Starting Today, These New Regulations On Foreign Trade Have Been Put Into Effect.

New regulations on foreign trade in April.

1 masks and other products export

Tariff relief for anti epidemic materials in various countries

With the outbreak of new crown pneumonia in Europe and America, masks and other anti epidemic materials have become popular exports. Many countries have urgently cut down tariffs on epidemic prevention materials and issued policies to help them import quickly. China's export related products to these countries, we should pay attention to the renewal of policies:

In March 5th, the office of the trade representative of the United States issued a notice to exempt 27 American businesses from over 100 medical products imported from China, including masks, disinfectant wipes, disposable medical gloves, and sample collection containers. In March 12th, the US Trade Representative Office announced that tariffs on some imported medicines, including masks, stethoscope and sphygmomanometer cuffs, should not be imported. In March 17th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the "optimized N95 mask supply strategy: Crisis / replacement strategy".

European Union members will issue a recommendation on compliance assessment and market surveillance procedures for medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) during the epidemic situation in Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion.

From March 18th to June 30th, the tariff rate of imported medical masks dropped from 10% to zero, and the tariff on the core of masks was reduced from 8% to zero.

Iran's import tax on masks dropped from 55% to 5%.

Turkey has abolished import duties on ethanol, disposable medical masks and medical ventilators.

Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, Brazil, Venezuela and other countries' policies are here: epidemic prevention materials! Export to these countries about tax relief!

2 import controls

Multinational import controls on Chinese products

As of March 25th, a total of 25 countries (regions) restricted imports of goods.

1. Turkey: suspension of imports from China, including poultry, seafood, mollusks, animal fats and similar animal products.

2. Philippines: temporarily prohibit the import of poultry and wild birds and their products from China.

3. Korea: temporarily prohibit the importation of coronavirus from China, including snakes, bats, raccoons, badgers, civet cats and other wild animals.

4. Indonesia: temporarily prohibit the importation of live animals from China.

5. Armenia: temporarily prohibit the import of animal products and raw materials from China. This prohibition also applies to animal products imported from China from other countries.

6. Azerbaijan: since January 29th, livestock, animal products, seafood and animals used in wildlife parks have been temporarily banned from China.

7. Tajikistan: temporarily prohibit the import of all types of food from China (except tea and crop seeds). Chinese products imported from China are strictly controlled by the third country, and products imported from China are strictly controlled in border and transportation, and goods are closed at border crossings.

8. Jordan: since February 2nd, we have suspended the import of animal and plant products from China, and imported cosmetics from China before entering Jordan.

9. Kazakhstan: suspending the entry of aquatic products in China.

10. Kyrgyzstan: prohibit the import of meat and its products from China, impose temporary restrictions on live animals and animal derived products, and strengthen veterinary control and hygiene control of imported products on the border. (having reached an understanding through negotiation)

11. Turkmenistan: according to the feedback from enterprises in the customs area, Turkmenistan ports prohibit the entry of Chinese tea.

12. Pakistan: Karachi port strengthens fumigation and disinfection measures for animal products from China. In addition, according to the feedback from members of the food and Beverage Association, Pakistan importers asked the Chinese walnut exporters to provide proof of no new coronavirus contamination.

13. Russia: since January 31st, temporary restrictions have been imposed on live insects, mites and nematodes from China, live insects and botanical extracts (specimens) for scientific research, restricting entry and cross-border transport through Russia. In January 30th, 1 months of temporary restrictions were imposed to restrict all kinds of animals that were produced in China for exotic purposes, including insects, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, etc. Or live fish and aquatic animals, entering Russia and transshipping through Russia. We also request that we suspend the quarantine certificate for the above animal and plant products by March 1st.

14. Georgia: temporarily stop importing all living, non living animal and animal products from China.

15. Germany: according to the feedback from members of the food trade association, German importers have asked Chinese honey exporters to provide proof of no new coronavirus contamination.

16. Egypt: the Egyptian food safety agency has announced the ban on the import of onions, garlic, carrots and ginger from China, while strengthening the control of all food imported from China from Asian countries (including regions), including strengthening cooperation with a number of agencies (mainly quarantine agencies) and strengthening inspections of all imported and exported goods. The head of the Egyptian food safety agency stressed that the food safety agency will inspect more than 14 agricultural products, including potatoes, citrus and peanuts.

17. Cameroon: prohibit the import of all food from China.

18. Mauritius: since February 6th, Mauritius has decided to embargo some goods exported to the country in the Hongkong Special Administrative Region of China, Taiwan region of China and Southern China region of China. Prohibited goods are: (1) live animals and fish (2) frozen and dried seafood, including fish products (3) frozen and dried meat (4) wool (5) animal hair (6) animal feed, including fish feed.

19. Kampuchea: suspending all wildlife transactions.

20. Mongolia: prohibit the import of chicken and egg products from China, and strengthen quarantine supervision on the entry of goods from China.

