine, heroin, marihuan
