Announcement on redistribution of import tariff quota of agricultural products issued by the state in 2004

Introduction: according to the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quotas of agricultural products, the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce issued the announcement on redistribution of import tariff quotas of agricultural products in 2004 The full text is as follows: According to the Interim Measures for the administration of import tariff quotas of agricultural products (Order No 4 of the Ministry of Commerce and the national development and Reform Commission in 2003, hereinafter referred to as the Interim Measures), the quantity, application conditions and distribution principles of import tariff quotas of grain and cotton in 2004 (Announcement No 25 of the national development and Reform Commission in 2003, hereinafter referred to as the distribution principles), and the palm in 2004 The relevant provisions in the detailed rules for the distribution of import tariff quotas of oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil and sugar (Announcement No 51 of the Ministry of Commerce in 2003, hereinafter referred to as the detailed rules for distribution) are as follows: I for the end users who hold the import tariff quota of wheat, corn, rice, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, palm oil, sugar and cotton in 2004, if they have not signed the import contract for the total quota quantity in the current year, or if they have signed the import contract but are expected to be unable to ship from the port of departure before the end of the year, the unfinished or unfinished part of the tariff quota quantity shall be delivered on September 15 Recently, it was returned to the development and Reform Commission and the Department of Commerce (the Department of foreign trade and economic cooperation) of the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government and city specifically designated in the state plan) The national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce will redistribute the returned quotas For the quotas that were not returned by the end-user before September 15 and not fully used before the end of the year, the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce will deduct the corresponding proportion when allocating the import tariff quotas of agricultural products in 2005 II The end users who have obtained the 2004 import tariff quota of the commodities listed in Article 1 of this proclamation and have used them all (copies of the import declaration form are required), and the new users who meet the application conditions listed in the distribution principles and the distribution rules but have not applied for the 2004 import tariff quota before the beginning of the year, may apply to the provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, and cities directly under the central government) where they are located The development and Reform Commission and the Department of Commerce (the Department of foreign trade and economic cooperation) shall apply for redistribution of import tariff quotas of agricultural products 3 The applicant shall submit the application for tariff quota redistribution in written form to the development and Reform Commission and the Department of Commerce (the Department of foreign trade and economic cooperation) of the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, city specifically designated in the plan) where the applicant is located The application form shall be filled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the distribution principles and the distribution rules IV after the development and Reform Commission and the Department of Commerce of each province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, and city specifically designated in the state plan) have preliminarily reviewed the application of the applicant, the qualified application will be declared separately through the computer management system of agricultural product import tariff quota on September 1, and the application will be summarized in chronological order before September 20, and then in written form Report to the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce 5 The national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce shall reallocate the quotas returned by users in the order of online declaration Inform the end user of the result of tariff quota redistribution before October 1 When the total number of qualified applications is less than the amount of tariff quota reallocation, each applicant's application can be satisfied; when the total number of qualified applications is greater than the amount of tariff quota reallocation, reallocation shall be carried out according to the principle of first come first pick according to the relevant provisions in the distribution principles and detailed rules 6 Other matters such as the period of validity of the redistribution of tariff quotas shall be implemented in accordance with the interim measures, the principles of distribution and the detailed rules for distribution 7 The redistribution of import tariff quotas of wheat, corn, paddy, rice and cotton shall be organized and implemented by the national development and Reform Commission and the development and Reform Commission of each province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government and city specifically designated in the state plan); the redistribution of import tariff quotas of palm oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil and sugar shall be organized and implemented by the Ministry of Commerce and the Department of Commerce of each province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government and city specifically designated in the state plan)（ Department of foreign trade and economic cooperation)