Laws of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs

Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs Announcement

No. 78 [2004]

Dec 10, 2004

In accordance with Foreign Trade Law of PRC and Commodity Import and Export Administrative Enactment, Export License Management Commodity List of 2005 (see Appendix 1) is being issued. Matters of concern are listed as follows:

1,

47 kinds of commodity that are under Export License Management in 2005 (316 8-digit HS code) shall be conducted with the management of Export Quota License, Export Quota Bidding and Export License respectively.

I,

Commodities under Export Quota License Management: Corn, rice wheat, cotton, tea-leaf, sawed timber, live cattle (for HK & Macao), live swine (for HK & Macao), live chicken (for HK & Macao), silk, coal, coke, crude oil, product oil, rare earth, antimony ore, antimony (antimonial alloy included), antimonial products, antimony oxide, wolfram ore, ammonium paratungstate secondary ammonium tungsten, ammonium metatungstate, tungsten trioxide, blue tungsten oxide, tungstenic acid and its salts, tungsten powder and its products, zinc ore, zinc and zinc base alloy, tin ore, tin and tin base alloy, and silver.

II,

Commodities under Export Quota Bidding Management: Chinese small iris and products, carborundum, fluorspar lump (powder), talc lump (powder), soft burning/ reburning magnesium, bauxite, liquorice and products.

III,

Commodities under Export License Management: Live cattle (for markets other than HK or Macao), live swine (for markets other than HK or Macao), live chicken (for markets other than HK or Macao), beef, pork, chicken, ozone-depleting substance, chemical subject to control, chemical products liable to produce narcotic drugs, olefin, platinum (export by means of processing trade), computer, fanner, bicycle, motorcycle, and motorcycle engine.

2,

Besides live cattle, live swine, live chicken exported for HK & Macao, which shall be conducted with Nationality (Regional) Quota License Management of Global License, the other commodities in the Export License Management List shall all be conducted with Global Export License Management.

3,

Corn, rice, coal, crude oil, product oil, cotton, antimony ore, antimony (antimonial alloy included), antimonial products, antimony oxide, wolfram ore, ammonium paratungstate secondary ammonium tungsten, ammonium metatungstate, tungsten trioxide, blue tungsten oxide, tungstenic acid and its salts, tungsten powder and its products, and silver shall be under state-owned trade management.

4,

For commodities of Export Quota Bidding, no matter traded by what means, all the authorized License Institutions shall sign and issue Export License based on bid-winning enterprises list and bid-winning amount issued by Ministry of Commerce as well as Apply Export License Certificate on Quota Bidding Commodities issued by Tendering Office.

5,

As of January 1, 2005, the Export Quota License Management of artificial corundum, gray fabric, part of the silk commodities shall be eliminated. The minerals that contain magnesia for more than 70% shall be added into the Export License Management.

Appendix:

1,

Export License Management Commodity List of 2005(omitted)

2,

Export License Management Commodity List of Border Petty Trade of 2005(omitted)