On the afternoon of December 23, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council issued a notice on the adjustment plan of the 2021's temporary import tariff rate, etc. . The 2021 will adjust the Most favoured nation, the agreed tariff rate and the temporary tariff rate of some imported commodities. Since January 1, the 2021 has adjusted import tariffs on some goods, supported a drop in the prices of some cancer drugs, medical equipment and baby milk powder, some of the imported equipment and spare parts related to the development of new infrastructure and high-tech industries will have more adequate security. This tariff adjustment is in recent years a stronger adjustment, not only involves the tax rate adjustment, also involves in the past few years touched not many tax items adjustment, therefore quite has the point. The total number of adjusted tax items reached 8,580, an increase of 31 over 2020.
1. post-brexit trade reminds Britain of its automatic participation in 40 trade agreements with more than 70 countries and regions, which can be negotiated and extended after brexit. Any existing EU trade agreements will not apply to the UK after December 31,2020, and the UK will trade under WTO rules without bilateral agreements with these countries or regions. Trade with the UK: The UK will officially use the UKCA certification mark from 20211 January. UK UKCA Mark Implementation, the original need only CE certification products exported to the European Union and the United Kingdom will need to Ce and UKCA certification respectively, need high attention. British customs also announced that the UK imported goods tax law reform will be implemented from 2021.
2.From 2021, the EU will implement new rules on the import and export of waste plastics and on Intra EU shipments. The new rules prohibit the export of waste plastics from the EU to non-oecd countries, with the exception of clean waste plastics that can be recycled. Importing countries must inform the European Commission of the rules applicable to such imports. Exports from the EU are allowed only under conditions set by the importing country. For countries that do not provide information on their legal systems, the "prior notice and consent procedure" will apply. The import and export of hazardous and difficult-to-recycle waste plastics from the EU TO OECD countries will be subject to the "prior notification and consent procedure" . Under this procedure, both importing and exporting countries are required to authorize shipments. The "plastic packaging tax" , introduced by the 2021 on January 1, will be levied at a rate of 0.8 euros per kilogram on disposable plastic packaging.
3.On December 22,2020, the office of the United States Trade Representative (Ustr) issued a notice, announced the four batches of medical products exclusion extension list. In response to the new pneumonia outbreak, the United States decided to extend the validity of the tariff exclusion for four batches of medical protection products, involving a total of 99 medical protection products (including some newly excluded products) , the USTR said in a statement, the exclusion is valid from 20211 to 202131 March.
4. U.S. Stop Act Act in effect the United States'Stop Act, which aims to reduce the amount of illegal opioids entering the country through the mail system, took effect on 2021, this means that the electronic data threshold attached to each incoming package will be significantly raised. According to China Post's latest announcement: "since January 1, the 2021 has required the delivery of EAD (electronic customs information) information to incoming goods mail. In 2019, China Post and the United States Postal Service reached a solution to transmit EAD information via the UPU information system. According to the statistics of UPU and USPS, the customs clearance and delivery of mail sent to the United States through China Post Channel are carried out normally, and there is no case of mail exported to the United States being refused entry due to incomplete information. In accordance with the regulations of UPU, China Post completes the data transmission to ensure the smooth customs clearance of the mail exported to USA. China Post maintains a good daily communication mechanism with USA post, and has established a perfect instant response mechanism to the policy change. In particular, I would like to remind you to provide complete and accurate declaration data when you use the international postal service to achieve rapid customs clearance."
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