In order to ensure the cotton consumption needs of textile enterprises, it has been decided after research that the first batch of import quotas with preferential tariff rates outside the tariff quotas for cotton in 2022 (hereinafter referred to as cotton import sliding tax quotas) will be issued in the near future. The quota quantity, application conditions and other relevant matters are announced as follows:
- Quota Quantity
The amount of sliding tax quotas for cotton imports issued this time is 400,000 tons, all of which are non-state-run trade quotas and are limited to imports in the form of processing trade.
- Application conditions
Registered with the market supervision and management department before March 1, 2022; have good financial status, taxation records and integrity; have no violations of the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas for Agricultural Products”.
On the premise of meeting the above conditions, the applicant enterprise must also meet one of the following conditions:
(1) Cotton spinning enterprises with spinning equipment (self-owned) of 50,000 spindles or more;
(2) Enterprises with an annual production capacity (self-owned) of 8,000 tons of cotton spunlace nonwoven fabrics (the production line capacity of spunlace machine equipment with a width less than or equal to 3 meters is recognized as 2,000 tons, and the production line capacity with a width greater than 3 meters identified as 4000 tons).
- Application materials
(1) The electronic version of the application form for the first batch of cotton import sliding tax quotas in 2022 can be downloaded from the website of the National Development and Reform Commission (http://www.ndrc.gov.cn).
(2) A photocopy of the business license (duplicate) of the enterprise legal person.
(3) A special value-added tax invoice (copy) for sales of cotton yarn, cotton cloth and other cotton products in 2022.
- Distribution principle
The allocation is made according to the applicant’s actual production and operation capacity (including historical import performance, processing capacity, etc.) and other relevant commercial standards.
- Application time limit
(1) The applicant enterprise shall submit the application materials to the entrusting institution (province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government, city with separate state planning, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Development and Reform Commission) of the place of registration from March 14 to 25, 2022.
(2) Each entrusting agency shall send the application materials of the enterprise to the National Development and Reform Commission (Government Service Hall) before March 29, 2022, and send a copy to the Ministry of Commerce, and upload the information contained in the application form to the import tariff of important agricultural products. Quota management system. The National Development and Reform Commission will issue a sliding tax quota for cotton imports in due course.
- Information disclosure
(1) In order to facilitate the public to assist the National Development and Reform Commission in verifying the authenticity of the information submitted by the applicant enterprise, the National Development and Reform Commission will publicize the information of the applicant enterprise on the official website (the publicity period and the method of reporting opinions will be announced at the time of publicity) and stipulate).
(2) During the publicity period, any subject may report on the authenticity of the publicized information. After the deadline for the public to submit reports expires, the National Development and Reform Commission will entrust the entrusted agency in the place where the reported enterprise is registered to conduct verification.
(3) During the verification period, the reported application enterprise has the right to raise objections to the entrusting agency on the relevant issues reported in writing or other means. After the entrusting agency reviews the objection raised by the reported application enterprise and completes the investigation and verification, it will report the verification status to the National Development and Reform Commission on the authenticity of the reported opinion.
- Other rules
(1) Enterprises are responsible for the authenticity of their submitted application materials and information. For untrustworthy enterprises that make false declarations or refuse to fulfill their commitments in the application form, relevant departments will take corresponding punitive measures in accordance with relevant state regulations.
(2) The cotton imported by the enterprise through the use of the cotton import slip tax quota shall be processed and operated by the enterprise and shall not be resold.
(3) Enterprises that have obtained sliding tax quotas for cotton imports shall actively cooperate with the National Development and Reform Commission and its entrusted agencies to organize the application and supervision and inspection of cotton import sliding tax quotas, and provide timely and truthful information and data required for inspections.
(4) For those who falsely fill in the application form, falsify relevant information to defraud cotton import sliding tax quotas, and fail to carry out cotton import business in accordance with relevant regulations and the relevant requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission and its entrusted agencies, their quota certificates will be confiscated, and their quota certificates will be restricted. Apply for cotton import tariff quotas and sliding tax quotas in the future.
(5) Enterprises that forge, alter or buy and sell the “Certificate of Imported Cotton Quotas at Preferential Tariff Rates Outside Tariff Quotas” shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
Attachment: Application Form for the First Batch of Cotton Import Sliding Tax Quotas in 2022.
