ANNOUNCEMENT 25 Jan 2016

In January 2016, the government of China announced a rule change for import registration.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



Ministry of Commerce announcement No. 5/2016 (in English)
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oM-2MK2A1uIJ:en.pkulaw.cn/display.aspx%3Fid%3D21636%26lib%3Dlaw+&cd=1&hl=zh-CN&ct=clnk&gl=fr&client=safari


Inception date: 01 Feb 2016 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Import licensing requirement

 On 25 January 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued announcement no.5/2016 introducing paperless automated import licenses.
Starting 1 February 2016, the General Administration of Customs will start processing the paperless licenses. According to the announcement's preamble, this should accelerate the implementation of trade policies and promote trade facilitation.

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