Ministry of Commerce Announcement No. 58 of 2018 On the elimination of the list of countries (regions) that do not apply to sugar safeguards (Announcement No. 58 of 2018)

In accordance with the Provisions of the Safeguards Regulations of the People's Republic of China, on May 22, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce issued Proclamation No. 26 of 2017 to implement safeguards for imported sugar products.
At present, one year has passed since the implementation of the measures, and the cumulative share of imports from countries (regions) with less than 3 per cent of imports in the List of Developing Countries (Regions) that do not apply safeguards (hereinafter referred to as non-applicable lists) annexed to the bulletin exceeds 9 per cent, meeting the conditions for the cancellation of the non-applicable list.
is heeded as follows: As of August 1, 2018, the list of non-applicable will be abolished and safeguards will be applied uniformly to all quota sugar imports.
the date of the cancellation of the non-applicable list, the import operator shall pay the corresponding safeguard duties to the Customs of the People's Republic of China when importing sugar products outside the tariff quota.
duty shall be calculated on the basis of the customs approved duty-paid price, and the formula is as follows: the amount of the safeguard duty tax, the customs duty-paid price× and the tariff rate of the safeguard measure.
import link value-added tax shall be charged at the customs approved duty-paid price plus customs duties and safeguard duties as the tax-based price.
this announcement will be effective from August 1, 2018.
Ministry of Commerce, July 16, 2018