Total Quantity of Tariff Quotas, Distribution Principles and Related Procedures for Chemical Fertilizer Imports in 2012

[Release unit] Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China [Published Document] Announcement No. 63 of 2011 [Published Date] 2011-10-11
Pursuant to the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export of Goods and the Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas for Chemical Fertilizers, the Ministry of Industry has formulated the “Total Quantity, Distribution Principles, and Related Procedures of Import Tariff Quotas for Chemical Fertilizers in 2012”, which is hereby promulgated. Please carefully follow carried out.

Ministry of Commerce, October 11, 2011, 2012 Total import tariff quotas for fertilizers, distribution principles, and related procedures Article 1 Total import tariff quotas for fertilizers In 2012, the total import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers were 13.65 million tons. Among them, 3.3 million tons of urea; diammonium phosphate 6.9 million tons; compound fertilizer 3.45 million tons.
The second principle of allocation 2012 fertilizer tariff quotas to implement the first come first allocation method. Any enterprise registered with the administrative department for industry and commerce of the People's Republic of China may apply for import tariff quotas for fertilizers within its business scope.
Article 3 Tariff quotas for state-run trade and non-state trade In 2012, the quotas for state-owned chemical fertilizer trade were 2.97 million tons of urea, 3.52 million tons of diammonium phosphate and 1.76 million tons of compound fertilizer. The state-run trading companies China Sinochem Corporation and China Agricultural Production Information Group Corporation applied for quotas within the total state-owned trade volume.
In 2012, the non-state trading quotas for chemical fertilizers were: 330,000 tons of urea, 3.38 million tons of diammonium phosphate, and 1.69 million tons of compound fertilizer. The non-state trading companies China National Chemical Construction Corporation and Huayi International Trade Co., Ltd. applied for quotas within the non-state-owned trade volume.
Other companies choose to apply for state-run trade quotas or non-state trade quotas based on actual import requirements.
Article 4 The first-come-first-serve enterprises shall apply for import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers to come first, until the total amount of import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers is completed. When enterprises apply for import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers, the number of initial tariff quotas that they can apply for is set according to the quotas actually obtained in the past. Within the range of the initial tariff quota, enterprises can apply for the “Provisions on the Import Tariff Quotas for Chemical Fertilizers” in batches. After importing the customs declaration of the enterprise or returning unused tariff quotas for fertilizer imports, enterprises may apply for import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers again within the range of the initial tariff quota.
Article 5 Number of initial tariff quotas (1) State-owned trading enterprises: In 2011, 25% of the allocated amount of quotas was granted.
(2) Non-state-owned trading companies: In 2011, 30% of the quotas were allocated.
(3) Other enterprises that have been granted quotas: 60% of the allocated amount of quotas has been allocated quotas of 50,000 tons or more in 2011, and the quotas have been obtained if the quota is greater than or equal to 0.5 million tons and less than 50,000 tons in 2011. 100% of the assigned amount; less than 0.5 million tons, has been allocated 200% of the amount of quotas.
(d) Newly-approved enterprises: The starting tariff quota is 2,000 tons.
Article 6 Application Materials The enterprises shall apply for import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers entrusted by the Ministry of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the tariff quota management agencies) for import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers. The original or copies and copies of the following materials shall be provided upon application:
(1) The "Application Form for Import Tariff Quota for Chemical Fertilizers" and the letter of commitment to affirm the authenticity of the submitted materials;
(2) import contracts or entrusted agents' import contracts with legal effects;
(3) bank letter of credit or other payment certificate;
(4) bills of lading or other valid documents that can prove the ownership of the goods;
(5) Other materials requested by the tariff quota management agency;
(6) In addition to providing the materials specified in the above paragraphs, newly-applied companies applying for the first time during the year must also provide their annual-qualified business licenses and company codes. Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures, Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures and foreign-funded enterprises must also provide additional approval certificates. .
Article 7 Application and Acceptance of the Application of "Provisions on the Import Tariff Quota of Chemical Fertilizers" The tariff quota administration agencies shall be responsible for accepting applications for import tariff quotas for local companies' chemical fertilizers, and issue "Fertilizer Imports" for qualified enterprises within five working days after the application materials are complete. "Tariff Quota Certification", while retaining a copy of the company's application materials.
