From December onwards, these new foreign trade and customs regulations will be formally implemented! If you are not careful, you will be punished......

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2019-12-03

Since December 1, 2019, what new policies and regulations related to foreign trade and customs have been implemented! Don't be punished if you're not careful...

Since December 1, 2019, what new policies and regulations related to foreign trade and customs have been implemented! Don't be punished accidentally......

U.S. 300 billion tariffs to be imposed

On August 13, local time in the United States, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the next step of imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports of approximately US $300 billion, and decided to postpone the tariff on certain goods until December 15.

Such products include: mobile phones, laptops, game consoles, some toys, computer monitors, some clothes, shoes and hats. According to the 300 billion tax increase list, the scale of this batch of goods accounts for 59% of the 300 billion list.

At present, China and the United States have had many phone calls. On November 26, the two sides discussed the resolution of each other's core concerns, reached a consensus on resolving related issues, and agreed to maintain communication on the remaining matters of the first phase of the agreement negotiation.

It is expected that there will be more exact news before December 15, please keep an eye on the companies whose products are on this batch of tax increase lists.

China to impose tariffs on US and Canada

Starting from December 15, it is proposed to impose tariffs ranging from 10% to 5% on 3361 tax items originating in the United States.

According to the announcement of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on imposing additional tariffs on some imported goods (the third batch) originating in the United States (Announcement of the Tax Commission [2019] No. 4), starting from 12:01 on December 15, 2019, a 10% tariff will be imposed on the 749 tariff items listed in the first part of Annex 2, and a 10% tariff will be imposed on the 163 tariff items listed in the second part of Annex 2, A 5% tariff will be imposed on the 634 tariff items listed in Part III of Annex 2, and a 5% tariff will be imposed on the 1815 tariff items listed in Part IV of Annex 2.

At present, Sino-US economic and trade consultations are in progress. Before the final results of the consultations come out, the original tariff increase plan will be carried out. Relevant importers need to be prepared in advance.

Saudi Arabia SABER certification product list added in December

Saudi officials have announced a new batch of SABER certified products, namely:

December 2019

Textiles, such as silk, wool, cotton, cloth;
Trailers and semi-trailers;
Detergent, surfactant, soap, such as liquid glass cleaner, liquid detergent; in addition to disinfectant;
Solar power system products and their components, such as photovoltaic modules, cables and connectors.

January 2020

Equipment, machinery and structures permanently or temporarily located in the city;
Adhesives and glue products, such as structural adhesives, leather adhesives, footwear adhesives, wood products adhesives, paper adhesives, packaging adhesives, etc;
Manufacture of plastic metal products for decoration, such as hair, hands and neck ornaments;
Plastic and metal piping systems for the transport of water and power facilities, buildings and fittings;
Wireless communication equipment, such as mobile phones, headsets, smart devices, etc;
Packaging products, paper, cardboard, wood, plastics, textiles and other materials used for packaging;
Materials and surfaces in contact with food, such as cooking equipment, tableware, food packaging materials and containers;
Shoes made of leather, textile, plastic or a mixture of these materials;
Equipment working under pressure and its accessories, such as fire extinguishers and pressure cookers;
Fire protection products, such as fire extinguishers, alarm systems, fire hoses;
Fireworks products, such as firecrackers, fireworks.

Vietnam Customs Launches 8 Measures to Crackdown Producing Areas

The General Administration of Customs of Vietnam's Ministry of Finance said that in order to take the initiative to prevent origin fraud and illegal re-export, Vietnam Customs has taken the initiative to report the current situation of origin fraud and illegal re-export by the Vietnamese Prime Minister. At the same time, Decision No. QD-BTC of August 23, 2019 has been promulgated to implement Prime Minister's Decision No. 824/QD-TTg of July 4, 2019, approving the proposal to "strengthen administrative management of anti-circumvention trade remedy measures and prevention of origin fraud.

Vietnam Customs will focus on eight measures:

1. Supplement and amend the Ministry of Finance's Announcement No. 38/2018/TT-BTC of April 20, 2018 on the inspection and determination of the origin of import and export goods (Announcement No. 62/2019/TT-BTC of September 5, 2019).

2. Supplement and amend Agreement No. 127/2013/ND-CP on sanctions related to origin and goods labeling, and Agreement No. 45/2016/ND-CP of May 26, 2016 on penalties for customs enforcement of government violations and mandatory administrative decisions, which include supplementary penalties for fraud of origin, counterfeiting of goods labels and illegal re-export.

3, to carry out civil service procedures business training, in order to strengthen the inspection, find the origin of fraud and illegal re-export behavior.

4. Apply various risk management measures such as: collecting and analyzing domestic and foreign information to determine goods with high risk of origin fraud, counterfeit goods labels and intellectual property infringement, and adopt various business measures to inspect, investigate and confirm all illegal acts. Examine and identify enterprises and transactions whose import and export amounts have increased sharply compared to their production capacity and scale in order to collect and analyze information and decide to check, confirm and investigate signs of illegality.

