Do I need to declare a SLR camera when traveling to Japan?

Need to declare to the customs, according to the "Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Administration of Personal Use of Inbound and Outbound Passengers":

Article 3 The scope of articles for personal use of inbound and outbound passengers:

1. cameras, portable recorders, small cameras, portable video cameras and portable word processors;

2. Other articles approved by the customs.

Article 4 Entry passengers (including China residents with national or regional re-entry visas) are allowed to carry the articles mentioned in Article 3 of these Provisions, with one for each type. Passengers should take the initiative to declare to the customs, and the customs may grant temporary duty-free release.

Article 5 Articles granted temporary duty-free by the customs shall be taken out of the country by passengers on their return journey. If you can't take it out of the country on this return trip for special reasons, you should declare it to the customs at the exit place in advance and go through the relevant formalities.

Article 6 China residents, China residents or non-resident long-term visitors with foreign nationality shall take the initiative to declare to the customs for verification when leaving the country with the articles listed in Article 3. When re-entering, the customs will release it with the relevant documents for this exit.

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According to the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Administrative Punishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) Customs Law,

Article 11 Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be fined less than the equivalent value of goods and articles or less than twice the amount of tax payable:

1. Evading customs supervision, transporting, carrying and mailing inbound and outbound goods and articles, but the goods and articles are not prohibited from entering or leaving the country according to law, restricted from entering the country or subject to customs duties;

2. Opening, extracting, delivering, shipping, exchanging, refitting, mortgaging or transferring goods under customs supervision or inbound and outbound articles without customs clearance without customs permission;

Three, engaged in the transportation, storage, processing, assembly and consignment of bonded goods, the relevant records are not true or the quantity is not enough to provide justifiable reasons;

4. Transferring goods and articles imported with special duty reduction or exemption for other purposes without customs permission;

5. The name, quantity, specification, price, place of origin, mode of trade, consumer country, trading country or other items that should be declared are falsely declared;

6. Failing to transport temporary import and export goods out of the country or into the country within the prescribed time limit and leaving them inside or outside the country without authorization;

Seven, not in accordance with the provisions of the time limit for transit, transshipment, direct transport of goods out of the country, leaving the country without authorization;

8. Transferring materials and articles of inbound and outbound means of transport for personal use without customs approval and paying customs duties.

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