How Does The Customs Adjust The Duty Rate Of Footwear?

Yesterday, the General Administration of Customs issued a new deal on imported goods formally implemented. Many consumer products have been adjusted. All overseas express enterprises should use EMS customs clearance packages to handle customs clearance in accordance with incoming postal items. What is the impact of the new deal on the hot overseas purchasing market in China? Overseas purchasing chain What is the impact of various businesses? Will the rise or fall of foreign brand prices affect domestic industries?

　 Implementation of new regulations

Customs adjust product tax value

Controversy before and after adjustment

More than 2 million of the cameras are taxed at 10 thousand yuan, 20% tax rate is adjusted to 4000 yuan, 10% tax rate, which means that each unit can pay less than 1600 yuan; the price of a bottle of cosmetics essence / element is increased from 150 yuan to 300 yuan, and the essence of each bottle should be paid more than 75 yuan tax. Since yesterday, the General Administration of Customs has formally adjusted the import and export duty paid prices of some products, lowered the dutiable value of some digital products, and raised the duty paid price of some cosmetics.

The General Administration of customs, which issued the Announcement No. fifteenth in 2012, said that the duty paid price would be adjusted from April 15th. The so-called "dutiable value" refers to the price fixed by the customs according to the relevant regulations for the assessment or assessment of import and export goods after the valuation, which is the basis for customs duties. Compared with the previous policy, the dutiable price of the adjusted electronic products has been reduced. Take the camera with more than 2 million pixels as an example, according to the previous tax payment method, the product needs to pay 2000 yuan tax, and since yesterday it only needs to pay 400 yuan tax, and the tax burden has been reduced by 1600 yuan.

The General Administration of Customs said that the adjustment was based on changes in market conditions. Reporters found that the tax rate of some products did not change, such as bags and boots tax rate of 10%.

It is worth mentioning that according to the regulations, the dutiable price of milk powder is defined as 200 yuan / kg, and the duty rate is 10%.

The General Administration of Customs has said that the adjustment does not involve adjusting the tax exemption policy for incoming luggage and personal mailing items. The imported passengers can still carry the imported articles of value of RMB 5000 yuan free of duty, and the tax exemption quota for personal mail entry items has not been adjusted.

　 Controversy before and after adjustment

Whether or not the import tax burden should be lowered has not reached a consensus on policy level. The Ministry of finance, as the main Department of the State Council Tariff Commission, is responsible for proposing amendments to tariff and import link tax laws and regulations. It also proposes tariff and import tax preferential policies, which is opposed to the issue of tax reduction in import links.

"On the one hand, lowering the tariffs on luxury goods can not affect the price of luxury goods, nor can it bring the luxury goods purchased abroad to the domestic demand. Since tariffs account for a very low share of the price of luxury goods, lowering the tariffs will hardly affect their retail prices. On the other hand, the reduction of luxury tariffs is driven by foreign economic growth, not China's economic growth. The Ministry of finance made the above statement to reduce the import link tax burden.

Unlike the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of commerce is keen to lower the tax burden and declare on many occasions. Tariff reduction is the general trend. Every department has a basis and consensus on this point. Reducing the import tariff of luxury goods is based on expanding consumption.

However, some analysts pointed out that although the Customs General Administration has already lowered the dutiable value of some products and lowered the tax rate of some products, actually, in the process of importing products, China has not only imposed tariffs on one product, but also added value tax and consumption tax, plus value-added tax and consumption tax in the import links. Some products have been even increased by nearly five to 60% in the import process. Therefore, reducing import tax burden is the general trend.

"At the high import tax rate, the domestic price of the same commodity is higher than that of the foreign market, and at present, China is in transition from low income countries to middle and high income countries. Consumption structure, consumption habits and consumption demand are undergoing great changes. Domestic residents who are in need of some high-end products prefer large quantities of purchasing agents. The state's policies should also be adjusted to adapt to this change, reducing tax burden can reduce the occurrence of purchasing behavior, and also promote the development of domestic industry." Zhao Ping, deputy director of the Ministry of consumer economics of the Ministry of Commerce, said.