The tariff quota management agencies shall report the new business licenses for import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers, a copy of enterprise codes, Chinese-foreign joint ventures, Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures and foreign-funded enterprises approval certificates to the Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Trade Department), and copy the business. Ministry of Quota License Affairs Bureau.
Article 8 The validity period and amendment of the “Proof of the Import Tariff Quota for Chemical Fertilizers” and the “Proof of the Import Tariff Quota for Chemical Fertilizers” shall be valid for 3 months, and shall not exceed December 31, 2012 at the latest. If it is necessary to postpone or change, it must be re-applied, the old certificate must be revoked and the new certificate should be renewed, and the original certificate number should be noted in the Remarks column. If the “certificate of import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers” is lost, the company shall, within 10 working days, apply for the loss reporting formalities to the original tariff quota administration agency and the customs declaration port listed on the card. After verification, the original tariff quota management agency issued a new certificate and indicated the original certificate number in the remarks column.
Article 9 The write-off companies that have used the “Provisions on the Import Tariff Quota for Chemical Fertilizers” within 10 working days of the import declaration, have written verification letters affixed with the company’s official seal to the tariff quota management agency, and have used the “Fertilizer Import Tariff”. "Qualification of quotas", the letter of write-off letter shall set out the import tariff quota number, *** number, declaration number, declaration date, and declaration port of chemical fertilizers. The pre-authentication quota used does not count toward the number of initial tariff quotas that the company can apply for, and the enterprise can apply for the “Verification of Import Tariff Quotas for Chemical Fertilizers” once again on the amount of pre-offsets. After the enterprise handles all the payment and customs clearance formalities, it must officially verify the use of the “Provisions on Import Tariff Quotas for Chemical Fertilizers” with the original *** stamped with the customs inspection seal to the tariff quota management agency. Official verification procedures should be completed within 3 months after customs clearance.
Article 10 The returned enterprises that have not used the "Provisions on the Import Tariff Quota for Chemical Fertilizers" shall return the "Provisions on the Import Tariff Quota for Chemical Fertilizers" that are not in use or have not been fully used to the tariff quota administration agency within 15 days after the expiry of the validity period. The amount of unused import tariff quotas returned by enterprises is included in the total amount of unused import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers in the country.
Article 11 Supervision and Administration on Verification of Verification of Import Tariff Quotas of the Ministry of Commerce The Quotas and Permits Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the verification of the verification of the National Import Tariff Quota Certification and will monitor and publicize the company's fertilizers on a quarterly basis. The verification rate of "Import Tariff Quota Proof", that is, the number of companies that have been written off (including the number of pre-offset sales)/the total amount of enterprises that have applied for the quota.
The Quota and Licensing Authority urged the tariff quota management agencies to remind companies that have written off the first-quarter rate of less than 25% to return unused quotas in time and to give warnings and warnings to companies in the second quarter that have a write-off rate of less than 25% for the third quarter. Enterprises with a write-off rate of less than 25% will adopt measures such as deducting 50% of the starting tariff quota and suspending the issuance of new "certificate of import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers" and other measures.
The company's annual write-off rate will be used as the basis for setting the number of initial tariff quotas for the company in 2013.
Article 12: Publication of unused import tariff quotas for fertilizers In the case that the remaining amount of import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers is less than 20% of the total annual quota, the quota and license bureau of the Ministry of Commerce will publish a national tariff quota for fertilizer imports every half month. The remaining amount.
Article 13: Responsibilities of Enterprises The applicant company shall be responsible for the authenticity of the submitted materials and at the same time issue a commitment letter affixed with the official seal of the company. If an enterprise has falsified or altered the submitted materials, it will be legally liable after the investigation.
Forgery, alteration, or sale of "certificate of import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers" will be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law concerning the crime of illegal business operations or the falsification, alteration, or purchase of official documents, certificates, and seals of government agencies.
If the above-mentioned behaviors of the enterprise are verified, the tariff quota management agency will not accept its application for "certificate of import tariff quotas for chemical fertilizers" within three years.
Article 14 Others Since December 15, 2011, the tariff quota management agency has applied for import tariff quotas for fertilizers and issued the “Proof of Import Tariff Quotas for Chemical Fertilizers” in 2012. Fertilizer import operations continued to implement state trading and non-state trade management.
Article 15 This announcement shall be interpreted by the Ministry of Commerce.