Laws of the People's Republic of China

The Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce

Circular of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce on Relevant Issues concerning the Customs Codes of such Products as Window Curtain, Knitted Clothes and Chemical Fiber Trousers Exported to the United States

In order to conduct pertinent administration on the export quantities of the 21 kinds if products listed in the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the People's Republic of China and the United States of America concerning Trade in Textile and Apparel Products, the Ministry of Commerce together with the General Administration of Customs conducted an readjustment on part of the commodity code of China Customs and issued the Temporary Commodity Regulatory Catalogue for Textile Products Exported to the United States (the Announcement of the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine No. 87[2005], and hereinafter referred to as the Temporary Commodity Regulatory Catalogue). And in order to facilitate the export declaration of the enterprises, this circular in hereby given on relevant issues concerning the codes of the non-regulatory commodities in the readjusted catalogue.

I.

Products of Item 666 exported to the United States do not belong to the Commodity Regulatory Catalogue and do not require the Export License for Textile Products Exported to the United States, except window blinds roller shutters and widow curtains, and the enterprises may go through the formalities of export declaration while resorting to the customs codes of 6303121090, 6303122090, 6303920090, 6303191010, 6303191090 and 6303990020 as of the date of January 1, 2006.

II.

Such apparels exported to the United States, with all parts including rims and pockets (if exist) being directly knitted and interconnected, of Item 338/9 and 638/9 as are directly knitted and manufactured by flat knitting machines, and have more than 9 and less than or equal to 18 knitting needles per 2 cm measured from the surface of the textile fabric in a clockwise direction do not belong to Commodity Regulatory Catalogue and do not require the Export License for Textile Products Exported to the United States, and the enterprises may go through the formalities of export declaration while resorting to the customs codes of 6110200099, 6110909099 and 6110300099 as of the date of January 1, 2006.

III.

The ski trousers of Item 647/8 exported to the United States do not belong to the Commodity Regulatory Catalogue and do not require the Export License for Textile Products Exported to the United States, and the enterprises may go through the formalities of export declaration while resorting to the customs codes of 6203439099 and 6204630099 as of the date of January 1, 2006.

All the aforesaid information serves only as reference for the enterprises, while in the actual operations, the enterprises shall go through the formalities of export declaration with reference to the actual descriptions of the products and to the Practical Handbook for Customs Declaration in China (2006 Edition).

The Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce

December 28, 2005