Laws of the People's Republic of China

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on Reaffirmation of Some Regulations of the interim Measures for Approval and Management of the Domestic Sale of the Bonded Imported Materials and Fittings for Processing Trade

WaiJingMaoGuanJiaHanZi [2000] No.328

November 3, 2000

To the Foreign Trade and Economy Departments (Committees, Bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and municipalities separately listed on the State plan:

The interim Measures for Approval and Management of the Domestic Sale of the Bonded Imported Materials and Fittings for Processing Trade (1999) [WaiJingMaoGuanFa [1999] No.315, hereinafter referred to as the Measures], has been carried out well as a whole since its promulgation. However, we have recently found that several approval authorities for foreign trade and economy also made some mistakes due to their misunderstanding of the third clause of the Measures concerning the issuing of Permits for Domestic Sale of Bonded Imported Materials and Fittings of Processing Trade to "the commodities listed in the catalogue of the general trade managed with import quote and register". We are now affirming and clarifying some regulations concerned on this question as follows:

The approval authorities of various levels for foreign trade and economy shall not issue Permits for Domestic Sale of Bonded Imported Materials and Fittings of Processing Trade to the domestic sale of the imported materials and fittings for processing trade listed in the catalogue of the general trade managed with import quote or register (setting limit to), the operating enterprises for the processing trade shall directly apply for the formalities of register and the formalities of cancellation after verification in accordance with the eighth clause of the Measures.

The above shall be strictly complied with and carried out, and any problems occurred shall be reported at any time.