The Fatal 50 Yuan? Cheap Overseas Purchasing Was Assassinated

Will the cheap lunch guide end from this? This worry stems from the Announcement No. forty-third issued by the General Administration of customs.

The Customs said that the move was aimed at cracking down on the smuggling trade under the pretext of individual use of parcel entry.

As soon as the new deal came out, shopping websites suddenly panic.

"This is basically to let the individual buy and kill."

A Taobao seller wrote in the Taobao survey.

Taobao's global survey aims at finding out the possible impact of this policy adjustment on the domestic e-commerce system.

"The new rules will inevitably destroy normal individuals while attacking smuggled smuggled goods.

Multinational express companies also expressed concern about new customs regulations.

At present, several companies are analyzing the problems in the new regulation through lawyers.

The issue of express delivery has always been an important issue of the China US Joint Commission on commerce and trade.

In view of the concerns of all parties, the head of the supervision department of the General Administration of Customs explained in August 9th that according to the Customs Law, China entered the border area.

However, a trade department official questioned that the customs did not solicit public opinions before the introduction of the new customs regulations, nor did it sign the relevant ministries and commissions. "It does not conform to the principle of pparency in trade policy after China's accession to the WTO."

In August 16th, it was learned that in order to avoid the trade disputes arising from the announcement, the relevant ministries and commissions were going to write to the General Administration of customs, and suggested that the new deal be postponed before making corresponding adjustments.

The fatal 50 yuan?

In fact, the new regulation of the General Administration of Customs has foreshadowed 5 years ago.

In 2005, the relevant ministries and commissions had written a letter of recommendation to repeal the annotated part of the Customs General Administration's notice on adjusting the limits and allowances for personal belongings in inbound and outbound mail.

The annotation of the notice issued in 1994 stipulates that personal belongings sent or sent to Hong Kong and Macao are limited to 800 yuan, and the allowance is 400 yuan. The personal articles sent or sent to other areas are limited to 1000 yuan and the exemption amount is 500 yuan.

This means that only 800 yuan or 1000 yuan can be mailed. Unless it is proved that the postal items are self occupied and indivisible, they will be returned overseas.

What can you buy for 50 yuan? You can only buy paper abroad.

A businessman who declined to be named asked.

In response to this suggestion, the General Administration of Customs maintains that in the reply letter, "goods" and "goods" are different categories in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Law.

Imported commodities exceeding the quota of "self use and reasonable quantity" have the characteristics of trade in goods and should be subject to customs duties.

Because of the regulation of postal channels, most cases are "seeing things without people", which makes it difficult for the customs to determine whether they are "self using and reasonable".

In order to fully embody this principle and enforce the law in a uniform, standardized and operational manner, it is necessary to make the above provisions.

In the end, the General Administration of Customs said it would not abolish the annotated part of the notice.

And at the end of the reply, he said: "with the continuous improvement of the living standards of our people, I will adjust the limits and tax allowances in a timely manner."

5 years later, "timely adjustment" has indeed come.

This time, the new regulations issued by the General Administration of Customs will impose tariffs on personal mailing items from the original 400 yuan (sent or sent to Hong Kong and Macao), and 500 yuan (sent or sent to other areas), which will be tightened to 50 yuan.

"50 yuan, is it more than 50 yuan to go beyond personal use and reasonable quantity? What can we buy at 50 yuan? We can only buy paper abroad."

A businessman who declined to be named asked.

This person believes that according to the new customs regulations, it is very difficult to judge whether goods or articles are, and if there is no basis, if the online shopping shop marked from the United States is on the parcel, it may be regarded as a commercial commodity. First, it will be returned. If you want to enter the country, one must declare the goods according to customs and carry out a series of complicated procedures. Two, it is necessary to pay high taxes and fees. This means that postal items can only be gifts from relatives and friends, and individuals can not purchase personal belongings from abroad by mail.

He also queried that the allowance for entry passengers' articles was 5000 yuan, which was quite different from that of postal products. Is the policy objective to encourage citizens to go shopping abroad?

A fax received showed that after studying the new customs regulations, lawyers from several multinational express companies initially believed that there was a violation of the WTO most favored nation treatment principle, the prohibition of import quantity restriction and the provisions on the liberalization of trade rights in the WTO commitments.

According to the WTO rules, that is, the eleventh article of the general agreement on Tariffs and trade (GATT) shall not impose any prohibitions or restrictions on entry and exit products except customs duties and domestic taxes.

"This rule of WTO applies to all" entry and exit products ", without the distinction between goods and goods.

The customs of our country discriminate between personal postal products and goods, and limit them by setting the limits. This management method does not conform to the practice of countries, nor does it comply with the WTO regulations on prohibiting quantity restriction.

A business person told reporters.

At present, the major countries in the world do not discriminate between goods and personal postal products except for prohibited goods. Moreover, compared with commercial imports, personal postal items can usually enjoy a more convenient and fast procedure, from low taxes to unlimited quotas.