At the same time, Liu Huan, vice president of the school of Taxation, Central University of Finance and Economics, said that in order to protect the domestic industry and impose high tariffs on some products such as milk powder, the import tariff could promote competition and encourage the development of the domestic market. "Although the Ministry of finance is not in favor of reducing tax burden, with the improvement of the living standard of the domestic residents, reducing the tax burden should be a trend." Liu Huan said.

　　 Industrial influence

Domestic electronics companies are in danger of being hit.

In recent years, domestic infant milk powder has been exposed to safety accidents, which has led parents who have slightly more spending power to choose foreign brands. Even if the price of imported products increases, some parents who are more sensitive to the price will turn to domestic brands of milk powder, but only a few.

For cosmetic manufacturers, will foreign brands' tariff increases indirectly become the driving force for the growth of local brand sales? A dealer of a king told the reporters that for cosmetics, the brand loyalty of consumers is very high, and the price of products will not affect the fans of foreign products. "So there is almost no market opportunity."

As for the increase of foreign capital, will domestic brands take the opportunity to follow up? The dealer said that the factory price should be seen if the price rises. At present, L'OREAL (micro-blog) and other international giants have introduced the price difference between the pro consumer products suitable for the three or four tier market and the domestic brands. The price increase may mean the loss of market share, so manufacturers will not easily increase their prices. He also said that there was no notice of price rise.

　　 Consumption impact

　　 Freight charges rise overseas purchasing

According to the new policy issued by the General Administration of customs, all overseas express enterprises should use EMS customs clearance packages to handle customs clearance according to the imported postal articles. That is to say, all overseas express, postal parcel and transfer companies, if they want to use EMS to clear customs through postal channels, can only use the postal service of the other country's postal enterprises for the time being.

According to the reporter, now personal shopping from abroad mainly adopts three ways: direct mail, transshipment and purchasing. Direct mail is the direct delivery of foreign shopping websites to China. These websites are relatively expensive for shopping because of their use of the universal postal system, such as the US postal UPS, the German post DHL, etc. Transshipment is sent from overseas to overseas transhipment companies, and then transported back to China through transhipment companies. On the other hand, purchasing agents are usually foreign sellers, or domestic sellers who have related channels, who will be transported back home after shopping overseas. A well-known overseas express company responsible for overseas business said, in fact, the current online shopping is mainly through the transfer of companies, EMS customs clearance multiple batches of entry, and some take the so-called "human meat express", by the relevant personnel themselves into the territory.

Xu Yong, chief analyst of express consulting network, told reporters that customs clearance must be carried out by inspection and quarantine, 3C certification and other procedures. For delivery of courier companies or postal systems, they enjoy personal postal products treatment, customs clearance is simple and the price is relatively low. Therefore, transshipment companies conduct customs clearance with EMS for consumers.

The implementation of the new customs policy has made some fluctuations in the price of Taobao's overseas purchasing. Among the 27 Taobao global shops purchased by reporters, 10 said they had been affected, and the price was raised. 1 said they had not been affected yet. The remaining 16 said they had been waiting for a period of time.

A store owner who runs Holland milk powder told reporters that with the implementation of the new customs policy, the store said that the price of milk powder has been raised. The imported milk powder is currently raised by 10-20 yuan per tank. The shop owner has said that many people in the industry think that the winter of the purchase has arrived with the implementation of the new deal.

Another seller of men's clothing said that it has not been affected yet. The seller said that in order to avoid the impact of the new deal, the goods had been issued 10 days ago, and a batch of goods had been put into operation for half a month. "When we sell and wait and see, it will be natural for the ship to arrive at the bridge. There will surely be a way to transfer the company."

According to the new customs regulations, "overseas express companies should not use EMS customs clearance to send parcels, not to go through customs formalities for entry postal items", which makes most transshipment companies unable to deliver goods to consumers at a low price. After the introduction of the new deal, some transport companies suspended service. As of yesterday, reporters found that the previous suspension of the transfer company has resumed business, the reporter surveyed 5 transport companies have raised the price, of which Tianyi express will raise the first pound charges 50%, while 100 logistics launched a new shopping line to meet the needs of individuals and Taobao purchasing.