5. Customs plans to inspect and confirm specific product industries, such as imported synthetic boards, wooden floors, bicycles and electric bicycles. Strengthen the inspection and inspection of the origin of products after customs clearance to find all illegal acts.

6. Hold seminars on the origin of goods, strengthen the inspection and detection ability of customs cadres on fraud, etc., in order to strengthen the work of publicizing and guiding the origin of goods, preventing fraud, counterfeiting and illegal re-export. At the same time, it cooperates with the media to publicize and report on measures to prevent origin fraud, counterfeit labeling of goods and illegal re-export, and to report on cases detected and handled by the Customs.

7. Cooperate with relevant ministries and commissions, such as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to conduct inspections and comparisons to prevent counterfeit and fraudulent acts of origin for batch-by-batch goods. Cooperate with the associations to assess the production and export capacity of various industries, strictly investigate the sudden increase in import and export of goods, and strictly investigate manufacturers with the possibility of origin fraud, counterfeiting and illegal re-export. In addition, the General Directorate of Customs recommended that ministries improve the legal basis.

8. Strengthen international cooperation through information exchange in the prevention of origin fraud, counterfeiting and illegal transshipment. Cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to investigate and confirm fraud on a number of products, such as solar flat panels, colored steel panels, grass shrimp, white-foot shrimp, bicycles, electric bicycles and solar cells.

Indonesian team imposes up to 67% tariff on some textiles

The Ministry of Finance of Indonesia has stipulated the Import Duty on Temporary Security Measures (BMTPS) policy for several importers arranged in the regulations of the Minister of Finance of 2019 under the numbers PMK 161/PMK. 010/2019,PMK 162/PMK.010/2019, and PMK 163/PMK.010. The above commodities are textiles and textiles. The three regulations were promulgated as a serious form of government to ensure the safety of domestic industries and to encourage the use of products from the domestic market.

By Regulation of the Minister of Finance of PMK 161/PMK.010/2019, the Ministry of Finance has established an import duty on temporary security measures for the import of synthetic fiber and man-made yarn products with a starting price of 1405 guilders per kilogram.

In PMK 162/PMK.010/2019 Minister of Finance Regulations, the Ministry of Finance has also stipulated import duties for temporary safety measures for imported cloth products with prices ranging from 1318 guilders per meter to 9521 guilders per meter, as well as ad valorem rates (tarif ad valorem) ranging from 36.30 per cent to 67.70 per cent.

In addition, in PMK 163/PMK.010/2019, the Ministry of Finance also levies a temporary security measure on the import of curtain products, inner blinds, mosquito nets and other furniture at a price of 41,083 guilders per kilogram.

Shanghai Customs "Check 4" System Launched on November 30

According to feedback from relevant enterprises in Shanghai, Shanghai Customs held a symposium on November 27 to inform them that the new generation of customs inspection system (check 4 system) will be officially launched at 08:30 on November 30 (this Saturday).

A new generation of customs inspection management system (referred to as "check four system") will be officially launched. Shanghai Yangshan Port and Waigaoqiao Port will be opened on November 30, 2019.

It is reported that the "four systems" have changed the inspection of mobile security and customs compared with the original:

1. Originally, the customs released the goods before inspection. Now, if there is inspection, the goods will be regarded as customs inspection. If the goods are inspected first and then released, the delivery time will be extended later (the specific time will not be known until the official implementation), and the port fee and delay fee will increase.

2. If there is no problem with the inspection of the goods, all the expenses required for the inspection shall be borne by the port area, but excluding the storage fee and demurrage fee of the port area arising from the inspection.

3. If there is a problem with the inspection of the goods, the cost of all the inspection of the goods shall be borne by the consignee.

Customs manifest system switching, new regulations implemented

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the reform of the "two-step declaration" business and effectively strengthen the management of the customs on the entry and exit manifests of water and air transport, according to the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 144 of 2019, our department has changed the electronic message format of the entry and exit cargo manifests of water and air transport, it mainly includes message formats such as "original manifest", "pre-equipped manifest", "loading manifest", "tally report", "arrival report", "export drop and assembly modification application", "distribution application" and "diversion application, see" China Customs inbound and outbound water and air cargo manifest message format XML Schema "" China Customs inbound and outbound water and air cargo manifest message format development instructions "" China Customs inbound and outbound water and air cargo manifest message format change instructions ". It will be implemented from November 15, 2019.

Starting from November 15, 2019, the customs will strictly check the time limit for the electronic data transmission of the manifest. The entry and exit mainland China must submit complete and accurate manifest data within 24 hours before shipment. Logistics enterprises that exceed the time limit for transmitting electronic data of manifests or transmitting inaccurate electronic data shall be warned and may be fined less than 50000 yuan.

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