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01 my country adjusts import tariffs on some commodities On the afternoon of December 23, the State Council Tariff Commission issued a notice on the adjustment plan of the provisional import tariffs in 2021. The most-favored-nation tariffs, agreement tariffs and provisional tariffs of some imported goods will be adjusted in 2021. From January 1, 2021, the import tariffs of some commodities will be adjusted; the prices of some anti-cancer drugs, medical equipment and infant formula will be supported to fall, and some imported equipment and parts related to the development of new infrastructure and high-tech industries will have more adequate guarantees. This tariff adjustment is one of the most significant in recent years. It not only involves the adjustment of tax rates, but also involves the adjustment of tax items that have rarely been touched in the past few years. Therefore, it is quite interesting. The total number of tax items after adjustment has reached 8,580, an increase of 31 from 2020. 02 Standardized declaration requirements for newly imported hazardous chemicals On December 24, 2020, the Single Window issued a notice on regulating the declaration of imported hazardous chemicals. From January 10, 2021, products with HS codes involving hazardous chemicals must check one of the following in the "Goods Attributes" column: "Bulk Hazardous Chemicals", "Packed Hazardous Chemicals" and "Non-Hazardous Chemicals" before they can continue to be declared. At the same time, regulations are set for filling in the "Dangerous Goods Information" column. Single Window official notification address: http://update.singlewindow.cn/pubnotices/20201224/20201224.html Hazardous chemicals HS/CIQ correspondence table Excel: http://update.singlewindow.cn/pubnotices/20201224/20201224.xlsx 03 Russia forces the use of electronic labels In April 2018, Russia passed Government Decree No. 791, stipulating the general principles for mandatory affixing of electronic supervision labels to goods from 2019, and at the same time requiring the determination of the executor of the electronic labeling project. In the same month, Russia issued Government Decree No. 792, determining the list and timetable of mandatory labeling products. From the beginning of 2021, the mandatory electronic labeling system will be extended to light industrial products and dairy products. In terms of mandatory electronic labeling of dairy products, milk, cream, ice cream, etc. with a shelf life of more than 28 days will be required to be labeled from January 20, 2021; milk, cream, condensed milk, whey, butter, cheese, curd, milk-containing beverages, etc. with a shelf life of less than 28 days will be required to be labeled from July 1, 2021; yogurt, fermented dairy products, etc. will be required to be labeled from October 1, 2021; farmers who retail their own dairy products can postpone it to October 1, 2022. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 122 of 2020 Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imported Mexican Sorghum In accordance with relevant laws and regulations of my country and the "Protocol on Plant Quarantine Requirements for Mexican Sorghum Exports to China between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the United Mexican States", Mexican sorghum produced from the date of this announcement and meeting the inspection and quarantine requirements is allowed to be imported. The inspection and quarantine requirements for imported Mexican sorghum are now announced. They will be implemented from November 30, 2020. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 123 of 2020 Announcement on the trigger level quantities of agricultural products imported from New Zealand in 2021 In accordance with the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of New Zealand, my country implements special safeguard measures on four categories and 12 tariff numbers of agricultural products imported from New Zealand (hereinafter referred to as the four categories of agricultural products). The import volume of the four categories of agricultural products subject to the agreement tariff rate in 2020 and the import trigger level volume in 2021 are now announced. It will be implemented from December 2, 2020. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 124 of 2020 Announcement on No Longer Implementing Export Commodity Inspection for Some Medical Supplies In accordance with the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection" and its implementing regulations, from the date of this announcement, medical supplies under 14 10-digit commodity numbers such as "9025199010" (see the attachment for details) will no longer be subject to export commodity inspection. Among them, dangerous goods under commodity numbers 3005901000 and 3005909000, and dangerous chemicals under commodity number 3808940010 will still be subject to the inspection and supervision requirements for export of dangerous goods or export of dangerous chemicals. It will be implemented from December 3, 2020. Announcement No. 125 of 2020 issued by the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Notice on preventing the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza from Belgium into my country Recently, Belgian officials informed the World Organization for Animal Health that a commercial broiler farm in Belgium had an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of the H5N5 subtype. In order to protect the safety of my country's animal husbandry and prevent the spread of the epidemic, in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine and other relevant laws and regulations, this announcement is hereby made. It will be implemented from December 7, 2020. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 126 of 2020 Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Flour Imported from Mongolia According to relevant laws and regulations of my country and the "Protocol on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Mongolian Flour Exported to China between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the General Administration of Technical Supervision of Mongolia", Mongolian flour produced from the date of this announcement and meeting the inspection and quarantine requirements is allowed to be imported. The inspection and quarantine requirements for imported Mongolian flour are now announced. They will be implemented from December 7, 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 127 of 2020 Announcement on the release of the "Implementation Rules for the Supervision and Administration of Pre-shipment Inspection of Imported Used Mechanical and Electrical Products" In accordance with the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Inspection of Used Imported Mechanical and Electrical Products, the General Administration of Customs has formulated the Implementation Rules for the Supervision and Administration of Pre-shipment Inspection of Used Imported Mechanical and Electrical Products, which will come into effect on January 1, 2021. 10 General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 128 of 2020 Announcement on the promulgation of the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of the Origin of Imported and Exported Goods under the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius and related implementation matters Approved by the State Council, the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius (hereinafter referred to as the China-Mauritius FTA) will be officially implemented on January 1, 2021. In order to correctly determine the origin of imported and exported goods under the China-Mauritius FTA and promote economic and trade exchanges between my country and Mauritius, the General Administration of Customs has formulated the Measures for the Administration of Origin of Imported and Exported Goods under the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius (see Attachment), which are hereby promulgated. It will be implemented on January 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 129 of 2020 Announcement on issues related to the inspection and supervision of import and export of hazardous chemicals and their packaging According to the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals (State Council Decree No. 591), the customs is responsible for the inspection of imported and exported hazardous chemicals and their packaging. We hereby announce the relevant issues. It will be implemented from January 10, 2021. 