The General Administration of Customs of China: RCEP will be implemented soon, and the customs is ready

     The General Administration of Customs of China introduced that among the 701 binding obligations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the General Administration of Customs alone or jointly acts as the responsible department for a total of 174,The General Administration of Customs of China introduced that among the 701 binding obligations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the General Administration of Customs alone or jointly acts as the responsible department for a total of 174, accounting for 24.8%. Implementation preparations. accounting for 24.8%. Implementation preparations.

     According to the General Administration of Customs, RCEP is currently the world’s largest free trade agreement. Its members include China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and 10 ASEAN countries. The total population, economic volume, and total trade volume of 15 member countries account for the world’s The total amount is about 30%. In 2020, the total value of China's imports and exports to the other 14 RCEP member states was 10.22 trillion yuan, accounting for 31.7% of China's total imports and exports during the same period. From January to November this year, the total value of China's imports and exports to the other 14 RCEP member states was 10.96 trillion yuan, accounting for 31% of China's total foreign trade value.

     At present, the General Administration of Customs has fully prepared for the implementation of RCEP.

     In terms of rules of origin and tariff concessions, the General Administration of Customs focused on the difficulties and pain points that may arise in the implementation of RCEP rules of origin and tariff concessions. According to the principle of “as fast as possible”, the General Administration of Customs has completed 38 specific tasks, including In accordance with the principles of strengthening supervision, optimizing services, and benchmarking against the highest international standards, the two regulations of "Administrative Measures for the Origin of Imported and Exported Goods under RCEP" and "Administrative Measures for Approved Exporters" and 4 supporting normative documents were issued; The declaration mode and the structure of the customs declaration form will ensure the full implementation of the rules of origin and the agreed tax rate, and realize the application of visa data and customs clearance data sharing.

     In terms of customs procedures and trade facilitation, the General Administration of Customs focuses on the RCEP trade facilitation rules, continues to optimize customs clearance procedures, improve customs clearance efficiency, and reduce customs clearance costs. For example, continue to promote the streamlining of regulatory documents for import and export links. Up to now, the regulatory documents that need to be verified in the import and export process have been streamlined from 86 in 2018 to 41, a decrease of 52.3%.

     In terms of animal and plant quarantine, food safety, and import and export commodity inspection, the General Administration of Customs has also taken advantage of the complementary advantages of China and RCEP members in the field of animal and plant quarantine cooperation, comprehensively sorted out the entry mechanism for agricultural products, and promoted the export of high-quality agricultural products from China. ; Strengthen the sharing of animal and plant epidemic information with RCEP members, etc.