Two Ministries And Commissions On The Management Of The Import Quota Of Wool And Wool In 2012

According to the free trade agreement between the government of People's Republic of China and the New Zealand government (hereinafter referred to as the Sino Singapore Free Trade Agreement), the tariff quotas for wool and wool imported from New Zealand in 2012 were 28941 tons and 521 tons respectively (the amount was washed / fixed quantity).

In order to do a good job in import management of related commodities, the relevant matters are announced as follows:

First, the quotas should be "first come, first served".

The "wool and wool country quota application form" (hereinafter referred to as the "application form") can be obtained from the authorized department of the Ministry of Commerce or downloaded from the website of the Ministry of Commerce (http://www.mofcom.gov.cn).

The entry column of the import contract in the application form is limited to New Zealand only.

Two. Wool before September 30, 2012,

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The number of wool country quotas that has been applied for by the applicant with the actual performance (the country that holds the wool country quotas in 2011 and has import achievement) does not exceed the number of imported quotas under the same trade mode in 2011.

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The number of gross national quotas applied by the applicants with the actual performance (i.e. the enterprises holding the global tariff quota of 2011 gross and the import performance) shall not exceed 20% of the total amount of the global tariff quota imported under the same trade mode in 2011, and the gross number of each applicant's top can not be more than 50 tons.

The authorized department of the Ministry of Commerce will stop accepting the application of the quota when the number of country quota quotas reaches the total quota of wool and wool in 2012.

Three, after September 30, 2012, if the country quota is not applied, the applicant with the above performance has completed the import amount stipulated in the second regulations. After approval by the Ministry of Commerce, the applicant can continue to apply for country quotas.

Other applicants approved by the Ministry of Commerce (i.e. those holding the global tariff quotas of wool or wool in 2011, with import performance, without country quotas, or newly built and put into production, and with annual processing capacity of more than 5000 tons of wool and tops) may apply for country quotas.

Four, the country quotas demonstrate the use of the import tariff quota certificate for agricultural products, but the quotas should be clearly marked "New Zealand wool and wool country quotas".

The number of quotas showed that the quantity was cleaned / fixed.

Five, when importing the country's quota holders, they should faithfully declare to the customs the quantity of the washed / fixed quantity of imported wool and submit the relevant import tariff quota certificate for agricultural products.

The customs agreement can be applied to the agreement agreement between China and the New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. If it does not comply with the relevant provisions of the Sino Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the most favored nation tax rate or general tax rate shall apply.

Six, the conditions and procedures for the application of country quotas, the validity period, extension, refund, cancellation and penalty of quota certificates shall be implemented in accordance with the implementing rules for the import tariff quota of wool and wool in 2012 (Ministry of Commerce Announcement No. sixty-first of 2011).