12 Announcement No. 130 of 2020 issued by the General Administration of Customs and the National Development and Reform Commission Announcement on the abolition of three processing trade unit consumption standards including "Unit Consumption Standard for Cotton and Polyester Blended Yarn Processing Trade" (Standard No.: HDB/FZ100-2012) From February 4, 2021, three processing trade unit consumption standards (see the attachment for the name of the standard) including "Cotton and Polyester Blended Yarn Processing Trade Unit Consumption Standard" (Standard No.: HDB/FZ100-2012) will be abolished. It will be implemented from February 4, 2021. Announcement No. 131 of 2020 issued by the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Notice on preventing the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza from Ireland into my country Recently, the Irish authorities notified the World Organization for Animal Health of the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) in poultry in the country. In order to protect the safety of my country's animal husbandry and prevent the spread of the epidemic, in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine and other relevant laws and regulations, this announcement is hereby made. It will be implemented from December 24, 2020. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 132 of 2020 Announcement on the revised origin criteria under Macao CEPA In order to promote economic and trade exchanges between the Mainland and Macao, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Agreement on Trade in Goods under the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement between the Mainland and Macao, the origin standards of some commodities in the Annex to the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 213 of 2018 are revised. For details, please see the Annex. It will be implemented from January 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 133 of 2020 Announcement on the Release Date of China Customs Statistics in 2021 In order to meet the public's demand for the use of customs statistics, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Regulations on Customs Statistics of the People's Republic of China", the "2021 China Customs Statistics Release Schedule" is hereby announced. It will be implemented from January 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 134 of 2020 Announcement on plant quarantine requirements for imported Vietnamese jelly grass According to relevant laws and regulations of my country and the "Protocol on Plant Quarantine Requirements for the Export of Vietnamese Agarwood to China between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", from the date of this announcement, the import of Vietnamese Agarwood that meets the relevant requirements is allowed. The specific plant quarantine requirements are now announced. They will be implemented from December 28, 2020. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 135 of 2020 Announcement on the Implementation of the 2021 Tariff Adjustment Plan According to the "Notice of the Tariff Commission of the State Council on the Tariff Adjustment Plan for 2021" (Tax Commission [2020] No. 33), the import tariff rates of some commodities will be adjusted from January 1, 2021. In order to accurately implement the policy, the relevant matters are hereby announced. It will be implemented from January 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 136 of 2020 Announcement on the release of 78 industry standards including "Technical Specifications for Equine Influenza Quarantine" 78 industry standards including the Technical Specifications for Equine Influenza Quarantine (see the attached catalogue) are now published. 14 replaced standards including the Technical Specifications for Equine Influenza Quarantine (SN/T 2985-2011) will be abolished from the date of implementation of the new standards. They will be implemented from December 30, 2020. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 137 of 2020 Announcement on the release of the "Customs Certification Enterprise Standards" The Customs Certification Enterprise Standards (individual standards for water transport logistics enterprises, air transport logistics enterprises, and road transport logistics enterprises) implemented in conjunction with the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Enterprise Credit Management" (Order No. 237 of the General Administration of Customs) are hereby released. At the same time, relevant implementation matters are announced. They will be implemented from March 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 138 of 2020 Announcement on the declaration of COVID-19 test kits and other epidemic prevention and control materials In order to facilitate enterprise declaration and efficient customs supervision, further improve the accuracy of declaration of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control materials, and serve the overall epidemic prevention and control situation, we hereby announce the import and export declaration of COVID-19 testing kits and other epidemic prevention and control materials. It will be implemented from January 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 139 of 2020 Announcement on clarifying matters related to the supervision of small vessels traveling between Hong Kong and Macao In order to further strengthen and standardize the supervision of small vessels traveling between Hong Kong and Macao (hereinafter referred to as "small vessels"), relevant matters are hereby announced. They will be implemented from December 30, 2020. General Administration of Customs Order No. 245 Order on the promulgation of the "Administrative Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China on Tax Reduction and Exemption for Import and Export Goods" The "Administrative Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China on Duty Reduction and Exemption for Import and Export Goods" was reviewed and approved at the General Administration of Customs Executive Meeting on December 11, 2020 and is hereby promulgated. The "Administrative Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China on Duty Reduction and Exemption for Import and Export Goods" (General Administration of Customs Order No. 179) promulgated by the General Administration of Customs on December 29, 2008 shall be repealed at the same time. It will be implemented from March 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Order No. 246 Order on the promulgation of the "Administrative Licensing Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China" The Measures for the Administration of Customs Administrative Licensing of the People's Republic of China were reviewed and approved at the Executive Meeting of the General Administration of Customs on December 11, 2020 and are hereby promulgated. The Measures for the Implementation of the Administrative Licensing Law of the People's Republic of China by the Customs of the People's Republic of China, promulgated by Order No. 117 of the General Administration of Customs on June 18, 2004 and amended by Order No. 218 of the General Administration of Customs on March 13, 2014, are hereby repealed. They will be implemented from February 1, 2021. General Administration of Customs Order No. 247 Order on the promulgation of the "Decision of the General Administration of Customs on Amending Certain Regulations" The Decision of the General Administration of Customs on Amending Certain Regulations was reviewed and approved at the General Administration of Customs Executive Meeting on December 11, 2020 and is hereby promulgated. It will be implemented on February 1, 2021.
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