National Development And Reform Commission: Detailed Rules For Application And Distribution Of Cotton Import Tariff Quota In 2023

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Announcement of the national development and Reform Commission of the people's Republic of China

No. 8 of 2022

According to the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quota of agricultural products, the national development and Reform Commission has formulated detailed rules for the application and distribution of import tariff quota of grain and cotton in 2023, which are hereby announced.

Annex: 1. Detailed rules for application and distribution of grain import tariff quota in 2023

Detailed rules for application and distribution of cotton import tariff quota in 2023

National Development and Reform Commission

September 30, 2022

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Detailed rules for application and distribution of cotton import tariff quota in 2023

According to the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quota of agricultural products (Order No. 4 of 2003 of the Ministry of Commerce and the national development and Reform Commission), the national development and Reform Commission has formulated detailed rules for the application and distribution of cotton import tariff quota in 2023.

1、 Quota quantity

In 2023, the total import tariff quota of cotton is 894000 tons, of which 33% is state-owned trade quota.

2、 Application conditions

The basic conditions of cotton import tariff quota application enterprises in 2023 are: registration with the market supervision and management department before October 1, 2022; Good financial condition, tax record and good faith; There is no violation of the interim administration of import tariff quota of agricultural products

Methods. On the premise of meeting the above conditions, the applicant must also meet one of the following conditions:

(1) state owned cotton import trade enterprises;

(2) cotton spinning enterprises with spinning equipment (self owned) of 50000 spindles or more;

(3) enterprises with an annual production capacity of 8000 tons or more of all cotton spunlaced nonwovens (the capacity of production lines with Spunlaced equipment width less than or equal to 3 meters is recognized as 2000 tons, and that of production lines with width greater than 3 meters is 4000 tons). 3、 Application materials

(1) application form of cotton import tariff quota in 2023.

(2) business license of enterprise legal person (duplicate).

(3) a special VAT invoice for sales of cotton yarn, cotton cloth and other cotton products in 2022.

4、 Distribution principle

(1) distribution shall be made according to the actual production and operation capacity of the applicant enterprise (including historical import performance, production capacity, operation situation, etc.) and other relevant commercial standards.

(2) this quota application and allocation does not distinguish between general trade and processing trade, and the mode of trade shall be determined by the enterprise itself.

5、 Application time limit

(1) the application enterprise shall fill in and submit the application materials online through the "single window" cotton import quota management system (China International Trade single window website - all applications - Standard Version applications - import quota - cotton import quota) from October 15 to October 30, 2022. It will not be accepted after the expiration of the time limit.

(2) the entrusted institutions of the national development and Reform Commission (NDRC) (the development and Reform Commission of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and cities specifically listed in the state plan, and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, hereinafter referred to as the entrusted institutions) shall submit the enterprise application materials to the national development and Reform Commission and copy to the Ministry of Commerce before November 15, 2022.

6、 Publicity stage

(1) in order to facilitate the public to assist the national development and Reform Commission in verifying the authenticity of the information submitted by the application enterprise, the national development and Reform Commission will publicize the information of the application enterprise on the official website (the publicity period and the submission method of the reporting opinions will be stipulated at the same time).

(2) during the publicity period, any subject can report the authenticity of the information publicized. After the time limit for the public to submit the reporting opinions has expired, the national development and Reform Commission will entrust the entrusted organization in the place where the reported enterprise applies for registration to conduct verification.

(3) during the verification period, the reported application enterprise has the right to raise objection to the entrusting organization on the reported related issues in writing or other ways. After reviewing the objection raised by the reported application enterprise and completing the investigation and verification, the entrusted institution shall feed back the verification on the authenticity of the reported opinions to the national development and Reform Commission.

7、 Other rules

(1) the enterprise shall be responsible for the authenticity of the application materials and information submitted by the enterprise, and the relevant departments shall take corresponding disciplinary measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state for those enterprises that make false declaration or refuse to fulfill the commitments made in the application form.

(2) the cotton imported by the enterprise through the use of the cotton import tariff quota shall be processed and operated by the enterprise and shall not be resold.

(3) enterprises that have obtained cotton import tariff quota shall actively cooperate with the national development and Reform Commission and its entrusted institutions to organize the supervision and inspection of the application and use of cotton import tariff quota, and provide timely and truthful information and data required for inspection.

(4) for those who fill in the application form falsely, falsify relevant materials to defraud cotton import tariff quota, and fail to carry out cotton import business in accordance with relevant regulations and the requirements of the national development and Reform Commission and its entrusted institutions, the quota certificate will be collected and the application for cotton import tariff quota and sliding tax quota will be restricted.

(5) to investigate the criminal responsibility of the enterprises who forge, alter or trade the import tariff quota certificate of agricultural products in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

(source: National Development and Reform Commission)

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