21. Nepal: suspending imports of animal products from China. China's fruit imports are suspended.

22. Saudi Arabia: suspension of freight services between 50 countries (including China).

23. the United States: measures are taken to ensure the quality of imported food and prevent the spread of the new crown virus. To strengthen supervision over imported Chinese products, many inspection measures have been adopted, such as import screening, inspection, sampling and import early warning.

24. Italy: Importers require Chinese walnut exporters to provide products with no evidence of coronavirus contamination.

25. Ukraine: temporarily prohibit the import of pets (dogs, cats, etc.) and wild carnivorous animals from China.

3 immigration control

Multinational import ban policy update

China has temporarily suspended foreigners from holding valid visas and residence permits for entry to China since March 28th. Since March 29th, every airline in the country has only 1 routes to operate in any country, and there are no more than 1 classes per week for each airline. Foreign airlines can only keep 1 flights to China, and there are no more than 1 classes per week.

Russia has suspended all international flights and charter flights since March 27th. Since March 30th, all Russian highways, railways, river transport and mixed border ports will be closed.

Japan's Kyodo News reported on March 30th that the Japanese government basically decided to reject the entry of foreigners from the United States, China and South Korea, and almost all European countries and regions, including the United Kingdom.

From April 1st onwards, all persons entering Korea must receive a two week compulsory isolation regardless of nationality.

From 23:59 on March 30th, Kampuchea suspended all visa free policies and suspended travel visas, electronic visas and landing visas for a month.

Since March 27th, Argentina has closed all border land ports, international ports and international airports. In addition to their citizens, all foreigners are prohibited from entering the country. Argentina residents who live overseas for long periods are also prohibited.

For more details, please see here: more than 60 countries in the world enter into a state of emergency or "state closure". Only two days, 40 thousand flights canceled!

In addition, foreign trade people are assured that the closure of ports in most countries is limited to the flow of personnel and the trade in goods will not be affected.

4 international express

DHL and UPS suspend import and export services of some countries

Recently, the DHL announced that it had suspended exports to India, Nepal, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Comoros, Mauritius, reunion, Somalia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Republic of Somalia, Libya and Venezuela since March 25th and exported some countries to 16 countries.

The DHL standard price in Hongkong is suspended from the following 11 countries: Guinea Bissau, Comoros, Mauritius, reunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia Republic, Ma yor, Libya and Venezuela.

Delivery and pick up services in parts of Spain, Austria, France, Portugal, Italy and Czech Republic will also be suspended due to the impact of the European epidemic.

DHL recommends that European sellers make sure that the recipient area is a non quarantine area before shipment, and that the goods can be returned normally to the sender. The goods will be returned to the sender, and the refund fee will be borne by themselves, and no reduction or exemption can be made.

In addition, according to the announcement of UPS, the guarantee service for all goods (also called standby services) has been suspended since March 26, 2020. That is to say, at present, UPS does not guarantee the delivery time of all goods. In addition, import and export services in parts of Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, Gil Baty, Wallis and Fu Tuya will be suspended or postponed.

5 New Shipping Regulations

Multi Country renewal bill of lading requirement

According to the notice issued by shipping company, the Dubai port has issued new regulations.

1. shippers, consignees and notifications need to submit a complete company's head. Consignee and notify person need to submit zip code, telephone / fax / mailbox.

2. HS CODE:

A) the column needs to submit 8 bits of HS CODE;

B) in case of multiple names of a cabinet, you also need to provide HS detailed list. Please send corresponding mailboxes before the check list.

C) the cargo transferred in Dubai also needs to meet the above requirements.

According to the customs declaration of Sierra Leone, CTN NO must be displayed on bills of lading and manifest from now on. Therefore, the cargo requirements for FREETOWN are summarized as follows:

1. shows 8 bit HS CODE;

2. shows ENS NUMBER (login www.acdsl.com to register freight information);

3. shows CTN NUMBER.

Brazil now requires that CNPJ must be displayed in the consignee's column, that is, consignee name +CNPJ+, other information, and other information can be displayed in the name column by symbol connection due to character restrictions.

6 order risk

Be alert to the cancellation and delay orders of large buyers in Europe and America

According to a research report released in March 25th by the Oxford Economic Research Institute, a well-known think tank in the UK, in order to contain the spread of the new crown virus, major cities in the United States, Germany, Britain and other major economies generally adopt "closed city" or social estrangement measures. If these measures continue for 12 weeks, the global consumption will shrink by 32% over the next 3 months.

In the previous Interactive survey, more than 1000 foreign trade people feedback, old customers postponed or reduced orders, the following are the warning information of some large customers.

Primark, the largest fashion retailer in the UK, cancelled all orders.

Top Shop parent Group Arcadia freeze payment to suppliers;

Peacocks cancels all orders before June 20th;

New Look halted all production.

