Laws of the People's Republic of China

Announcement No.17, 2007 of Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs and State Environmental Protection Administration on Promulgating Commodity Catalogue Prohibited for Processing Trade

[2007] No.17

In accordance with Import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China and requirements of national macro-control, Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs and State Environmental Protection Administration formulated Commodity Catalogue Prohibited for Processing Trade of 2007, which is now released. Related matters are announced as follows:

1.

The already released commodity prohibited for export is also applicable for processing trade.

2.

This announcement shall take effect as from Apr 26, 2007.

3.

If the newly-added commodities in this announcement should be approved for processing trade by department of commercial administration before Apr 26, 2007, operators are allowed to apply for processing trade registration to Customs and finish contract in effective period; the network supervision enterprises that take enterprise as administration unit shall finish the contract before Apr 5, 2008. No prolonging shall be provided for failure of business in time limit. Such failure shall be dealt with in line with related regulations.

4.

If the newly-added commodities in commodity catalogue prohibited for export cannot be exported and need to be sold in domestic market, enterprises shall follow Announcement No.52, 2006 of General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and People's Bank of China to pay tax delay interest in line with current deposit interest rate of the People's Bank of China in the year before the date on tax payment warrant.

5.

This announcement also applies to special supervising districts of Customs such as export processing zone and bonded areas, however enterprises established before release of this announcement are excluded.

6.

Besides commodities listed in this announcement, commodities like seeds, young plant, chemical fertilizer, feedingstuff, additives and antibiotics that are imported for exported products of planting and breeding, are prohibited for processing trade. Processing trade of commodities of imported commodities (such as obscene publications, harmful and radioactive industrial junks) are prohibited.

7.

In accordance with regulations of Law for Administration on Guns of the People's Republic of China, simulation guns are prohibited to be produced or exported by means of processing trade.

8.

As from the release of this announcement, Announcement No.105, 2005 of Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs and State Environmental Protection Administration, and Catalogue Prohibited for Processing Trade of Announcement No.63, 2066 and No.82, 2006 are terminated at the same time. Other regulations shall continue to take effect.

Appendix: Catalogue Prohibited for Processing Trade

Ministry of Commerce

General Administration of Customs

State Environmental Protection Administration

Apr 5, 2007