Online Interview
Topic: Border Trade Promotion by Kunming Customs District in Yunnan Province
Time:09:30 AM (Thu) June 05, 2014
Special Guests:Ma Jun, Deputy Director General of Kunming Customs District; Shi Yi, Director of the Supervision and Clearance Department, Kunming Customs District; Xu Minghai, Director of the General Office, Kunming Customs District
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Border Trade Promotion by Kunming Customs District in Yunnan Province
[Shi Yi]: No. The favorable policy on import taxes for the exchange trade between border residents is limited to the daily livelihood article (excluding the materials such as natural rubber, timber, pesticides, fertilizers, crop seeds and other supplies). Within the scope of livelihood articles, the duties and taxes shall be levied strictly according to the List of Non-tax-free Articles. 06/05/2014 10:17:38
[Net friend: A gust of wind]: Gentlemen, how can my company engage in the substitute plantation for poppy? What conditions shall we meet? Do we need to make an application with the local customs house? 06/05/2014 7:40:10
[Xu Minghai]: The competent authority for the substitute plantation in Yunnan Province is the Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province. So, to obtain the qualification for substitute plantation, you need to go through the assessment by the Department of Commerce. You can consult the local Bureau of Commerce and submit an application. After your application is examined and approved by the Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province, you will obtain a certificate of approval. Then you can obtain the Certificate of Yunnan Province for Approving the Import of Relevant Products under the Substitute Plantation for Poppy out of China, with which you can start the substitute plantation business. 06/05/2014 10:18:31
[Net friend: Go back home on the Dragon Boat Festival]: If I want to import a batch of discarded tires, do I need to engage an enterprise with the right to conduct petty frontier trade as my agent? 06/05/2014 7:40:33
[Xu Minghai]: Discarded tires are classified as foreign garbage, and are prohibited from import expressly by the State. 06/05/2014 10:19:56
[Net friend: Fanfan]: What articles can be imported through the exchange trade between border residents. What are the restrictions? 06/05/2014 7:40:55
[Ma Jun]: Except the goods whose import is prohibited by the State and the inbound goods that infringe upon intellectual property rights, all goods can be imported and enjoy the tax favorable policy according to the relevant provisions. For the goods whose import and export are prohibited by the State and the inbound goods that infringe upon intellectual property rights, the Customs will not grant the release. For the goods whose import and export are restricted by the State or the goods subject to license administration, the Customs will handle them according to relevant state provisions. 06/05/2014 10:20:34
[Net friend: Big soldier]: The trade with the countries such as the US or Japan is not classified as petty frontier trade as they do not share land borderline with China. It is correct? 06/05/2014 7:41:20
[Xu Minghai]: Yes. The petty frontier trade is limited to the trade activities between the Chinese enterprises with the right to conduct petty frontier trade and the enterprises or other trade organizations of the bordering countries. The US and Japan do not border China. 06/05/2014 10:21:08
[Net friend: Civet]: Can I import mangosteen from Thailand through the exchange trade between border residents? 06/05/2014 7:41:44