The Ministry of Commerce and three other departments said: Ban the export of vehicles that are not actually modified (policy plus the consequences of violations)

Published by: Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, General Administration of Customs (2025-11-14); Implementation: 2026-01-01.

Core: False modifications for export are strictly prohibited; modifications must be authentic, qualified and certifiable, otherwise no certificates will be issued and accountability will be strictly pursued.

1. Hard threshold for the export of modified vehicles (indispensable)

Real verification of modifications:Submit a complete modification plan, process records and acceptance documents to prove that it is a substantial modification, not just a change of logo or a modification of appearance.

Product compliance network access:Modified models must be announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and have CCC certification.

The information is exactly the same: thechassis modification brand and model are exactly consistent with the motor vehicle registration certificate.

Enterprise capabilities meet the standards:It has modified production capacity and quality control, and cannot be exported without qualified production capacity or insufficient.

180-day red line:Vehicles that have been registered for export for less than 180 days must provide an original after-sales maintenance confirmation.

2. Consequences of violations (from light to serious)

1. Front end of customs clearance: Direct card clearance

Not allowed to issue certificates: lack of authenticity certificate, no announcement CCC→ refusal to issue export licenses, unable to declare customs.

Notification of criticism: Multiple false filings → Ministry of Commerce publicly notified enterprises + license issuing agencies.

Detain the vehicle and return it: Customs inspection found that the appearance of VIN parameters did not match the announcement, and the license plate was faltered → Detain the vehicle on the spot, return it, and suspend customs clearance.

2. Enterprise level: Qualification black

Interview and rectification: Include it in the negative list of dishonest and dishonest export-of-hand cars → Interview, rectify within a time limit, and submit a letter of commitment.

Suspension of licenses: Suspension of export licenses during the rectification period

Cancellation of qualifications: repeated violations, false modifications, forged materials → permanent cancellation of export qualifications for used cars and modified vehicles.

Related accountability: Legal person shareholders establish a new company → joint review and strict veto.

Industries cannot be entered: serious breach of trust → four departments will be punished together, and cross-industry restrictions will be imposed.

3. Financial penalty: fine + confiscation

Customs fines: false modification, false declaration → 5%-30% of the value of the goods according to the Customs Law, and confiscation of illegal income.

Complete vehicle forfeiture: Serious circumstances (multiple times, large amounts, forged official documents) → The complete vehicle is confiscated and turned over to the national treasury.

Tax refund recovery: Defrauding export tax rebates → tax recovery + late payment fees + fines, suspected crimes are transferred to justice.

4. Criminal risk: imprisonment + fine

Crime of smuggling ordinary goods: false modification + understatement of price → large tax evasion: less than 3 years; huge: 3 - 10 years; especially huge: 10 years +, and fined.

Crime of forging certificates of state agencies: forging announcement CCC maintenance confirmation letter → less than 3 years; serious circumstances: 3 - 10 years.

Contract fraud and illegal operation: Fraud overseas payment, unqualified operation → Accountability according to the corresponding crime.

5. Damage to brand reputation: problems with batches of fake modified vehicles → The overseas reputation of China cars has declined, and formal exports have been implicated.

3. One sentence red line

Unreal modified exports = inability to obtain certificates, seizure of cars, blackening qualifications, fines and imprisonment, and compensation for all overseas.

Source: Xiong Yu, digital automobile export

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