These Interim Measures are enacted in accordance with the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Import and Export of Goods and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Duties, aiming to effectively implement the administration of import tariff quotas of agricultural products and to establish the system for administering the import tariff quotas of agricultural products that is uniform, fair, just, transparent, predicable and nondiscriminatory. The Interim Measures consist of 8 Chapters:, General Provisions; Application; Allocation;; Time Limit; Implementation; Adjustment; Penalties; Supplementary Provisions. Within the year of the Gregorian calendar, the State will, according to the quota quantities as promised in China's schedule of commitments on the trade of goods after entering into the WTO, determine the annual quantities of the agricultural products subject to the administration of import tariff quotas permitted to enter the market. The categories of agricultural goods subject to the administration of import tariff quotas are: wheat (including powder and grains thereof; hereinafter referred to as wheat), corn (including powder and grains thereof; hereinafter referred to as corn), rice (including powder and grains thereof; hereinafter referred to as rice), bean oil, colza oil, palm oil, sugar, cotton, wool and wool tops. The period for applying for the import tariff quotas of agricultural goods shall be between Oct. 15 and Oct. 30 of each year (with the exception of the distribution form of drawing the quotas by coming order on the basis of contract). The Certificates of Import Tariff Quotas of Agricultural Products are applicable to the imports in the trade forms of general trade, processing trade, barter trade, small-scale border trade, assistance, donation and other forms. The products entering the bonded warehouses, bonded zones and export processing zones are exempted for the Certificates of Import Tariff Quotas of Agricultural Products.
China · 2003-09-27