Recently, the General Administration of Customs issued announcement No. 61 of 2022, specifying the time limit for payment of import and export taxes. The article requires taxpayers to pay taxes according to law within 15 days from the date of issuance of the customs tax payment notice; If the mode of collecting tax is adopted, the taxpayer shall pay the tax according to law within 15 days from the date of issuance of the notice of customs tax payment or before the end of the fifth working day of the next month. In case of failure to pay the duties within the above-mentioned time limit, the customs shall, from the date of expiration of the time limit for payment to the date of payment of the duties, impose a surcharge of 0.05% of the overdue duties on a daily basis.
Enterprises may be exempted from administrative punishment if they disclose tax related violations
According to the Announcement No. 54 of the General Administration of Customs in 2022, there are clear provisions on the handling of violations of customs regulations (hereinafter referred to as “tax related violations”) that import and export enterprises and units voluntarily disclose before the customs finds out and have corrected in a timely manner as required by the customs. Among them, import and export enterprises and units that voluntarily disclose to the Customs within six months from the date of the occurrence of tax related violations, or voluntarily disclose to the Customs within one year after six months from the date of the occurrence of tax related violations, where the amount of tax that is not paid or underpaid accounts for less than 30% of the tax that should be paid, or where the amount of tax that is not paid or underpaid is less than 1 million yuan, shall not be subject to administrative punishment.
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Guangdong provides social security payment subsidies to small and micro manufacturing enterprises
Guangdong Province recently issued the notice on the implementation of social insurance payment subsidies for small and low profit manufacturing enterprises, which specifies that small and low profit manufacturing enterprises registered in Guangdong Province and having paid the basic old-age insurance premiums for enterprise employees for more than 6 months (including 6 months, the period from April 2021 to March 2022) can receive subsidies at 5% of the basic old-age insurance premiums (excluding personal contributions) actually paid by the enterprises, Each household shall not exceed 50000 yuan, and the policy is valid until November 30, 2022.
http://hrss.gd.gov.cn/gkmlpt/content/3/3938/post_3938629.html#4033
Customs added 6 facilitation measures for AEO advanced certification enterprises
The General Administration of Customs issued a notice, deciding to implement six facilitation measures for advanced certification enterprises on the basis of the original management measures, mainly including: giving priority to laboratory testing, optimizing risk management measures, optimizing processing trade supervision, optimizing verification operations, giving priority to port inspection, and giving priority to local inspection.
The berthing and isolation time of international ships at the port of entry shall be shortened to 7 days
According to the notice on adjusting the epidemic prevention and control work of ships on international to domestic routes, the berthing and isolation time at the port of entry for international ships to be transferred to domestic routes shall be adjusted from 14 days to 7 days after arriving at the domestic port of entry.
East African community implements 35% common foreign tariff
Since July 1, the seven countries of the East African community, namely, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have formally implemented the decision of the fourth 35% common external tariff (CET). The commodities planned to be included include dairy products, meat products, Cereals, edible oil, beverages and alcohol, sugar and sweets, fruits, nuts, coffee, tea, flowers, spices, furniture Leather products, cotton textiles, clothing, steel products and ceramic products.
Dafei reduces sea freight again
Dafei recently issued another announcement, saying that it would further reduce the freight and expand the scope of application. Specific measures include: ◆ for all goods imported from Asia by all French customers, the freight per 40 foot container will be reduced by 750 Euros; ◆ for all goods destined for French overseas territories, the freight rate per 40 foot container will be reduced by 750 Euros; ◆ new export measures: for all French exports, the freight rate of every 40 foot container will be reduced by 100 euros.
Scope of application: all customers in France, including large groups, small and medium-sized enterprises and small enterprises. The company said that these measures meant that freight rates were reduced by as much as 25%. These fee reduction measures will take effect on August 1 and last for one year.
Kenya mandatory import certification
From July 1, 2022, any commodity imported into Kenya, regardless of its intellectual property rights, must be filed with the Kenya anti counterfeiting authority (ACA), otherwise it may be seized or destroyed. Regardless of the origin of the goods, all enterprises must file the intellectual property rights of the brand imported goods. Unfinished products and raw materials without brands can be exempted. Violators will constitute criminal acts and can be fined and imprisoned for up to 15 years.
Belarus included RMB in the central bank’s currency basket
Since July 15, the Central Bank of Belarus has included RMB into its currency basket. The weight of RMB in its currency basket will be 10%, the weight of Russian Ruble will be 50%, and the weight of US dollar and euro will be 30% and 10% respectively.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on metal protective net cover of Huadian fan
According to China trade remedy information network, the Argentine Ministry of production and development announced on July 4 that it decided to impose anti-dumping duties on metal protective net covers of electric fans originating in Chinese Mainland and Taiwan, China based on FOB. Among them, the applicable tax rate in Chinese Mainland is 79%, and the applicable tax rate in Taiwan, China is 31%. The product involved is a metal protective mesh cover with a diameter greater than 400mm, which is used for fans with built-in motors. The measures shall take effect from the date of publication of the announcement and shall be valid for five years.
Morocco imposes anti-dumping duties on China’s woven carpets and other textile floor coverings
The Moroccan Ministry of industry and trade recently issued an announcement to make a final decision on the anti-dumping cases of woven carpets and other textile floor coverings originating from or imported from China, Egypt and Jordan, and decided to impose anti-dumping duties, of which China’s tax rate is 144%.
Post time: Aug-19-2022