China — Carne Suína

static: On August 5th, 2020, three Chinese ministries jointly announced in Qita Xingqi 2020/36 (hereafter, 'Announcement') the repealing of a policy announced in 1994 that precluded several categories of imported goods from preferential tax treatment. 20 categories of goods were covered by the 1994 law, which were (direct translation from original Chinese source): TVs Washing machines Fax machines Video and film cameras Computers VCRs Photocopiers Typewriters and word processors Video players Programmed telephone switches Furniture Speakers Microcomputers and peripherals Lamps Air conditioners Telephones Refrigerators Pagers Certain food products (condiments, meat, poultry, eggs, vegetables, aquatic produce, fruits, beverages, wine, dairy produce) HS codes were not provided, so have been surmised from the list presented in the Announcement. The change went into effect upon the Announcement's promulgation. The 20 product categories described above are now eligible for preferential tax treatment. The 1994 policy was particularly focused on preventing local/provincial authorities from implementing such policies; they are now free to do so.

static: In December 2019, the State Commission of Tariffs of the PRC released its annual 'Tariff Implementation Plan', detailing the changes in import and export tariffs for the following year (2020). 2020's schedule included more items than usual which were newly included in the provisional import tariff rate table, specifically, 164 product lines. Overall, there were 165 items that received a reduction in their ad valorem import tariffs, i.e. only one item that was already included in the schedule saw its tariff rate reduced. A small number of other tariff lines saw their rates changed, but the new rate is not comparable to the old one - e.g. ad valorem to per unit tariff change. Please see taxonomy for details on the changes. Please note also that the schedule for export tariffs was not altered from the previous one in this announcement. There were also no increases to import tariffs.

static: On 23 March 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced changes to the import taxes on certain cross-border transactions via e-commerce. Hereto, certain goods falling under a value thresholds of RMB 2,000 (approx. USD 309) for a single transaction and RMB 20,000 (approx. USD 3,090) annually for individuals are subject to lowered import taxes. Within these value thresholds custom duties on the subject goods are provisionally reduced to 0%; at the importing stage the exempted tax amount of VAT and consumption tax is abolished; and lastly 70% of the payable tax amount is provisionally levied. Any goods exceeding the value thresholds are subject to full taxes and duties. The measure comes into force on 8 April 2016.   Subsequently, the Chinese authorities released two lists of products eligible for the above treatment. The lists contain a total of 1400 products at the HS 8-digit level. An updated version of the policy was released in November 2018, implementing new rates from January 2019. Please see related act for more information.

static: On 26 August 2013, China announced the removal of 130 tariff lines (at the 10-digit level) from the list of goods subject to automatic import licensing. The products involved fall into the broad categories of base metals (iron, steel, and copper), meat products, waste of paper and paperboard, natural gas, and electrical machinery products (steam turbines, water turbines and other electrical installations, and textile machinery).