Announcement No. 98 in 2011 of Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of the Customs Publishing Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Export License Administration in 2012

5. Importing crude oil to process re-exported refined oil is exempted from obtaining export licenses. Lubricating oil (grease) and lubricating base oil for export under the "processing trade" regime are subject to Announcement No.30 in 2008 of Ministry of Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission and General Administration of Customs.

6. The expiry date of the export license in Section 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article should be issued in accordance with the period for export ratified by the Approval Certificate for Processing Trade Business, and should not exceed December 31 of the year. If the deadline for export ratified by the Approval Certificate for Processing Trade Business exceeds December 31 of the year, the enterprise should apply to the license issuing organ for a new export license before the expiry date of the old one. The license issuing organ should withdraw the old license and cancel it in the issuing system, issue a new export license of the next year according to the period for export ratified by the Approval Certificate for Processing Trade Business and put the original license number in the remarks column after deducting the quantities that have been used.

VI. According to the spirit of the Circular of the State Council on Issues Concerning Frontier Trade (No. 2 [1996]), the enterprises for border petty trade items still obtain export licenses from the license-issuing organs authorized by the Ministry of Commerce in accordance with current regulations for all commodities subject to export quota bidding, ozone layer depleting substances, automobiles (including complete knock-down kits) and their chassis, motorcycles (including all terrain vehicles) and their engines and frames. If the enterprises for frontier petty trade items export commodities subject to export quota license (from item 1 to 28 in Appendix 2), the export license is approved and issued by competent commercial authorities of border provinces or autonomous regions authorized by the Ministry of Commerce in accordance with the export quota for fortier petty trade items issued by the Ministry of Commerce. When the enterprises for frontier petty trade items export other commodities listed in the Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Export License in 2012 than the commodities covered by this article, they are exempted from obtaining export licenses.

VII. For the purposes of ensuring the implementation of online verifying and canceling of import and export licenses, for commodities that are not subject to "one lot one license", the license-issuing organs should note "non one lot one license" in the "remarks" column of the license while issuing the export license.

Commodities subject to "non one lot one license" are:

1. Commodities exported by foreign invested enterprise;

2. Commodities exported in the form of processing trade;

3. Commodities exported in the category of compensatory trade; and

4. Wheat, corn, rice, wheat flour, corn flour, rice flour, live cattle, live pigs, live chicken, beef, pork, chicken, crude oil, refined oil, coal, automobiles (including complete knock-down kits) and their chassis, motorcycles (including all terrain vehicles) and their engines and frames.

The export license of "non one lot one license" may be declared multiple times at the same customs, but no more than 12 times. After declaring 12 times at the customs, the customs should stop accepting the declaration even if there is balance amount in the export license.

VIII. The samples of ozone layer depleting substances for advertising should be exported by export license.

IX. Enterprises that export automobiles by means of general trade, processing trade, border trade and endowment trade should apply for an export license; enterprises that export automobiles by way of project contracting should apply for an export license, but are not subject to export qualifications control.

X. The products covered by the Catalogue provided by our government as aid to foreign countries are not subject to the management of quota and license.

This Catalogue shall come into force as of January 1, 2012, when the Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Export License Administration in 2011 shall be nullified.

Appendix 1 Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Export License Administration in 2012 (omitted)

Appendix 2 Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Export License for Frontier Petty Trade Items in 2012 (omitted)