Masks and protective clothing have separate customs numbers.

Release time:

2020-06-09

On March 20, 2020, the customs tariff number was updated to split the tariff number for masks and protective clothing:

On March 20, 2020, the customs tariff number was updated to split the tariff number for masks and protective clothing:
1. The original tax number 6307900000 (unlisted products made of textile materials) is divided into: 6307900010 (masks) and 6307900090 (unlisted products made of other textile materials);
2. The original tax number 6210103000 (clothing made of fabrics with 56.02 or 56.03 tax items made of chemical fiber) is divided into: 6210103010 (protective clothing made of chemical fiber) and 6210103090 (clothing made of fabrics with 56.02 or 56.03 tax items made of other fibers).‍

After the tax number is split, a special tax number for 6307900010 masks and 6210103010 chemical fiber protective clothing has been added. Please pay attention to the corresponding adjustment when making export declarations.

China is a large manufacturer of masks, supplying nearly half of the world's products, but masks in the customs tariff has been classified under the 6307900000, the products under the tax number is extremely complex, the annual export value of more than 5 billion U.S. dollars, it is difficult to accurately understand the import and export of masks in China. China is also a large producer of non-woven clothing, such products mainly include surgical clothing, medical protective clothing, isolation clothing, industrial protective clothing and other scenes of protective clothing, in this new crown epidemic, a variety of medical protective clothing, isolation clothing to protect the health of doctors and other front-line staff played an important role.

After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, our association in cooperation with the national ministries and commissions to comb China's mask production capacity in the process, found that the mask does not have an independent tax number of the restrictive effect is particularly significant. At the beginning of the new crown epidemic, China imported a large number of masks and protective clothing, according to the Ministry of Commerce data, as of February 20, China's various trade methods imported more than 1.2 billion masks, more than 13 million sets of protective clothing. At present, China's epidemic has been alleviated, mask production capacity has increased from the original daily 20 million to more than 0.1 billion, medical protective clothing daily can be more than 300000 pieces, a large number of products exported, for the global fight against the new crown epidemic to contribute to China's strength. In the future, the trade volume of masks and protective clothing in China will maintain a large volume and a high growth rate. In this case, accurately grasping the trade data of masks and protective clothing is of great significance for the country to formulate relevant policies, the industry to provide accurate services, and to facilitate the export business of enterprises. Therefore, our association submitted an application to the customs to adjust the tax number, which was approved by the customs.

Industrial textiles are a fast-growing industry, and many sub-industries are constantly developing and growing. Our association has always attached great importance to trade statistics. According to the actual development of the industry, we have put forward a number of suggestions for tax number revision and tax rate adjustment to relevant national departments. Some of them have been successfully accepted, such as mask tax number, protective clothing tax number, baby diaper tax number, etc. Our association is also in close communication with relevant ministries and commissions on the revision of tax numbers for many other products. We also hope that the majority of enterprises will provide suggestions and trade data to the association according to their own export trade situation so that we can promote this work.

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