Detailed Rules for Implementing the Management of Import Tariff Quota of Wool and Woolen Sliver in 2007

Article 1 According to Interim Measures on Management of Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products, we have drawn up these detailed provisions for the purposes of implementing the management of import tariff quota of wool and woolen sliver.

Article 2 The quantity of import tariff quota of wool in 2007 is 287 thousand tons, and woolen sliver is 80 thousand tons.

Article 3 All wool and woolen sliver imported by trade are brought into management of import tariff quota of wool and woolen sliver.

Article 4 In the import tariff quota, our distribution principle of is "first come, first obtain". The applicants should apply for import tariff quota of wool and woolen sliver by import contract of wool and woolen sliver or Approval Certificate of Processing Trade Business and materials concerned. Ministry of Commerce issues Certificate of Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products to the qualified applicants according to the principle of "First come, first obtain" through authorized organs. The application is not accepted when the distributed accumulative total quantity comes to the quantity of tariff quota of wool and woolen in 2007.

Article 5 Requirements for application:

(1) Enterprises should have registered in industrial and commercial administrations before January 1, 2007 and have passed the annual investigation according to rules and regulations.

(2) Enterprises should have no violation to rules and regulations in customs, business, taxation, quality examination, foreign exchange concerning import of wool and woolen sliver in 2006.

(3) Enterprises should have no violation to Interim Measures on Management of Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products and Detailed Rules for Implementing the Management of Import Tariff Quota of Wool and Woolen Sliver in 2006 published by Ministry of Commerce and National Development and Reform Commission.

Article 6 Quota applicants should submit their applications to the organs authorized by Ministry of Commerce in the area the enterprises located by import contract of wool and woolen sliver (Processing trade enterprises should also provide Approval Certificate of Processing Trade Business. The applicants should fill in Application Form for Import Tariff Quota of Wool and Woolen Sliver (see Appendix 1) and provide abovementioned materials.

Article 7 Quota applicants may obtain the Application Form for Import Tariff Quota of Wool and Woolen Sliver from the organs authorized by Ministry of Commerce or download (copy) it from the network of Ministry of Commerce:  HYPERLINK "http://www.mofcom.gov.cn" http://www.mofcom.gov.cn.

Article 8 Quota applicants may apply for tariff quota many times in a Gregorian calendar year, but must abide by the following rules:

(1) The accumulative total quantity of import tariff quota applied before September 30, 2007 by the applicants who had real import achievements in 2006 (except for processing trade, the same below) does not exceed actual import quantity in 2006 (according to the accumulative quantity in License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products received by original license issuing organs and signed by the customs. Three hundred tons may be applied for if the actual import quantity in 2006 is less than 300 tons.

(2) The accumulative quantity applied before September 30,2007 by the applicants who had no real import achievements in 2006 does not exceed 300 tons.

Article 9 If the there is any quota left after September 30, and the final consumers that obtained quota finish the import quantity stipulated in Article 8 (It is calculated according to the accumulative quantity in License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products received by original license issuing organs and signed by the customs) after September 30, the applicants may apply for import quota continuously.

Article 10 The organs authorized by Ministry of Commerce, after verification and confirming that the applications meet with the requirements of Article 5, 8 and 9, should apply for the quota through computer internet system of Ministry of Commerce, and fax the verified and signed enterprises' application form to Ministry of Commerce. The subsequence shown in management network terminal of Ministry of Commerce is taken as the criterion.

Article 11 Ministry of Commerce, at the receipt of the application through inter-net and the faxed paper, informs the authorized organs the approval result within 5 working days.

Article 12 The organs authorized by Ministry of Commerce, at the receipt of approval notice, should issue "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products" to final consumers according to the quantity approved by Ministry of Commerce.

Article 13 "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products" is valid within 6 months as of the issuing day, but the period of validity must not exceed December 31, 2007. The period of validity of "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products" must not exceed the closing date of reselling export completed products in Approval Certificate of Processing Trade Business.

Article 14 If the products that are shipped from starting port before December 31, 2007 and arrive in the next year, the final consumers should apply for extension to original license issuing organs before December 31. The extension must not exceed the end of February 2008. To the processing trade, if the import has not been finished or has not been wholly finished before December 31, the License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products for next year may be obtained for the part that has not been imported by original tariff quota license, but the newly obtained quota license must not exceed the closing date of reselling export completed products in the original Approval Certificate of Processing Trade Business.

Article 15 If there is any change or extension in processing trade business, a new "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products" should be obtained in original license issuing organs by Changing Certificate of Approval Certificate of Processing Trade Business and "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products". The period of validity must not exceed the changed or extended deadline in Changing Certificate of Approval Certificate of Procession Trade Business.

Article 16 If final consumers do not use tariff quota within the period of validity of quota license, the original quota license should be returned to original license issuing organs. Ministry of Commerce should recall the quota listed in the license and bring it into tariff quota allowance of wool and woolen sliver.

Article 17 Whoever obtains "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products" by cheating with forged contract or materials will be punished in accordance with the provisions of Interim Measures on Management of Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products.

Article 18 Final consumers should send the first receipt (the document used by the consignees to go through the customs) of "License for Import Tariff Quota of Agricultural Products" signed by the customs to original license issuing organs within 20 working days after going through custom formalities.

Article 19 The interpretation of these detailed provisions is vested in Ministry of Commerce Appendixes:

(1) Application Form for Import Tariff Quota of Wool and Woolen Sliver(Omitted)

(2) Tax Items and Rate Schedule of Import of Wool and Woolen Sliver in 2007(Omitted)

Ministry of commerce of People's Republic of China 2006-09-29