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Name
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Programme
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Institution to distribute
and issue quota
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The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of
Commerce.
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Time to apply for the
tariff rate quota
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Between 15 and 30 October of the preceding year.
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Valid period of the tariff
rate quota
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Beginning of January to end February of the next year.
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Who can apply for the
tariff-rate quota?
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1. State-owned trading enterprise;
2. Central enterprises with national
reserve functions;
3. Enterprise with actual import achievements in the
previous year;
4. Cotton textile mills with over 50,000
spindles.
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Institutions issuing the
quota
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Institutions authorized by SDRC.
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Distribution principles for
the quantity of tariff rate
quota
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1. If the quantity for distribution is less than or equal to the total
quantity
applied for:
• Distribute according to the quantity applied for,
historical actual import achievements, the production capacity of the applicant,
and other business standards.
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2. If the quantity for distribution exceeds the total quantity applied
for:
• Applicants with actual import achievements have priority.
• For
applicants without previous import performance, the quota is
distributed
proportionally according to production capacity.
• If the quantity applied
for is less than the quantity that would be
distributed proportionally,
distribution shall accord with the quantity
applied for.
• The minimal
distribution quantity is determined according to
commercially workable
shipping volumes.
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Redistribution of
tariff-rate quota
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1. Unused quota shall be returned before 15 September of that year.
2.
Other applicants can submit redistribution applications between 1 and
15
September; the results will be released before 1 October.
3. For those who do
not return unused quota, their quota will be reduced
accordingly during the
quota distribution of the next year.
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For those who get the
tariff-rate quota
qualifications of
cotton
import
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Issue the Certificate of the Import Tariff-Rate Quotas of Agricultural
Products
stamped with the Special Seal of Certificate of the Import
Tariff-Rate Quotas
of Agricultural Products.
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Use of the tariff-rate
quota certificate
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1. The certificate is applicable to imports in general trade, processing
trade,
barter trade, small amounts of border trade, or assistance from
abroad.
2. A license is not required for products entering bonded warehouses,
free
trade zones and export processing areas from abroad.
3. For
agricultural products with tariff-rate quota imported from bonded
warehouses,
free trade zones and export processing areas, Customs shall
handle the import
formalities by virtue of the Certificate of the Import
Tariff-Rate Quotas of
Agricultural Products according to the concerned
import goods
management.
4. Under the ‘multi-lot one-certificate’ system, customs
clearance formalities
can be handled many times.
5. The over-shipped
volume for each lot of the bulk cargo shall not exceed 5%
of the
lot.
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Return of the tariff rate
quota certificate
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1. Those who have exhausted their quotas shall return the original copy
of
the first sheet (the Sheet of Consignee to Handle the Customs Formalities)
of
the Certificate of the Import Tariff-Rate Quotas of Agricultural Products
to
the issue institution within 20 business days after the last lot of cargo
is
presented to Customs; otherwise it is deemed that the quota is
uncompleted.
2. Those who have not exhausted the quota shall return the first
sheet (the
Sheet of Consignee to Handle the Customs Formalities) of the
Certificate of
the Import Tariff Rate Quotas of Agricultural Products to the
issuing
institution prior to the end of January of the next
year.
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State-owned trading
enterprises entitled to the
quantity distribution
of
tariff-rate quota
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Six State-owned trading enterprises are entitled to import cotton. They are
as
follows:
1. Chinatex.
2. Beijing Jiuda Textile Corporation.
3.
Tianjin Textile Industrial Supply and Sale Company.
4. Shanghai Textile Raw
Materials Co. Ltd.
5. China National Cotton Reserves Corporation.
6.
Xinjiang Nongken Import and Export Co. Ltd.
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