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General Administration Of Customs: Announcement On RCEP Related Matters Will Be Implemented From January 1, Next Year

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With the approval of the State Council, Regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "agreement") shall enter into force on January 1, 2022 Measures of the customs of the people's Republic of China on the administration of the origin of import and export goods under the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement (hereinafter referred to as the measures, promulgated by order No. 255 of the General Administration of Customs), the General Administration of Customs issued a notice on relevant matters, and enterprises engaged in import and export related businesses in the textile and clothing industry should be concerned.

1 The member parties mentioned in the measures and this announcement refer to those countries that have formally implemented the agreement since January 1, 2022, such as China, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. The General Administration of Customs will make a separate announcement in case of any subsequent changes in the membership scope.

2 If the consignees of import goods or their agents (hereinafter referred to as the importers), the consignors of export goods or their agents handle the customs declaration procedures for goods under the agreement, the customs of the people's Republic of China shall fill in the customs import and export declaration of the people's Republic of China in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Notice No. 34 of 2021 of the General Administration of Customs on "imported goods under the preferential trade agreement for which electronic information exchange of origin has not yet been realized" (export) goods declaration form (hereinafter referred to as the "customs declaration") to submit documents of origin. The code of preferential trade agreement of the agreement is "22".

When the importer fills in the electronic data of the certificate of origin through the "declaration system for elements of origin of preferential trade agreements", If the "country of origin (region) under the agreement" column contains "*" or "* *", the column of "origin under preferential trade agreement" shall be filled with "unknown origin (according to the highest tax rate of relevant member)" (letter code HRA, number code 801) or "origin unknown (according to the highest tax rate of all members)" (letter code HRB, number code 802).

3 Where an importer applies for the tax rate under the agreement in accordance with Article 27 of the measures, it shall handle the matter in the following ways:

(1) in the application for the application of the highest tax rate under the agreement on the same origin goods of other members that provide the original materials for the production of the goods, the "origin under preferential trade agreement" column of the customs declaration form shall be filled with "origin unknown (according to the highest tax rate of the relevant member)" and relevant supporting materials shall be provided.

(2) if applying for the application of the highest tariff rate under the agreement on the same origin goods of all other members, the column of "origin under preferential trade agreement" in the customs declaration form shall be filled with "origin unknown (according to the highest tax rate of all members)".

4 According to Article 33 of the measures, applicants may apply to the customs, China Council for the promotion of international trade and its local branches for the issuance of certificates of origin under the agreement.

Certificates of origin exported to Singapore, Thailand, Japan, New Zealand and Australia under the agreement are self printing certificates, and relevant matters shall be implemented in accordance with the Announcement No. 77 of the General Administration of Customs in 2019.

5 An approved exporter identified by the customs shall issue a declaration of origin in accordance with the provisions of the order No. 254 of the General Administration of customs and relevant announcements.

6 In case of applying for issuing or issuing back-to-back certificate of origin according to Article 22 of the measures, and the electronic data of the initial certificate of origin is not filled in through the "declaration system of origin elements of preferential trade agreements" when the goods enter the country, the applicant of the certificate of origin or the approved exporter shall fill in the supplementary information.

7 For goods in transit that have been exported from other member states before the entry into force of the agreement but have not yet arrived in China, and the importer submits valid certificate of origin to the customs before June 30, 2022, may apply for the tariff rate under the agreement.

For goods in transit that have been exported from China before the entry into force of the agreement but have not yet arrived at other Member States, the applicant may apply for a replacement certificate of origin in accordance with the provisions of the measures before June 30, 2022, and the approved exporter may issue a declaration of origin.

8 See Annex 1 for specific rules of origin of products mentioned in Article 3 of the measures; See Annex 2 for the list of special goods mentioned in Article 14; The format and filling instructions of certificate of origin mentioned in Article 18 are shown in Annex 3, and the minimum information requirements for declaration of origin are shown in Annex 4; See Annex 5 for the format of supplementary declaration to the customs mentioned in Article 29.

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