China To Adjust Import Tariff Rates For Some Electronic Products

Ministry of Economic System Reform and Economiccurrent tentative tax rate; In addition, new evidence
Operation violence Fu lockof the royalties (including software license upgrades,
According to China's accession to the World Tradesoftware user license, etc.), printed with the
Organization commitments, from January 1, 2008procedures of automatic data processing equipment,
onwards, further adjustments to reduce China's freshpaper, contact image sensors (scanning head),
strawberry, 45 products of terephthalic acid such asthermal print head , tape-based broadcast quality
MFN tariff rates. Adjustment, the overall level ofvideo, CD-ROM-based broadcast video recorders,
China's tariff was 9.8%, of which the averageradios and their combinations with parts and other
agricultural tariff rate was 15.2%; industrial averageelectronic products in 2008 provisional import tariff
tariff rate is 8.9%.rates.
An electronic product tariff adjustment According toInformation to promote adjustment of industrial
China's accession to the World Trade Organizationstructure in China, the trade balance and support the
commitments, from January 1, 2005, China has 256high-tech electronic products, from January 1, 2008,
tariff lines on information technology products are allthe country still further adjustments reduced the
implemented zero tariff; 2008, not the rest of thefollowing electronic products and electronic products,
electronic products in China MFN rates adjusted onlyspecial materials provisional import tariff in 2007 tax
part of the consumer electronics, electronicrate, including: polysilicon, laser disc machine precision
components and some special materials provisionalmicro-motor movement (diameters less than 24 mm,
import tariff rates and tariff items have beenpower <1.5 W, surface vibration precision 20
adjusted; according to China with the country's freemicrons, stepping mobile content <34 microns),
trade agreements, continue to implement and furtherwith a camera phone components ( by the lens +
adjust the lower part of the agreement for electronicCCD / CMOS + digital signal processing circuit of
products tax rate; under the Mainland and Hong Kongthree parts), camcorder and digital cameras, mobile
and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement,phones take camera module, camera, camcorder,
originating in Hong Kong and Macao and complete thedigital cameras and other components, SMD filters,
origin criteria approved some electronic productscolor LCD projector machine lens and lens
from a zero tariff; to all taxable items on the ninecomponents, lenses and other SLR digital cameras.
non-zero tariff information technology productsTo promote the development of production
management of the implementation of the Customstechnology of China's information industry, from
for verification.January 1, 2008, the country continued on the
Second, some electronic products and electronicfollowing electronic products and electronic products
products, special materials provisional rate adjustmentfor the production of raw materials and the
To promote scientific and technological progress,implementation of the current provisional tax, are:
business innovation and electronic products industryrunning out of printed circuit board manufacturing
chain extension to the core product, in 2008, Chinasystem dry film resist, optical fiber coatings,
added a TFT? LCD LCD backlight module used in theelectrode paste (mainly composed of silver, nickel or
production of optical components, LCD backlight withcopper, and organic solvent), the mass percent
cold cathode tubes, liquid crystal display panel withbromine content of 18% or more, or import CIF price
the original glass, LCD glass substrate manufacturingis higher than 3800 U.S. dollars / ton ring epoxy resin
ultrasonic cleaning equipment for flat panel displays(such as soluble solvent to pure epoxy conversion
and liquid crystal display panel glass for the productionpercentage of bromine content), optical
of the original alumina, barium carbonate, strontiumcommunication components of the glass capillary dim
carbonate, zirconium silicate and other componentslight, positioning tube (outside diameter less than 3nn),
and raw materials provisional import tariff rates;display tubes, glass and parts thereof, CCL and
continue to LCD panels, plasma imaging componentsprinted circuit boards with copper foil (thickness 0.15
and parts, optical flat glass (thickness of 0.7 mm ormm), computer to plate machine, computer to plate
less), plasma modules for the production of highmachines and parts, electrostatic sensitive
strain point glass (strain point at 550 degrees Celsiusmulti-function integrated machine, width> 60cm of
and above), conductivity glass, quartz glassinkjet printing equipment (with the network or
(roughness less than equal to 1 micron) and theautomatic data processing devices), width> 60cm
production of plasma display panels with a silverstatic photographic printing equipment (laser printer,
electrode paste, medium size, vasospasm size,with network connection or automatic data
phosphor slurry and other flat panel display productionprocessing equipment), automated teller machines out
parts, raw materials and the implementation of theof money, power is not greater than 0.