　 It is difficult to clear customs.

Shopping through overseas shopping websites, and then returning home through third party overseas transfer companies, avoiding tariffs and reducing freight rates, such a shopping group is called "Hai Tao". As a popular shopping mode in the Internet shopping in recent two years, the army of "Hai Tao" has been growing. However, the rectification of the customs's overseas transfer business has frustrated the ascendant army of Hai Tao.

A consumer keen on Hai Tao told reporters that from the current news of all parties, the transshipment customs clearance channel of transport companies is gradually completing the transformation from postal customs to cargo clearance. This is in line with the recent trend of policy change to strengthen regulation. For consumers, the transfer will increase the cost of transshipment, and the clearance rate is expected to be 1-2 days slower than before. Meanwhile, consumers need to provide the recipient's identity card scanned.

"I bought the spring dress for my husband clearly, but I haven't received it yet. It is said that the card is on customs clearance." Miss Qi, who always used to "Hai Tao", ran to the front desk every day to ask whether the clothes she bought from the United States had arrived. According to reports, because of the larger price gap, she has become a frequent visitor to Amazon (micro-blog) and other websites. As an example, she bought a new Timberland spring new Beige windbreaker jacket. Amazon usually sells 700-800 yuan in the promotion period, but the domestic market is up to 2500 yuan, and there is no discount. "It was very convenient. I made the payment, the fastest 5 to 7 days will be able to receive, the slowest 10 days, but this time, I have been waiting for more than a month." All in desperation, Miss Qi consulted customer service. According to the express tracking records provided by customer service, as early as March 29th, this dress had arrived at Hongkong port to wait for customs clearance. However, it was not until April 13th that the customs clearance was completed and the EMS was transferred. Even if everything was going well, Miss Qi would probably be in a week after receiving the express.

The same thing happened to Miss Li, the new mother. In order to prevent children from breastfeeding, she bought the "rations" of milk powder and other sons from the United States before the production, and now the children have been out of the moon. Milk powder still hasn't been received. Consulting the relevant customer service personnel, the reply is still arriving at the port, waiting for customs clearance.

In addition to the delay of several times in the sea, the new strike is another increase in price.

What does "normal tax" mean? In simple terms, two words: "price increase". It is not just the rise in tariff costs, but also the rise in transshipment prices. Miss Qi told reporters that although he bought the windbreaker jacket for a long time, but considering the price factors, he still cleaned three dry t-shirts for his husband yesterday, but he was told by the customer service of the logistics company that the cost of the logistics doubled, from the original 26 yuan per pound to 52 yuan for the first pound, and 26 pounds for the pound. According to the introduction of customer service personnel, if people continue to smuggle customs clearance / express, consumers will have to bear their own tariffs. If they are transferred to Hongkong customs clearance, they will mean more transshipment, and the cost and time will increase correspondingly.

"Originally, online shopping and turning around is to save money, but in this way, the cost performance of overseas shopping has plummeted. Can we only go abroad to buy things?" Miss Qi questioned.

　 Quota unchanged, outbound shopping tour has limited influence

Although in the short term, the new tariff policy will have an impact on the tourism route with the main purpose of shopping, but from the long-term development of the outbound tourism market, the new customs policy has limited impact on the outbound shopping tour.

"Some media reports after the introduction of the tariff policy have led some customers to take a wait-and-see attitude towards the shopping tour of Hongkong, China." According to the head of a travel agency, after April 15th, Hong Kong and Macau tour groups received a good reception. "Although some of the free guests have delayed their travel plans, after 1-2 months, they will know from the guests of Hongkong after the introduction of the new tariff policy that the new tariff policy has little impact on their shopping plans."

Insiders said recently Customs new policy The main purpose is to crack down on purchasing agents. The General Administration of Customs revised a price valuation method for taxable goods. The valuation of taxable goods price changed from 3 times or more to 2 times and above, aiming at combating cross-border "water users". The new tax regulations do not affect mainland tourists' shopping in Hong Kong. The total value of single carry baggage is less than 5000 yuan, and it is a reasonable amount of self employment.