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Global Trade Alert

China: 2018 update to catalogue of tax-free imports for the production of 'Major technical equipment'

Announcement

28 Nov 2018

November 28, 2018 - Six Chinese ministries jointly released an updated version of the list of goods which could be imported tax-free for the production of certain types of 'major technical equipment'.

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Number of interventions

5

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

3 liberalising

List of interventions

0 in force

Implementation date

01 Jan 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Import tariff

On the 28th of November, 2018, six Chinese ministries* jointly announced an update to the list of goods that can enjoy tax-free (tariffs and VAT) imports, provided that they are used for the productio...

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Tax or social insurance relief

The Chinese government has, since 2009, instituted a policy pertaining to 'Major Technical Equipment', through which firms in certain industrial sectors who produce this equipment may enjoy tax-free i...

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Internal taxation of imports

In November 2018, the Chinese government added 18 tariff lines to a list of goods importable without taxes (both tariffs and VAT) when used in the production of various kinds of 'major technical equip...

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Implementation date

01 Jan 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Import tariff

In addition to the above, 110 items were also removed from the tax-free roster, and three items were added to a second list, detailing tariff lines which could not benefit from this policy if used in ...

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Tax or social insurance relief

China's 'Major Technical Equipment' policy grants tax-free imports to firms in certain sectors involved in the production of said equipment. This represents a sector-specific preferential tax policy f...

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