Overview

The supply chain bulletin from law Baker & McKenzie for November.

Topics in this issue include customs developments, indirect tax developments and regulatory changes, as well as key case summaries/disputes.

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CONTENTS

I. Customs Developments
• Zero Tariff Treatment on Some Commodities from Ethiopia and Other Least Developed Countries
• Order on the Origin of Imports from Least Developed Countries Entitled to Special Preferential Tariff Treatment
• Customs Declaration Content Adjusted for Imports and Exports of Samples and Advertising Materials by Courier
• Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Issues Circular on Second Batch of 2010 General Trade Export Quotas on Tungsten, Antimony, Stannum, Silver, Indium and Molybdenum
• MOFCOM Issues Circular on Second Batch of General Trade Export Quotas on Coke
• MOFCOM Issues a Circular on the Second Batch of 2010 General Trade Export Quotas for Rare Earth Materials
• Approval of 36 Unit Consumption Standards in Processing Trade Activities
• Bidding Qualification and Preliminary Trial for the Export Quota of Certain Industrial Products
• Restrictions on Importation of Old Motor Vehicles
• Announcement to Discontinue Preferential Duty Rates for 31 Least Developed Countries
• GAC Issues Announcement No. 49 Affecting Domestically Traded Goods in Jilin Province
• Customs Price Verification of Exported Commodities
• List of Enterprises Satisfying the Conditions for Export Licenses for Ferroalloy, Coke and Tungsten
• Bidding Qualification and Preliminary Trial for the Export Quota of Rush
• MOFCOM Issues Draft Opinion on Soliciting Comments on the General Terms of theAuction Industry

II. Indirect Tax Developments
• Draft Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law Under Deliberation
• Exempting the Business Tax of Offshore Service Outsourcing Business ofDemonstration City

III. Regulatory Developments
• Provisions on Responsibility for Repairs, Replacement and Return of Agricultural Machinery Products
• Suspension of Registration Qualifications for 31 Enterprising Using Solid Waste Materials as Raw Materials
• Strengthening Food Safety
• Food Production Permitted Management Methods
• Circular Expands Scope of the RMB Settlement in Cross-Border Trade Program
• Methods on Inspecting and Supervising Imported Solid Wastes Which Can Be Used As Raw Materials
• Ministry of Health Issues Circular on the Licensing and Importing of Food Without National Safety Standards
• Letter Published on Extending the Subsidized Program for Trading-In Certain Domestic Appliances
• Investigation and Handling of Illegal Production, Retail and Use of Non-Reusable Plastic Lunch Boxes
• Import Permits for the Trade of Non-State Owned Refined Oil (Fuel Oil)

IV. Case Summaries / Disputes
• The Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China Publishes Regulations on Certain Issues Arising in Cases Involving FIE Disputes