Laws of the People's Republic of China

Announcement No. 117, 2006 of Ministry of Commerce, on Promulgating Licensing Catalogue (Import) of Licensing Institutions of 2007

[2006] No.117

Licensing Catalogue (Import) of Licensing Institutions of 2007 (see Appendix for details) is now promulgated as follows:

1.

One kind of commodity is under the administration of Import License in 2007 (10 eight-digit-HS codes), the Import License of which shall be issued by local economic and trade committees (offices and bureaus) and commerce offices (bureaus) (hereinafter referred to as local licensing institutions).

2.

The Import License of the central enterprises in Beijing shall be issued by Quota & Licence Administration Bureau of Ministry of Commerce.

3.

The licensing institutions shall strictly follow Administrative Measures on Import Licenses and other related regulations to issue the Import Licenses. The commodities that are not subject to administration of "one license, one use" shall be indicate with "Not Used for Once Only" on the remark column of the license

This Catalogue shall be put into effect as from January 1, 2007, the former 2006 version shall be abolished at the same time.

Appendix: Licensing Catalogue (Import) of Licensing Institutions of 2007

The Ministry of Commerce

December 30, 2006