In response to questions from the parties, the General Administration of Customs was sent to the customs office without reply.

Panic shopping shops

The new regulations of the Customs on the domestic e-commerce system can be foreseen.

Internet purchasing has been recognized since the beginning. It is mainly based on high quality and low price. If the high tariff is added, it will undoubtedly increase the cost of purchasing.

All high priced single product purchases will be affected. Take a GUCCI pink short wallet priced at 1500 yuan in the US as an example. According to the current 50% tax rate and the duty free tax rate for mail order, it is calculated to be 500 yuan. The wallet will be subject to 250 yuan before entering the country in September, but it will have to pay 700 yuan after September.

In recent years, the growth rate of China's overseas purchasing market is much higher than that of the online retail market.

Data from eBay show that the volume of pactions has increased rapidly by 3-5 times since the launch of the website on behalf of the website.

The purchase of cosmetics and milk powder is the main overseas purchasing agent.

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The latest e-commerce market monitoring report released by the China Electronic Commerce Research Center shows that as of the end of June 2010, the number of domestic group buying websites has soared to 480. By the end of 2010, the number of domestic group buying websites is expected to reach 880.

This year, overseas purchases will be over 10 billion yuan.

Now, with the adjustment of tariff policy, the China electronic commerce research center points out that the development speed of overseas purchasing market will slow down.

"Overseas purchasing now has a very large share on Taobao, which has a great impact on the whole market."

The seller of Taobao, who is the leader of the net name, thinks that many college students and unemployed people are undertaking online shopping. After the new deal is implemented, goods without the price advantage will basically disappear in the seller's purchase. Many overseas purchasing sellers will be faced with shops unable to operate, which is a pressure on a just starting market.

"It may cause a phenomenon that real goods can't get in, and fake products are increasing."

The "leading" shop specializes in purchasing Holland milk powder. Due to the frequent occurrence of food safety crisis in domestic milk powder, more and more mothers are looking for him. Now he is stepping up stockpiling of goods. "Prices will definitely change in September" and "lead the race".

But this kind of stockpile will also be hit by customs.

"We noticed that some overseas purchasing merchants attempted to use the so-called" reasonable buffer period "for hoarding before the" announcement "was formally implemented in September 1st.

"In view of this situation, we have asked local customs to strengthen the examination of incoming personal items in postal and express channels, strictly distinguish between gifts from friends and relatives and commercial mail," he said.

The end of a cheap meal?

When the "leaders" feel that business is on the decline, business system people are worried that the "non trade management system" restraining the development of the new trade mode of e-commerce will make China lag behind the pace of the world in the Internet age.

Prior to explaining the new deal on the official website of the General Administration, the relevant head of the Customs General Administration said that the goods had the characteristics of "non trade" and could not be sold or leased after entering the country, while overseas purchasing was profitable and would enter the trade again. Therefore, items exceeding 50 yuan were considered to be "trade" and tariff added.

"The customs use the so-called trade and non trade to determine whether or not to levy taxes. Such a" non trade management system "lacks legal basis and is not suited to the new situation after China's accession to the WTO.

The above business systems believe that.

In terms of trade nature, trade includes both profitable commercial imports and exports, and non-commercial imports and exports of personal goods.

Goods purchased abroad should be imported goods in any way, and such cross-border delivery is all import behavior.

"With the vigorous development of e-commerce and Internet pactions, the trade mode is becoming more and more diversified. Consumers can buy all the items they need through various ways including mail, and it is a trade way for individuals to engage in non-commercial import and export through the Internet and mail."

Zheng Hong said.

The implementation of the "non trade management system" is to prevent and restrict the use of trade channels to import and sell commodities that are widely priced at home and abroad, so as to avoid disruption of the normal trade order.

In order to guard against the individual behavior of a few people, the "presumption of presumption of innocence" makes the legitimate interests of most of the people damaged.

From the point of view of effectiveness, this practice can not only guarantee the normal trade order fundamentally, but also make others turn to other ways to make profits, which is just the opposite.

"As far as I know, many multinational online shopping stations are discussing how to avoid the increase in the cost of the new customs policy."

Zheng Hong said, for example, some sellers consider sending the goods with higher unit price and smaller cosmetics directly to Hongkong (tax-free), finding people to bring them to the mainland and pporting them to destinations through domestic express delivery.

To this end, the foregoing business people suggested that the postal tax administration system should be reformed in the direction of pforming the "non trade management system" into a "non-commercial import and export management system". This system should be incorporated into the framework of the cargo trade management system, and the existing provisions should be abolished according to the rules of WTO and the current economic development in China. At the same time, referring to the practice of other countries, a simple and quick procedure for the clearance of personal postal articles will be set up.

"For example, we should increase the tax allowance for postal products, adjust the duty paid price of personal postal items, allow tax exemption within the tax allowance, and pay excess tax in accordance with the regulations, and no longer limit the value to decide whether to allow entry and exit."

This business system personage says, this can ensure normal tax revenue, also can ensure normal personal mail is not affected.