Attention! These new foreign trade regulations will affect your business in December.

attention! These new foreign trade regulations will affect your business in December

Attention! These new foreign trade regulations will affect your business in December, and there will be only the last month in 221, and the country will also attract a large number of new regulations and policies. From December, these new regulations will be officially implemented, pay attention! These new foreign trade regulations will affect your business in December. Attention! These new foreign trade regulations will affect your business in December. 1

▲ On December 1st, the shipping company adjusted the GRI

▲ The High-quality Development Plan of Foreign Trade in the 14th Five-Year Plan was issued

On November 23rd, the Ministry of Commerce issued the High-quality Development Plan of Foreign Trade in the 14th Five-Year Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Plan). The plan points out that during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, efforts will be made to achieve the following goals:

The comprehensive trade strength will be further enhanced. The scale advantage of goods trade is stable, the international market share is stable, the import scale continues to expand, and the number of foreign trade entities has increased steadily. The scale of service trade has grown steadily, and the export growth rate is higher than the global average growth rate.

the level of coordinated innovation has been further improved. Import and export, trade in goods and services, trade and two-way investment, trade and industrial development are more coordinated. The innovation vitality of the trade format model was fully released, and the digitalization level was rapidly improved. Green trade is at the forefront in the green transformation.

the ability of smooth circulation has been further improved. The degree of integration of domestic and foreign trade has improved significantly. The smooth operation capacity of the supply chain of the foreign trade industrial chain has been gradually enhanced. Trade channels are smoother. Domestic and international trade rules are more closely linked. The supporting systems of law, logistics, payment and settlement are more perfect.

trade openness and cooperation have been further deepened. Trade liberalization and facilitation have reached a higher level, the network of high-standard free trade zones has been steadily built, multilateral, bilateral and regional economic and trade cooperation has become closer, and the relationship with global trade partners has become stronger.

the trade security system has been further improved. The import sources of grain, energy resources, key technologies and spare parts are more diversified. The risk prevention and control systems such as trade friction response, export control and trade remedy are more sound.

the plan points out that looking forward to 235, the high-quality development of foreign trade will leap to a new level. The trade structure is more optimized, the import and export are more balanced, the innovation ability is greatly improved, the green and low-carbon transformation has made positive progress, the security guarantee ability has been significantly improved, and the new advantages of participating in international economic cooperation and competition have been significantly enhanced. Trade liberalization and facilitation have reached the advanced level in the world, maintaining global trade legality and compliance, and making more outstanding contributions to global economic development and governance system reform.

the plan also puts forward ten key tasks, namely: optimizing the trade structure of goods, innovating and developing service trade, accelerating the development of new trade formats, improving the level of trade digitalization, building a green trade system, promoting the integration of domestic and foreign trade, ensuring the smooth operation of the supply chain of foreign trade industry chain, deepening the smooth cooperation of the "Belt and Road" trade, strengthening the risk prevention and control system, and creating a good development environment.

▲ Notice on Further Strengthening Relief and Assistance to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises was issued

On November 22nd, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on Further Strengthening Relief and Assistance to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), and put forward policy measures from nine aspects.

The Notice clearly states that it is necessary to increase the support of relief funds, encourage local governments to arrange relief funds for small and medium-sized enterprises, implement the policy of discount interest and reward compensation for venture guarantee loans, and make good use of small and micro enterprises' financing guarantees to reduce fees and reward funds. Further promote tax reduction and fee reduction, small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry will delay the payment of some taxes and fees in the fourth quarter of 221 according to regulations, study and timely introduce some continuation policies after the expiration of the policy of benefiting enterprises, and continue to clean up and standardize the fees related to enterprises. Flexible and accurate use of a variety of financial policy tools, make good use of the newly added 3 billion yuan small refinancing quota, increase credit loans, and strengthen liquidity loan support for small and micro enterprises seriously affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, floods and rising raw material prices.

The Notice emphasizes that it is necessary to ease the pressure of rising costs, strengthen the monitoring and early warning of bulk commodities, severely crack down on illegal activities such as hoarding and price gouging, promote futures companies to provide risk management services for SMEs, stabilize the supply of capacity of liner companies on major export routes in China, and encourage liner companies to launch dedicated services for SMEs. Strengthen electricity security, scientifically implement orderly electricity use, rationally arrange off-peak electricity use, ensure the electricity demand of small and medium-sized enterprises in key links of the industrial chain, and encourage qualified places to implement phased concessions for small and micro enterprises.