Debenhams deferred payment for one month;

Fossil cancels orders and hits Dongguan enterprises...

7 the United States

Exemption from various epidemic prevention products tariffs

On March 25th, the office of the trade representative of the United States announced the announcement of products under the A list of China's 300 billion dollars plus tariff products, which involved 12 excluded products, including medical ice bags, plastic bags and other products. That is, the products excluded from this list will be subject to a 7.5% tariff within 1 years from the date of implementation of the levy.

On March 20th, the office of the trade representative of the United States announced the product elimination and revision notice under the list of $200 billion plus tariff products: 177 new products were excluded, 5 new products were excluded (the original 18 batches were excluded), and 2 historical exclusions were revised.

On March 14th, the office of the trade representative of the United States announced the second batch of products to exclude the validity of the extended products list (34 billion products in the tariff exclusion list), and the expiry date was originally due to expire in March 25, 2020. The notice decision will exclude the validity period from March 25, 2020 for one year extension.

8 European Union

Charge for Chinese steel wheels

The European Commission announced that the cost of some steel wheels produced in China was 66.4%, and the decision came into effect in March 5th for a period of 5 years.

As early as February 2019, the European Union launched an anti-dumping investigation on a complaint based on the European wheel manufacturers association. The anti-dumping duty is the preliminary result of this investigation. The tariff measure came into effect in October 11, 2019, and the validity period was initially set at six months. The EU extended the time to 5 years at the time of the 6 month deadline.

9 Sri Lanka

Postpone import of motor vehicles and nonessentials

Sri Lanka's "daily finance" reported on March 20th, the central bank announced that it suspended the import of motor vehicles through the letter of credit. However, in 2020, exceptions were excepted in order No. 01 of the banking act; suspension of the import and export of letters of credit, documents against acceptance or advance payment was not required for the first requirement of the banking act of 2020; the authorized foreign exchange dealer could limit up to 5000 U. S. dollars. Foreign exchange in yuan or equivalent foreign currency. The above measures will last for three months.

10. Argentina

Initial anti dumping measures for non electric tricycles

In March 13th, the Ministry of production and development of Argentina announced that the initial anti-dumping duty on non electric tricycles originating in China had imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of 24% on the products involved. The customs code of the South Communist city is 9503.00.10. The resolution takes effect from the date of promulgation, and the validity period is six months.

11. export tax rebate

China raises export rebate rate for 1464 products

The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation announced on the 17 th that since March 20, 2020, the export tax rebate rate of 1084 products such as porcelain sanitary ware and disinfectant has increased to 13%, and the export tax rebate rate of 380 products such as plant growth regulators has been raised to 9%.

Official announcement address:

Www.chinatax.gov.cn/chinatax/n810341/n810755/c5146338/content.html

The list of products to increase the export tax rebate rate is raised. After paying attention to subscription number "focusvision", the tax rebate will be answered and the system will be sent automatically.

12. policy support

Stable foreign trade policy intensive

On March 24th, Premier Li Keqiang chaired a State Council executive meeting. The meeting pointed out that, in view of the shrinking demand for foreign demand, the company supports online negotiations and online exhibitions, and actively takes orders and promotes cooperation. According to the new changes in the international epidemic situation, we should postpone the time of the spring Canton Fair and organize alternatives such as Internet.

In March 19th, the general office of the Ministry of Commerce and the general office of the Ministry of Finance issued the notice on the use of special funds for domestic and foreign trade to support the steady foreign trade and steady foreign investment in promoting consumption. It is clear that special funds for foreign trade and economic development should be tilted in the field of foreign trade and economic cooperation, and support for small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises. The development of the "small group" is carried out, and the processing trade is supported by the Midwest and Northeast China.

On March 13th, the General Administration of Customs announced that in order to support the enterprises in coping with the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic situation, the competent customs could handle the extension procedures for the period not exceeding 6 months on the basis of the delay in processing materials of the temporary entry-exit goods and consignees and the holders of the ATA documents, in order to support the enterprises to cope with the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the temporary entry and exit goods that have been delayed 3 times and affected by the epidemic. Internet + customs integrated online service platform for extension.

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of transport jointly issued policies, which will be exempted from import and export goods, i.e. the port construction fees for import and export of foreign goods and foreign goods from 24 o'clock in March 1st to June 30th at the end of the year (when ships enter or leave the port). A refund is made in the bank account or deducted from the payment amount of the payer.

In addition to the export tax rebate rate of 1084 products such as porcelain sanitary ware and the export rebate rate of 13% products such as plant growth regulators and other 380 products, the export tax rebate rate has increased to 9%. Han Guorong, deputy director of the State Taxation Administration's tax service division recently made a clear policy again: "in order to ease the pressure on the export enterprises' capital, expand the paperless declaration scope of the export tax rebate, and will average the average export tax rebate in the whole country. The processing time increased by 20% on the basis of 10 working days in 2019.