A: Lhasa Customhouse is a branch of the China general Administration of Customs in Tibet, and under its jurisdiction are the Xigaze, Nyalam, Shiquanhe and Gyirong Customhouses, and it also has an office in Lhasa Post Office. The Lhasa Customhouse takes charge of clearance formalities for foreigners and overseas Tibetan compatriots entering and leaving China by Lhasa's Konggar airport.
The General Administration of Customs has issued new, more flexible stipulations regarding the supervision and control of the luggage of overseas Tibetans entering and leaving China. The goods imported and exported through Lhasa Customs are subject to the Customs Import and Export Tariff Regulation of the People's Republic of China, and Measures for Levy of Customs Import Tariff in Tibet of the People's Republic of China. The Lhasa Customhouse levies duty According to the 21-item and low-rate import tariff regulations of Tibet on goods imprted for sale within Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Administration for the Inspection of Import and Export Commodities under the government of Tibet autonomous Region conducts technical inspection of imported and exported goods. Its headquarters are in Zham, and it has branches in Chengdu City in Sichuan Province and Golmud City in Qinghai Province.
The Lhasa Animal and Plant Quarantine Institute is the animal and plant quarantine organ of the state in Tibet Autonomous Region. It has four branches in Zham, Bulang, Gyirong and Riwo respectively, and has offices at Konggar Airport and the Lhasa International Post Exchange Office. According to the Law of Exit-Entry Quarantine for Animals and Plants of the People's Republic of China, the Lhasa Animal and Plant Quarantine Institute implements exit-entry quarantine procedures on the following articles: live animals, animal products, cultivated plants, wild plants and their products or other articles under quarantine; means of transport from animal or plant epidemic-stricken areas.