What is the impact of the 2020 new instrument market policy on imports and exports?

[ Chemical Machinery Equipment Network Market Analysis ] The import and export of instruments is an important part of the instrument market.
my country's instrument industry started relatively late.
In terms of instruments and large instruments, the technical level and performance of domestic instruments still lag behind that of imported instruments.
Therefore, there is a great dependence on imported instruments.
In the field of low-end instruments, due to the rapid development of instrument technology and lower costs, domestic instruments have come out of the market and have emerged in the market.
Changes in instrument import and export policies have an important impact on the development of my country's instrument industry and the progress of scientific research.

 

In 2020, as the situation changes, my country's trade situation has undergone major changes.
In the second half of the year, my country's import and export policies made a number of adjustments.
The main points related to the instrument industry are as follows:
 

Adjusted content of "China's Export Prohibited and Restricted Technology Catalog"
 

On August 28, 2020, * and * made partial adjustments to the "Catalogue of China's Export Prohibited and Restricted Technologies" (* *Order No.
12, 2008 Annex).
Forbidden technical items were deleted from 4 items, restricted technical items were deleted from 5 items, 23 items were added, and 21 items were revised.
And it is a dual-use technology that is included in export control management.

 

　　The technical items adjusted this time have a number of equipment-related items, such as the addition of control points under the preparation and processing technology of tissue engineering medical device products (No.
052707X): "6.
Medical diagnostic equipment and equipment manufacturing technology (including domestic new The first-generation genetic tester , the third-generation single-molecule sequencer)"; the new "large-scale vibration platform design and construction technology (number: 183606X), control points: dual-axis synchronous vibration test platform, 50-ton electric vibration test system"; in addition, There are also key sensor technologies involved in the production of UAVs , and aerospace remote sensing image acquisition technology.

 

　　RCEP formally signed a multi-category instrument trade commitment to zero tariffs
 

　　In November 2020, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the ten ASEAN countries formally signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).
RCEP is a modern, comprehensive, high-quality, and mutually beneficial large-scale regional free trade agreement.
Under RCEP, the number of final zero-tariff products in goods trade will exceed 90% as a whole, and the overall opening up of service trade and investment will increase significantly.
In addition, RCEP encourages standardization agencies of all parties to strengthen information exchange and cooperation on standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, and will promote the gradual unification of rules of origin, customs procedures, inspection and quarantine, and technical standards.

 

　　China has made tariff commitments to Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and ASEAN.
The commitment table involves many types of equipment, including: machines, devices and similar laboratory equipment that use temperature changes to process materials, such as heating, cooking , Roasting, distillation, rectification, disinfection, sterilization, steaming, drying, evaporation, gasification, condensation, cooling machinery and equipment; the hardness of various materials (for example, metal, wood, textile materials, paper, plastic) , Strength, compressibility, elasticity, or other mechanical properties of testing machinery and equipment physical and chemical analysis instruments and devices (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analyzers); measurement or inspection of viscosity, porosity, expansion , Surface tension and similar performance instruments and devices; instruments and devices (including exposure meters) that measure or test the amount of heat, sound or light.

 

　　The release of the tariff adjustment plan in 2021 involves a variety of instruments
 

　　In December 2020, the Customs Tariff Commission issued a notice on the 2021 tariff adjustment plan.
Starting from January 1, 2021, the import tariffs of some commodities will be adjusted, and multiple industries will welcome tax reductions, including the instrument industry.
.
The instrument products involved in the temporary tariff rate table of imported goods are mainly item 875, the tariff code is 90330000, and the temporary tax rate in 2021 is 5%, which is lower than the 6% preferential tax rate in 2021.
Its content is:

　　Part of the preferential tax rate table of information technology products also has a variety of instruments and equipment, including stereo microscopes, X-ray non-destructive flaw detectors, γ-ray non-destructive flaw detectors, electronic * testing machines, hardness testers, mass spectrometers, optical fiber communications and optical fiber performance Tester, etc.

 

　　In general, the tariffs on imported instruments are being reduced, which means that the cost of imported instruments is lower.
For the instrument market that relies on imports, reducing tariffs will help reduce instrument prices and reduce scientific research costs.
For the low-end instrument market, the reduction in the price of imported instruments may reduce the price advantage of domestic instruments, and the domestic instrument industry needs to take timely countermeasures.

 

　　Original title: Inventory of the impact of the 2020 new instrument market policy on imports and exports?