Xiamen Net News (Reporter Shen Weibin, Correspondent Su Bihui of this website) On February 14, Xiamen Customs announced that in the first month of RCEP implementation (ie January 2022), Xiamen Customs issued 1,013 RCEP certificates of origin, with a value of 498 million It is expected to help exporters enjoy more than 5 million yuan in tariff reductions in importing countries.
According to a person from Xiamen Customs, since its official implementation on January 1, foreign trade enterprises have continued to pay more attention to RCEP, and business consultation and processing at various visa sites are in an endless stream.
“Our cosmetics are mainly exported to Europe and the United States. After the RCEP takes effect, the import tariffs to Japan can be reduced or exempted, so we have begun to try to accept some orders from Japan.” According to Mr. Guo, the person in charge of Xiamen Collins Daily Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan had previously imposed 4.6% on imported cosmetics. Tariffs ranging from % to 5.8%, under the RCEP tariff concession arrangement, most cosmetics import tariffs are directly reduced to zero in the first year, and a small part is reduced to zero year by year, which greatly enhances the confidence of enterprises to explore the Japanese market.
In order to allow the majority of enterprises to fully enjoy the dividends of the RCEP policy, Xiamen Customs continues to strengthen policy publicity, guide enterprises to make good use of the regional origin accumulation rules, and promote the expansion of exports of advantageous products such as clothing, electromechanical products, and agricultural products. At the same time, strengthen the tracking of RCEP implementation effects, extensively collect various appeals, timely find, analyze and solve problems existing in the implementation, and improve the convenience for enterprises to use RCEP.
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