China’s customs has announced the detailed implementation rules and matters needing attention in declaration

Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the  Administration of the Origin  of Import and Export Goods under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership  Agreement  (Order No.255  of  the  General Administration of Customs)

China will implement it as of January 1, 2022. The announcement clarifies the RCEP rules of  origin , the  conditions  that  the  certificate of  origin needs to meet, and the procedure s  f or enjoying imported goods in China.

Administrative Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on Approved Exporters (Order No .254  of  the  General  Administration of Customs)

It will come into force as of January 1, 2022. Establish an information system for  the   management   of  approved  ex porters  by  the  Customs to improve the management  facilitation  level  of  approved  exporters . An enterprise applying to become an approved  exporter shall submit a written application  to the customs directly under its domicile  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  competent  customs) . The validity period recognized by  the  approved  exporter  is  3  years.  Before the appr oved exporter issues  a  declaration of origin for the goods it exports or produces, it shall submit  the  Chinese  and  English  names  of  the  goods , the  six-digit codes of the Harmonized   Commodity Description and Coding System,  applicable preferential trade agreements and other information to  the  competent customs. The approved   exporter shall issue a declaration of   origin   through the  custom  approved   exporter   management   information   system,   and   be responsible  for  the  authenticity  and accuracy  of  the  declaration  of  origin  issued  by  him.

Announcement  No.106 o General  Administration of  Customs  in  2021  (Announcement  on  the  Implementation of Regional  Comprehensive  Economic Partnership  Agreement.

It came into effect and  implemented  on  January  1, 2022.  At the time of import  declaration, fill  in the  Customs  Declaration  Form  for  Import  (Export)  Goods  of

he  People’s  Republic  of  China  and  submit  the  documents of  origin  according  to the  relevant  requirement s  of  Announcement   No.34  of  General  Administration of  Customs  in  2021 on  ”Imported  goods  under  preferential trade  agreement s  with  electronic  information  exchange  of  origin”. The preferential trad agreement code  of  the  Agreement  is  ”22″.  When  the  importer  fills  in the  electronic  data  of  the  certificate  of  origin through  the  Declaration  System  of  Origin  Elements  of Preferential  Trade  Agreement,   if  the column  ”Country of origin  (region)  under  the  Agreement”  of  the  certificate  of  origin  contains  ”*”  or  ”* *” ,  the  column “Country   of  origin  under  the   Preferential  Trade  Agreement”   should   correspondingly  fill  in  ”Unknown  origin  (according  to  the  highest  tax   rate   of  relevant members) ”  or  ”Unknown  origin  (according  to  the  highest  tax  rate  of  all  member s”.  Before the export declaration,  the  applicant can apply  to  China’s  vis a agencies  such  as  the  Customs,  China  Council for  the  Promotion  of  International  Trade and  its  local  branches  for  issuing  the  certificate  of  origin  under  the Agreement.  If t back-to-back  certificate of  origin  is  issued, and  the  electronic  data  of  the  initial  certificate  of  origin  is not filled in through the “Declaration System  of the  Elements  of  Origin  of  Preferential Trade  Agreement”  when  the  goods  enter  the  country , the  applicant  of  the  certificate  of  origin or  the  approved exporter  shall  supplement  it.  For goods in transit , you can firs apply to the customs for the declaration of origin qualification.