Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-3§15 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
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3.15. In 2019, China notified to the WTO its laws and regulations putting the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection into force. (...) Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Imported Solid Waste Which Can Be Used as Raw Materials. The authorities indicate that preshipment inspection (PSI) requirements also used to be required for imports of solid waste before such imports were prohibited on 1 January 2021.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-3§39 |
China |
2021 |
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Tax concessions |
Energy |
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3.39. As notified to the WTO, preferential VAT policies were in place during the period 2017-18 for: (...) (iii) integrated utilization of resources; (...) (v) photovoltaic generated electricity; (vi) hydropower electricity; (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-3§40 |
China |
2021 |
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Internal taxes |
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3.40. In 2019, the consumption (excise) tax (CT) accounted for 8% of total tax revenue (up from 7.1% in 2017). The CT continues to be levied on products that are considered to be harmful to human health, social order, and the environment; luxury goods; high-energy consumption and high end products; and non-renewable and non-replaceable petroleum products. (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-3§41 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Tax concessions |
Manufacturing |
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3.41. Under the 2019 Automobile Purchase Tax Law, China levies a 10% tax on domestically produced and imported vehicles.(...) The tax does not apply to (...) electric motorcycles. Since 2014, the tax has been exempted for certain new energy vehicles (NEVs); this exemption will remain in place until end-2022. NEVs exempt from the tax/levy are administered by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the State Taxation Administration through the regularly updated Catalogue of Models of New Energy Vehicles Exempted from Automobile Purchase Tax. Both domestically produced and imported NEVs that meet all the specific requirements (which relate to, inter alia, technical requirements and testing and services standards) can apply to be listed in the Catalogue, and all the Catalogue-listed models can enjoy tax exemptions. [50] As notified to the WTO, other preferential tax rates applied in 2017 and 2018 to urban public transportation enterprises that purchase public buses and trolleybuses, low emission cars, and trailers. (...).
[50] The exemption criteria for the period 2017-20 are contained in the Announcement of the Ministry of Finance, the State Taxation Administration, the MIIT, and the Ministry of Science and Technology on the Exemption of Automobile Purchase Tax for New Energy Vehicles (Announcement No. 172, 2017). Seemingly, the exemption was extended until end-2022. (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-3§44 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Not specified |
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3.44. According to the Foreign Trade Law (last amended in 2016), China may maintain import prohibitions on the grounds of protection of human health or safety, protection of the lives or health of animals and plants, protection of the environment, (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-3§45 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Chemicals, Manufacturing, Other |
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3.45. China notified to the WTO its import prohibitions in place for the period 2018-20 (Table 3.6). These prohibitions applied to certain toxic substances and wild animal products; certain old/second hand mechanical and electrical equipment; certain hazardous chemicals, pesticides, and persistent organic pollutants; mercury-added products; certain solid wastes; ractopamine; certain types of filament lamp; and charcoal imported from Somalia. This list of prohibited products is also contained in MOFCOM's Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Import Prohibition. (...).
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Hazardous
Organic
Pollution
Waste
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.6 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Chemicals, Other |
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Table 3.6 Import prohibitions notified to the WTO for period 2018-20
Product: Certain toxic substances and wild animal products
Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS17: ex0506, ex0507, ex1302, ex2903
WTO justification and grounds for restriction: Article XX of GATT 1994
National legal basis and entry into force: Former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) Announcement No. 19, 2001
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.6 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Manufacturing, Other |
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Table 3.6 Import prohibitions notified to the WTO for period 2018-20
Product: Certain old/second-hand mechanical and electrical equipment
Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS17: ex7311, ex7321, ex7613, ex8402, ex8403, ex8404, ex8416, ex8417, ex8519, ex8520, ex8521, ex9018, ex9022, ex9504, ex8407, 84078408, 87
WTO justification and grounds for restriction: Article XX of GATT 1994
National legal basis and entry into force: MOFTEC, GACC, and AQSIQ Joint Announcement No. 37, 2001
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.6 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Chemicals |
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Table 3.6 Import prohibitions notified to the WTO for period 2018-20
Product: Certain hazardous chemicals, pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, and mercury-added products
Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS17: ex2524, ex2903, ex2908, ex2910, ex2915, ex2918, ex2919, ex2921, ex2924, ex2925, ex2932, ex2914, ex2909, ex2920, ex3808, ex3824, ex8506, ex8535, ex8536, ex8539, ex3304, ex3401, ex3808, ex9025, ex9026, ex9018
WTO justification and grounds for restriction: Article XX of GATT 1994, the Rotterdam Convention, the Stockholm Convention, and the Minamata Convention
National legal basis and entry into force: MOFCOM, GACC, and former State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) Joint Announcement (...).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/415/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.6 |
China |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Other |
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Table 3.6 Import prohibitions notified to the WTO for period 2018-20
Product: Certain solid wastes (also including other solid waste of which tariff lines unspecified)
Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS17: ex0501, ex0502, ex0505, ex0506, ex0507, ex0511, ex1522, ex1703, ex2517, ex2525, ex2530, ex2618, ex2619, ex2620, ex2621, (...).
WTO justification and grounds for restriction: Article XX of GATT 1994, the Basel Convention
National legal basis and entry into force:Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), MOFCOM, National Development and Reform Commission (...).
Product: Certain solid wastes
Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS17: ex2618, ex2619, ex3915, ex7204, ex7404, ex7602, ex8908.
WTO justification and grounds for restriction: Article XX of GATT 1994, the Basel Convention
National legal basis and entry into force: MEE, MOFCOM, NDRC, and GACC Joint Announcement, No. 6, 2018
Product: Certain solid wastes
Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS17: ex4401, ex4501, ex7204, ex8101, ex8104, ex8106, ex8108, ex8109, ex8112, ex8113
WTO justification and grounds for restriction: Article XX of GATT 1994, the Basel Convention
National legal basis and entry into force: MEE, MOFCOM, NDRC, and GACC Joint Announcement, No. 6, 2018
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