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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