Schedule CLII - People's Republic of China
This Schedule is authentic only in the English language
PART I - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF
SECTION I - Agricultural Products
SECTION I - A Tariffs
1. The
"final bound rate" of duty, if differing from the "bound rate at
date of accession", will be implemented according to the date specified in
the "implemention" column. The
implementation
column indicates the date, referring to 1 January of the year indicated, when
the final bound rate will be achieved. Tariff
reductions will be implemented according to
the
attached Staging Matrix in Annex I.
2.
a) The People's Republic of China shall maintain its in-quota applied and bound
rates (and, upon removal of the tariff-quota, its applied and bound rates) for
HS 1514 (rape or
colza
(canola) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically
modified) at a level equal to that for HS 1507 (soya-bean oil and its fractions,
whether or not refined,
but
not chemically modified) and for HS 1205 (rape or colza (canola) seeds, whether
or not broken).
b)
China undertakes in principle to apply its tariff, both bound and applied
rates, as well as other duties and charges, in such a way as to not cause
distortions in the terms of
competition
between substitute products or competing suppliers.
In this regard, there was particular interest in ensuring fair
competition between rape (canola) seeds and
soybeans,
rape (canola) oil and soybean oil; flours and meals of oilseed and forage
products (including lupines); forage products (including lupines) and flours and
meals of
soybeans;
forage products (including lupines) and oil-cake and other solid residues of
soybean; raw cane sugar and raw beet sugar, refined sugar artificial sweeteners
and sugar
substitutes;
and wool and other competing fibres.
c)
After the implementation period for HS 12141000 (lucerne (alfalfa) meal
and pellets), the People's Republic of China shall maintain its bound and
applied rates for HS
12141000
at a level equal to that for HS 2304 (oil-cake and other solid residues, whether
or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extractions of
soybean oil).
d) Malt (1107)- The
People's Republic of China agrees that the applied tariff for malt will be no
more than seven percentage points higher than the applied rate on barley (i.e.
if
the
applied rate on barley is three percent, the tariff on malt will be no higher
than 10 percent; if the applied rate on barley is one percent, the applied rate
on malt will be no higher
than
8 percent).
e) Barley - The
People's Republic of China shall provide adequate advance notice of at least 3
months for increases in the applied tariff rate on barley, which now stands at 3
percent.
The People's Republic of China shall provide stability by ensuring any
changes in applied rates will be in place for a minimum of one year.
Tariffs will be no higher than
the
tariff which applied when contracts were signed.
f)
The People's Republic of China specifically agrees that coconut oil (HS 15131100
and HS 15131900) will be accorded treatment upon importation on terms no less
favorable
than that accorded to like, directly competitive or substitutable products
imported from any WTO Member.
g) Feed peas (07131090)- will be granted parity with HS 2304 (oilcake and
other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting
from the
extraction
of soybean oil.).
3. Except
as specified in Section I-B, all products imported by non-state trading
enterprises will be afforded no less favorable treatment than products imported
by state trading
enterprises,
including but not limited to being subject to the same applied tariff and other
duties and charges, inspection or quarantine requirements, application of the
value-added
tax, application of provincial taxes. All
such imported products shall be accorded national treatment under Article III of
GATT 1994, especially paragraph 4 thereof, in
respect
of their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation,
distribution or use, including their direct access to end users.
4.
Any enterprise possessing the right to trade (the People's Republic of
China shall grant the right to trade state-traded agricultural products subject
to a tariff-quota in Section
I-B
to any enterprises possessing the right to trade any product under Section 5 of
the Protocol of Accession (i.e., possessing general trading rights), except for
imports as
specified
in Section I-B reserved for state trading enterprises.) will be permitted to
import products listed in Section I-B at the in-quota duty rate if the People's
Republic of China
increases
the within-quota quantity to an amount in excess of that set forth in Section
I-B for any year. Allocation of
shares of such additional quota quantities to end users will
be
on the basis of first-come, first-served or the same method used for initial
allocation of the product. The
People's Republic of China shall publicly notify through the official
journal
the availbility of additional quantities and the allocation procedures ten days
in advance of their allocation and will notify the WTO Committee on Agriculture
of the
additional
quantity and procedures in its annual tariff-quota notifications.
Inquiries on the entities which received the allocation of the additional
quantity can be made to the State
Development
and Planning Commission (SDPC) which will provide the information within 10
days.
5. See
"Notes" at the end of this Section.
Bound rate at
Present
Concession first
date of
Final
concession
incorporated in a
Earlier
HS
Description
accession
Bound
rate
Implementation
established
INR
GATT Schedule
INRs
ODCs
0101
Live horses,
asses, mules and hinnies:
-Horses:
01011100
--Pure-bred
breeding
0
KG,US
0
01011900
--Other
10
AU,US
0
-Asses, mules and
hinnies :
01012010
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01012090
---Other
10
US
0
0102
Live bovine
animals:
01021000
-Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01029000
-Other
10
US
0
0103
Live swine:
01031000
-Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
-Other:
--Weighing less
than 50kg:
01039110
---Weighing less
than 10kg
10
US
0
01039120
---Weighing 10kg
or more, but less than
10
US
0
50kg
01039200
--Weighing 50kg or
more
10
US
0
0104
Live sheep and
goats:
-Sheep:
01041010
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
AU,US
0
01041090
---Other
10
US
0
-Goats:
01042010
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01042090
---Other
10
US
0
Bound rate at
Present
Concession
first
date of
Final
concession
incorporated in a
Earlier
HS
Description
accession
Bound
rate
Implementation
established
INR
GATT Schedule
INRs
ODCs
0105
Live poultry, that
is to say, fowls of the
species Gallus
domesticus, ducks, geese,
turkeys and guinea
fowls:
-Weighing not more
than 185g:
--Fowls of the
species Gallus domesticus:
01051110
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01051190
---Other
10
US
0
--Turkeys:
01051210
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01051290
---Other
10
US
0
--Other:
01051910
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01051990
---Other
10
US
0
-Other:
--Fowls of the
species Gallus
domesticus,weighing
not more than 2000g:
01059210
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01059290
---Other
10
US
0
--Fowls of the
species Gallus domesticus,
weighing more than
2000g:
01059310
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
01059390
---Other
10
US
0
--Other:
01059910
---Pure-bred
breeding
0
US
0
---Other:
01059991
----Ducks
10
US
0
01059992
----Geese
10
US
0
01059993
----Guinea fowls
10
US
0
01059994
----Turkeys
10
US
0
0106
Other live
animals:
---Pure-bred
breeding :
01060011 ----Tadpole and young frogs &