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Announcement on the publication of the rules of origin for the revision of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement
Company news | Shanghai Hao Ji 2018-06-27
Bulletin [2018] 69
The second amendment to the Asia Pacific trade agreement has been approved by the State Council. The amendment has revised the rules of origin for the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement, and the Asian Pacific Trade Agreement Committee has adjusted the relevant contents of the certificate of origin. The contents of the revision and adjustment are now announced as follows:
The amendment of the amendment to the rules of origin
(1) add an annotation 9 to the rules of origin.
The "cumulative composition" in rule fourth of the rules of origin shall be calculated in accordance with the value of raw material (VOM1) as the input material and the value of raw material (VOM2) added to the participating countries of the final product.
VOM1 refers to the value of the original material used in the former participating country, which should be calculated on the basis of the approved customs price in accordance with the first to eighth articles of the WTO valuation agreement, the fifteenth and the corresponding explanatory notes.
VOM2 refers to the value of raw material obtained in the territory of the final product of processing, and the value used in the country as the input of the final product, including the direct labor costs, direct management costs, transportation costs and profits for the production of the final product.
Based on the above explanation, if the sum of VOM1 and VOM2 mentioned above is not less than 60% of the FOB value of the final product, the product shall be deemed to be the original product of the participating country of the final product.
(two) add an annotation 10 to the rules of origin.
The rules of the rules of origin fifth (two) 2 on "the product does not enter the trade or consumption field" should be interpreted as: if the product is under the customs supervision of non participating countries and does not go through any customs clearance procedures in the non participating countries, the product shall be deemed to be shipped directly from the exporting country to the importing country. State.
The "entry into the trade or consumption field" should be understood as: the import declaration of the product has been accepted and the products have been released from the free trade zone, entering the domestic market of the middle side for consumption, or subsequently exported according to the other contract.
All goods without any processing or treatment in the bonded area under customs supervision and except fifth (two) 3 of the handling measures should be understood as not entering the trade or consumption field.
(three) increase the annex, that is, the product specific rules of origin of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement.
Two. The contents of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement Committee on the adjustment of the certificate of origin.
(1) revise the instructions for the back page of the fifth column of the certificate of origin, and indicate the 6 digit HS code of each commodity.
(two) in the instructions for the back page of the eighth column of the certificate of origin, add the following:
(4) if it complies with the rules of origin specified in article third (two) of the rules of origin, the letter "E" should be filled in the eighth column. After the letter "E", fill in the origin standard (such as "E" CTH).
The revised rules of origin of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement will be republished (see Annex).
This notice has been implemented since July 1, 2018, and the Customs General Administration's Announcement No. fifty-seventh and 2007 seventy-seventh will cease at the same time in 2006.
This is hereby announced.
Customs head office
June 27, 2018