▲ The United States resumed levying tariffs on some masks, hand sanitizers and disposable gloves in China

On November 9, 221, USTR of the United States issued a notice, and the effective period of excluding and levying COVID-19 protective products originating in China was originally scheduled to expire on November 14, 221. Now it is decided to increase the effective period of excluding these 99 protective products by 16 days to expire on November 3, 221. And decided to extend the expiration date of 81 products out of 99 items for 6 months until May 31, 222 on the basis of November 3, 221.

this means that 18 of these products will resume to levy the 31 tariff after the expiration of the exclusion period on November 3, 221, and it is impossible to continue to be exempted from the levy, including textile masks, some hand sanitizers, disposable gloves and other products that are currently popular in China.

▲ Customs will no longer issue GSP certificates of origin for goods exported to EU member countries and other countries

According to the website of the General Administration of Customs, the General Administration of Customs recently issued the Announcement on No More Issuing GSP certificates of origin for goods exported to EU member countries, Britain, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine and Liechtenstein.

according to the measures for the administration of certificates of origin under the generalized system of preferences of the people's Republic of China, since December 1, 221, the customs will no longer issue certificates of origin under the generalized system of preferences for goods exported to EU member States, Britain, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine, Liechtenstein and other countries that no longer give preferential tariff treatment to China. Shippers of goods exported to the above countries may apply for a non-preferential certificate of origin if they need a certificate of origin.

▲ UK issues Chinese introduction guide for UKCA and UKNI conformity marks

After Brexit, the UK will transition from using EU CE marks to using UK domestic conformity marks UKCA and UKNI, among which:

○ UKCA product marks will be implemented in Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), which is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 223;

○ UKNI product logo will be implemented in Northern Ireland, which is different from UKCA in terms of rules.

Recently, the Department of Commerce, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and UKAS***, a national accreditation body in the UK, have jointly produced a Chinese version of UKCA and UKNI logo introduction guide and publicity video, and specially contacted CNAS, hoping to assist in the publicity, so as to facilitate China's conformity assessment agencies to carry out related business and provide information for the export of related products in China to the UK.

▲ Vietnam implements zero tariff on imported spare parts used for domestic automobile production

Vietnam's Saigon Economic Online reported on November 22nd that the Vietnamese government decided to extend the preferential tax policy for domestic automobile production and assembly until December 31st, 227. Before the end of 227, imported spare parts used to produce and assemble domestic cars will enjoy % tariff preference.

specifically, enterprises that have automobile manufacturing and assembly qualification certificates issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and meet the most-favored-nation import tax rate for spare parts, models, output, emissions, preferential consideration period, materials and procedural conditions enjoy zero tariff preference for importing automobile spare parts that cannot be produced in China.

▲ Indonesia implements safeguard measures for imported clothing and accessories

On November 17, 221, the WTO Safeguard Committee issued a notice on safeguard measures submitted by the Indonesian delegation. According to the regulation No.142/PMK.1/221 of the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia on October 21, 221, Indonesia has imposed a three-year safeguard measure tax (special tariff) on articles of apparel and clothing accessories since November 12, 221. For headgear and neck decoration (the headgear and neck category, the tax codes are 6117.1.1, 6117.1.9, 6214.3.1, 6214.3.9, 6214.4.1, 6214.4.9.

See here for the tax amount: /cacscms/article/ckys? articleId=171354& Type=1

▲ Ghana cancels the 5% benchmark price policy for some imported products

According to the electronic media "Ghana.com" reported on November 15th, Ghana Taxation Bureau decided to cancel the 5% benchmark price policy for 32 kinds of imported products from now on, which means that these imported products will no longer enjoy preferential treatment of price discount when they collect customs duties. These commodities include vehicles, tiles, aluminum products, cement and palm oil, which can be produced locally in Ghana.

Ghana's Ministry of Finance believes that this will not only increase customs revenue, but also curb imports, which is beneficial to the development of local manufacturing industry. However, the Ghana Chamber of Commerce said that this policy of the government will bring disaster to the development of local trade, which will greatly push up prices and reduce the living standards of low-income people and the unemployed. Attention! These new foreign trade regulations will affect your business in December. 2

Hangzhou: 11 kinds of traffic violations can be exempted for the first time.

