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China Announces Five-Year Import Tax Exemption to Support Popular Science Development

07 May 2021

According to a circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Taxation Administration on 9 April (Cai Guan Shui No. 26 [2021]), all science museums, natural museums and planetariums open to the public are exempt from import duties and import VAT when importing the following items during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025). More

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China Offers Import Tax Incentives for Technology Innovation During 14th Five-Year Plan Period

30 April 2021

According to a circular recently issued by the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Taxation Administration, technology innovation is to be incentivised during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. More

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Tax Incentives for Importing Aviation Maintenance Equipment

23 April 2021

On 31 March, the Ministry of Finance and the General Administration of Customs issued a joint circular on tax incentives for the import of civil aviation maintenance equipment between now and 2030 (Cai Guan Shui No. 15 [2021]). More

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China Announces Tariff Adjustments for 2021

08 January 2021

The General Administration of Customs announced on 30 December 2020 the implementation details of tariff adjustments for the year of 2021, subsequent to a notice issued by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. For Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) tariffs, provisional import tariffs will be levied on 883 commodities (excluding tariff-quota products) as of 1 January 2021 while provisional import tariff rates on nine information technology products More

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China to Adjust Import Duties on Some Products Starting 1 January

30 December 2020

China will adjust the import tariffs, including most-favoured-nation (MFN) tariffs, conventional tariffs and provisional tariffs, on a range of products in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Import and Export Duties starting 1 January 2021, according to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council (Shui Wei Hui No. 33 [2020]). More