China Clarifies HS Codes of Duty-Free TW Goods

To the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC):

In order to facilitate the sale of Taiwanese (TW) agricultural products in China mainland, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of China decided to exempt import duties from August 1, 2005 on 15 kinds of fresh fruits originating from Chinese Taiwan and those from March 20, 2007 on 11 kinds of vegetables from Taiwan and 8 kinds of aquatic products captured by Taiwanese fishing vessels or bred in Taiwan.

Because, during implementation of the two policies above, HS Codes of the agricultural products aforesaid were changed through two revisions and multiple adjustments of China's import and export tariff and items thereof.

Therefore, we hereby re-clarify the scope of HS Codes covering the products involved in the two policies aforesaid in accordance with the scope of products regulated in the Notice of the Customs Tariff Commission on the Tariff Implementation Plan for 2012 (ShuiWeiHui [2011] No. 27), the Notice of the Customs Tariff Commission on Implementing Zero Duty for 15 Import Fruits from Taiwan Region (ShuiWeiHui [2005] No. 25) and the Notice of the Customs Tariff Commission on Exempting Import Duties on Some Agricultural Products from Taiwan Region (ShuiWeiHui [2007] No.3).

Relevant details are provided in Annexes herein.

Annex 1: China 's List of Duty-Free Import Fruits Originating from Taiwan Region;

Annex 2: China 's List of Duty-Free Agricultural Imports Originating from Taiwan Region


The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of China

December 28, 2011