General Administration of Customs: ECFA Early Harvest plan next year

"Financial network," reporter Pan Ying 28th, the General administration of customs said that the "cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement" (ECFA) Early Harvest plan will be implemented from January 1 next year, now Cross-strait customs has reached agreement on rules of origin and rules of origin related operational procedures, the relevant documents will be issued recently by the mainland authorities.　　Enterprises should apply for certificate of origin in time.　　The certificate of origin is like the "identity card" of the goods, and only those products which prove that the goods are originating in mainland China or Taiwan can enjoy the ECFA preferential tariff treatment.　　The General administration of Customs said that for imports or exports belonging to the ECFA early-harvest plan and is considered to be mainland or Taiwan's originating products, enterprises should promptly issue the local ECFA certificate of origin to apply for a certificate of origin. The customs reminds enterprises to pay attention to several key elements when applying for Certificate of Origin: First, the form of the certificate of origin must comply with the relevant provisions of the early Harvest plan, the certificate of origin should be issued before the export Declaration of goods, the second is the certificate of origin should be in accordance with the Certificate of origin "fill in the Notes" correct fill, for example: certificate should be completed in Chinese　　If necessary, the product description can be supplemented with English; the tax code of the goods shall be filled with the 8-digit code of the importing Party, and the third is that the signature and seal of the certificate shall conform to the agreed instrument format. Customs also pointed out that, if the following situation, will affect the enterprise to enjoy preferential tariffs: first, the import of goods have been found not to have the rules of origin of the origin of the qualification; second, the import of goods do not conform to the rules of origin of direct transport; third, the certificate of origin has not been Four, the content of the certificate of origin does not conform to the supporting documents submitted, five is the name of the goods listed in the certificate of origin, 8 digits before the tax number, quantity, weight, packing mark, number, number of packages or kind etc.　　Vi. the importer, or the exporter requested to assist in the verification, fails to provide information or a written verification result within 120 days from the date of receipt of the request for verification of origin; At the same time, the Customs stressed that the cross-Strait Economic framework agreement under the early Harvest Plan Effective date is January 1, 2011, therefore, the product that enjoys the preferential tariff of the early harvesting plan, the importer must hold the valid certificate of origin issued by the cross-strait visa agency after January 1, 2011 (including the same day), and the related　　Including the date of shipment. (Stock market Weekly feeds)