The head of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce talks about the import reporting management of sugars outside tariff quotas

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Announcement on the Adjustment and Management of Import Reporting of Bulk Agricultural Products" (Ministry of Commerce Announcement No. 23 of 2020), and from July 1, 2020, the import of sugar from tariff quotas will be included in the "Catalog of Bulk Agricultural Products Subject to Import Reporting Management" (hereinafter referred to as the "Catalog"), and the import reporting management of bulk agricultural products will be implemented.
In accordance with the Measures for the Administration of Import Reports and Information on Imports of Bulk Agricultural Products (Trial) (Ministry of Commerce Order No. 10 of 2008), information services on the import of bulk agricultural products are provided in order to maintain the order of foreign trade and protect the legitimate rights and interests of operators.
foreign trade operators that import large agricultural products under the Directory shall file the basic situation of the enterprise with the entrusted organization and fulfill their import reporting obligations.
commissioned by the Ministry of Commerce to report to the Ministry of Commerce on the import of bulk agricultural products information, and make suggestions.
Ministry of Commerce regularly publishes information on the import of bulk agricultural products under the Directory on the government website of the Ministry of Commerce.
foreign trade operators who violate the provisions, the relevant departments will punish them in accordance with the law.
Incorporating tariff quota sugar into the import report and information release management of bulk agricultural products is conducive to the management of the overall situation of China's sugar imports in a comprehensive and timely manner, enhance the market analysis, judgment and grasp ability, adjust the import rhythm in a timely manner, avoid centralized shipments and blind imports, reduce the risk of production and operation and market fluctuations;
The Ministry of Commerce supports enterprises to make full use of the two market resources and carry out sugar trade in accordance with the law, supports the rational utilization of existing sugar production capacity, maintains the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream industrial chains of the industry, and enhances the international competitiveness of the industry, and supports the organization of trade associations to play an industry role in guiding orderly imports of enterprises and maintaining the order of industry management.
: Ministry of Commerce Announcement No. 23 of 2020 on the adjustment of the "implementation of import reporting management of the bulk agricultural products catalogue" announcement