From December 1, 221, Hangzhou traffic police will adjust and expand the scope of the first warning of minor violations on the basis of the original management measures of "excellent driving and fault tolerance 2.":

There are 11 kinds of violations of motor vehicles, and there is no record of such violations in Hangzhou for more than three consecutive months. The first verbal warning education for violation of the law will be released after the violation is eliminated, and no penalty will be imposed:

1. Failing to follow the guide lane, but not affecting the normal driving of vehicles in the relevant lane;

2. Violating the lane separation prohibition markings, but not affecting the normal driving of vehicles in the relevant lanes;

3. If the driver's license is still driving a motor vehicle within one year after its validity, he shall not continue to drive the vehicle;

4. Driving a motor vehicle during the internship period fails to affix the internship sign as required;

5. Motor vehicle spraying, labeling or body advertisement affect safe driving;

6. failing to spray the enlarged brand as required;

7. Articles placed in the cab hinder safety;

8. Drive when the doors and carriages are not closed;

9. Violation of alternate traffic regulations;

1. Motor vehicles stop and cross the line;

11. driving a motor vehicle (except medium-sized passenger cars and dangerous goods transport vehicles) with the speed exceeding 2%.

Taiyuan: Adjustment of truck traffic control measures

The Taiyuan Municipal Government has decided to adjust the Notice on Implementing Control Measures for the Traffic of Some Loaded Vehicles, which was issued and implemented in March 219. After the adjustment, it will be officially implemented on December 1:

First, in the road section of the urban core area, the control measures are prohibited for all trucks except trucks in this city (Jin A number plate). Adjusted to:

heavy and medium-sized trucks, low-speed trucks, tricycles, tractors and agricultural machinery trucks are prohibited from passing all day, from 7: to 21: every day, and other light and micro trucks are prohibited except light and micro enclosed trucks and pure electric light and micro new energy trucks.

second, according to the widening and reconstruction of urban roads and the migration of large-scale logistics market, the original eight urban distribution vehicle passages have been further optimized and adjusted, and the Taiyu Road (the junction between Xutan East Street and Jinzhong) freight passage has been added to the "Xutan East Street Passage" to provide road transportation guarantee for international freight routes.

third, lift the restrictions on pure electric light and miniature new energy trucks (new energy vehicle number plates), which can be used on urban roads all day.

Hebei: standard of tolls and high-speed rescue fees is announced

The Hebei Provincial Development and Reform Commission recently issued the Notice on Publishing the List of Charges for Pricing Operation Services of Hebei Provincial Government in 221. The List of Charges published this time has nine items * * *, including vehicle tolls, motor vehicle parking fees, and highway obstacle clearing and rescue services.

Hebei provincial government in 221

List of service charges for fixed-price operation

Freight car toll standard:

High-speed rescue fee:

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Shandong: nucleic acid detection fee is lowered

Card users of sports cars everywhere often have to carry out nucleic acid detection, which is also an expense every time. Recently, Shandong Medical Insurance Bureau and Health and Health Commission issued the Notice on Further Reducing the Price and Cost of Nucleic Acid Testing in novel coronavirus, and adjusted the cost of nucleic acid testing.

After adjustment, it is as follows:

The single-test price of novel coronavirus nucleic acid test in public medical institutions at all levels in the province is the sum of the test fee and the price of nucleic acid test reagents actually purchased by medical institutions, and the maximum price shall not exceed 4 yuan/time. The highest price of inspection fee is lowered to 3 yuan/time, and the content and exclusion of the project remain unchanged;

if the mixed nucleic acid test is conducted according to the epidemic needs and the technical requirements and standards of the health department, the price of mixed nucleic acid test for 5 samples and mixed nucleic acid test for 1 samples is 1 yuan per person, and no other fees such as test reagents are charged.

Zhuzhou: transportation of large cargo is prohibited during key periods

In order to strengthen traffic safety management of large cargo transportation, Zhuzhou detachment decided to implement the Notice on Implementing Management Measures for Large Cargo Transportation Vehicles on Zhuzhou Expressway, which will be implemented from December 1, 221.

Gansu: Free "worry-free" insurance for drivers

The "worry-free" public liability insurance is aimed at drivers who are worried about oil theft and goods theft. This insurance is aimed at all types of trucks entering the service area of networked toll roads in Gansu Province. The loss of goods and fuel or casualties of drivers and passengers caused by the parking of trucks in the service area are covered by insurance claims.

Henan: Overloading of off-site law enforcement is not punished within 5%

In order to further standardize the off-site law enforcement work of overload control, the Henan Provincial Department of Transportation recently issued the "Henan Province's Governance of Off-site Transportation of Freight Vehicles"