China Will Implement Tax Policy On Cross-Border Electricity Retail Import

The Ministry of Finance announced the "list of retail imports of cross-border e-commerce" on its official website. In the future, only goods on the list can be imported in accordance with the new import tax system of cross-border electricity retailing.

This means that in the early stage of the development of cross-border electricity import in China, the dividend policy of low threshold and low tax on personal goods collection tax has ended.

When the country launched the cross-border electricity supplier, it was to guide overseas consumption reflow.

However, the import cross-border electricity supplier under the postal tax has impacted on general trade, which has affected fairness.

In a briefing issued at the same time, the Ministry of Finance said that the above list contained 1142 8 tariff products, mainly domestic consumption demand, which could meet the regulatory requirements of relevant departments, and it was an objective consumer goods that could be imported into express mail and other means, including some food and beverage, clothing, shoes and hats, household appliances, and some cosmetics, diapers, children's toys and thermos cups.

The Ministry of Finance said that the list will be adjusted according to factors such as cross-border e-commerce development and consumer demand changes.

But for new consumers, some goods may never be able to find any purchase links except for some commodities.

For overseas businesses, products are not on the positive list, and many goods may have to be shipped overseas or destroyed.

Wu Shengxing, vice president of Xiu Xiu network, said that after the implementation of the new policy, the tax rate has risen and fallen. Taking 1000 yuan of clothing as an example, its original tariff rate is 20%, no value-added tax and no consumption tax.

Now the tariff is 0% and the value added tax is 17%. It is charged at 17% of 70%, no consumption tax, and the final tax rate is 11.9%.

"The decline of textiles and the rise of ordinary commodities", Wu Sheng Xing said that the abolition of the policy within 50 yuan of tax would have a greater impact on businesses or platforms selling mainly low value commodities such as mother and baby, cosmetics and health care products.

The industry believes that enterprises with priority logistics pportation system in cross-border e-commerce platform will occupy a great advantage.

Suning.com's offshore outsourcing said that after the cross-border electricity supplier tax reform, it will speed up customs clearance, shorten paction time and reduce inventory.

Suning will adopt more flexible entry mode development and switch between general trade and cross-border electricity supplier entry mode according to consumer demand and commodity characteristics. The general principle is to ensure that consumers can still buy satisfactory overseas goods at preferential prices.

Amazon said it was developing.

At the beginning of the year, Amazon China adopted a multi-channel layout structure, covering a variety of business models, including offshore outsourcing (direct mail / bonded mode) and general trade import mode.

After the implementation of the new deal, we will choose the most effective way of importing consumers according to the applicable tax rates of different categories.

Feng Yi, President of consumer goods division of Jingdong mall, said that with the implementation of cross border electricity tax reform, the tax rate of imported mother and baby products will indeed increase.

At the same time,

The implementation of mother child quality strategy, social strategy and personalized strategy should be adopted to cope with the industry environment under the new situation.

Liu Peng, general manager of Tmall international, said that in order not to affect consumers' shopping experience during the pition period, Tmall international overseas businessmen, especially overseas brands, have no price adjustment plan, and about 10% of the tax rate can be upgraded by brands.

Vip.com's deputy general manager, Wu Di, said that after the tax adjustment, enterprises can separate some gross profit from the increased customer price to cover the cost of tax rise, and at the same time, reduce the cost of procurement and logistics through intensive centralized procurement and accessible international logistics network.

The independent overseas shopping platform ocean pier announced that "

"It is a good opportunity. In addition to continuing to deepen the C2C buyer model, the ocean terminal will take the opportunity to continuously optimize the clearance and delivery capacity of its Bhai international logistics and reduce the air traffic limitation.

Zhao Ping, a researcher at the China Council for the promotion of trade, said that an important factor for consumers to go shopping abroad or cross border shopping on e-commerce platforms is cheap prices.

Even after the new tax policy, the price advantage of cross-border e-commerce platform is still obvious compared with other distribution channels of import commodities, and the overall price competitiveness has not changed.

"This tax reform may affect some consumers who are particularly sensitive to price, but it will not affect people's enthusiasm for cross-border shopping."

Li Pengbo, Deputy Secretary General of China's cross-border electricity supplier forum, analyzed that the new cross-border e-commerce policy was mainly aimed at balancing and standardizing.

"After the new deal, the abolition of the tax exemption and the uniform tax rate, the enterprises will not have the power to do speculation in taxes, and the industry will become more standardized.

In addition, cross-border electricity supplier itself is a kind of trade behavior, and it should be taxed according to the goods tax category.

In addition, Li Pengbo believes that the positive list will have a certain impact on cross-border e-commerce online shopping bonded (BBC) mode.