Agricultural products import tariff quota certificate A and B in one, processing trade enterprise

Introduction: the policy of the integration of a and B import tariff quota certificate of agricultural products on new page 1 is becoming more and more clear A2H processing trade enterprises are facing a new crisis A2H processing trade enterprises are facing a new crisis Agricultural processing trade enterprises engaged in import and export trade will have a deeper understanding of the rules of the WTO On July 28, the "draft for comments" of the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quotas of agricultural products was jointly issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the national development and Reform Commission Some insiders pointed out that if all goes well, this "draft for comments" will officially replace the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quotas of agricultural products (Order No 19 of the former National Development Planning Commission) issued last year from the date of quota allocation on January 1, 2004 The deadline for comments on the new interim measures for A2H has long passed August 8, and the new policy of the integration of a and B of the agricultural products import tariff quota certificate is gradually clear The core of A2H reform is the integration of a and B A2H It is generally agreed in the industry that the biggest action of the "draft for comments" in the new interim measures is to cancel the classification of a and B certificates in the agricultural products import tariff quota certificate The new agricultural products import tariff quota certificate will be generally applicable to general trade, processing trade, barter trade, border small trade, aid, donation and other ways of import A2H according to the old regulations, the agricultural products import tariff quota certificate (Class A) is the general trade import tariff quota, which is applicable to general trade, barter trade, border small trade, aid, donation and other import modes (excluding processing trade); the agricultural products import tariff quota certificate (class B) is applicable to processing trade mode import According to the introduction, the reason why the state classifies TRQs into a and B is mainly to facilitate the management of processing trade According to the regulations, products imported for processing trade must be processed before being sold abroad, and shall not be sold in the domestic market However, this classification method is regarded by the United States as a violation of the basic spirit of "non discrimination" in the WTO and has been opposed A2H A staff member of the processing trade department of the Department of foreign trade of the Ministry of Commerce of the people's Republic of China told reporters that the one-year old "Interim Measures for management" has been implemented, which can be said to be a management method "beneficial to the enterprises with B certificate", because in the past, the quota of B certificate was cut out from the total quota, and the processing trade enterprises can obtain the tariff quota after signing the contract What they adopted is“ First come first served "tariff quota collection method In this way, enterprises can avoid market risks and operate relatively well In order to fulfill the promise of China's accession to the WTO, a and B certificates are finally integrated As the staff member said to the reporter, "the main idea of our reform can only be to take care of domestic enterprises as much as possible on the basis of meeting our foreign commitments." A2H therefore, this change is the most typical trade reform after China's accession to the WTO The domestic sales ban of A2H processing trade enterprises has not been resolved There are some interesting details in A2H's new "draft for comments" Article 21 of the Interim Measures for Administration promulgated by A2H last year stipulates that "processing trade enterprises shall go through the record formalities of processing trade at the Customs by virtue of the approval certificate of processing trade business and the import tariff quota certificate of agricultural products (class B), process and re export according to the regulations, and shall not transfer to domestic sales." In the newly revised scheme, there is no specific regulation on whether the imported processing trade products can be transferred to domestic sales A2H national Ministry of Commerce staff told reporters that this does not mean that domestic sales of processing trade enterprises have been "banned", can only say that everything is still on the sidelines One thing is certain The spirit of free trade of WTO and the interests of domestic enterprises are two factors that policy makers must consider A2H Just after the deadline for soliciting opinions, the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce issued the announcement on redistribution of import tariff quotas of important agricultural products in 2003 according to the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quotas of agricultural products issued last year, which included wheat, corn, rice and rice, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, palm oil, sugar, cotton, etc Agricultural products are listed as general trade import items A2H The announcement requires that enterprises holding general trade import tariff quotas for agricultural products mentioned above in 2003, which are expected to be unable to sign import contracts or sign import contracts for all the quotas they have applied for before December 31 this year, but are expected to be unable to ship from the port of departure before the end of the year, should hand in the unfinished part of the tariff quotas they hold before September 15 The provincial (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, provincial city) Planning Commission (the original authorized institution of the State Planning Commission) is also located The national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce will "redistribute the quotas returned by users in the order of Online Declaration" Although the final plan of A2H is still being worked out, it is certain that processing trade enterprises will face a new crisis A2H has great influence on Guangdong and other import and export provinces The number, application conditions and distribution principles of import tariff quotas for key agricultural products in 2002 issued by the State Development Planning Commission on February 7, 2002 stipulates: "applicants for processing trade quotas shall apply to the authorized institutions of the State Planning Commission and receive the import tariff distribution of agricultural products according to the territorial management principles on the strength of the approval certificate for processing trade business issued by the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation Amount Certificate (class B) " And "applicants of category a quota need to go to the authorized institution of the State Planning Commission to get (or download and copy on and fill in the application form of category A of agricultural products import tariff quota." The authorized institutions of the State Planning Commission are responsible for accepting the applications of enterprises within the territory "It can be seen that there are still differences in the procedures of quota applications between category A and category B A2H Relevant people told reporters that there will be no difference between processing trade enterprises and general trade enterprises in the application process in the future, which means that processing trade enterprises who fully share the advantages of the "first come, first pick" policy in the past should make an accurate forecast of the whole year's market situation when they receive the tariff quota at the beginning of each year, which will greatly increase their operating costs And risk, thus affecting the enthusiasm of processing trade enterprises A staff member of the processing and Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce told reporters that it is not ruled out that some enterprises will withdraw from the industry as a result The change of trade rules has a greater impact on Shandong, Guangdong and other places, which are big provinces of agricultural products import and export A2H is understood that in China, processing trade accounts for almost half of foreign trade, and the huge cost of agricultural tariff quota and international integration will inevitably be shared by them A2H