China Radio Network November 15th, this year, many “sweeping owners†who should have been ready to do so have to re-plan their shopping lists. The reason is the announcement issued by the General Administration of Customs No. 54.
Recently, there was a voice questioning: The Customs imposed an exorbitant tariff of RMB1,000 on the iPad. Because one of the important commitments made by China after joining the WTO is to impose zero tariff on all kinds of computers, the Customs levies an import tax of 1,000 yuan from the iPad inconsistent with the WTO rules, the tax rate of 20% is too high, and the iPad duty-paid price is overestimated.
Recently, some travelers have reported that for electronic products like the iPad in Hong Kong, for example, the price is less than 4,000 yuan. However, when customs are asked to collect tax at 5,000 yuan upon entry, the head of the supervision department of the General Administration of Customs Responding to the criteria for expedition and acceptance of passengers carrying in and out of the country and the convenience of the goods, in order to avoid inconveniencing the passengers due to the price of personal items in the customs clearance, the customs determined the relevant items according to the classification and taxation price table. Product category and duty-paid price. Because the location, time, and specific model of the goods purchased will also lead to the same tariff item in the classification table, the actual transaction price will be different. This is a normal phenomenon.
At present, according to regulations, the normal duty-paying price applicable to notebook computers is 5,000 yuan, taking into account different price points. Taking the iPad as an example, its price has been constantly changing since its listing. According to the configuration, there are also certain differences in prices. The customs attributed it to laptops and applies a normal duty-paying price of 5,000 yuan, mainly to facilitate travelers. Improve administrative efficiency and passengers' time-effectiveness.
In the response of the General Administration of Customs yesterday, it did not address the issue of inconsistency with the WTO rules. Regarding the argument that taxation of the iPad violates WTO regulations, Prof. Zhang Hanlin, dean of the WTO Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics, believes:
Zhang Hanlin: I think that from the perspective of strict law enforcement, the Customs strictly enforces the law. All commodities exceed the certain price products that must be brought in. The goods should be applied for customs declaration by the Customs. This is a normal requirement and does not violate WTO regulations. The second IT product is zero tariff, but in the zero tariff of IT product tax number, this thing is new. When we joined the WTO in 1999 and 2001, the tax ID of that local IT product was not A tax number.
Should the iPad be taxed? Need not so much money? Cao Heping, Dean of Peking University School of Economics, has a deeper thinking:
Cao Heping: When the iPad quickly impacts the domestic market, our country’s management department protects domestic industries and employment through a series of channels. I think this method is justified. Protection of domestic enterprises and employment is the first priority, and then it should be a restructuring of the industry rather than taxation. In the short term, the domestic industry has adjusted and removed it.
Professor Cao Heping believes that like the iPad's high-tech electronics industry, domestic companies are still unable to compete with foreign companies, and it is correct to formulate a plan to protect domestic related industries in the short term, but not necessarily in the form of tariffs.
In this regard, Zhang Hanlin, dean of the China WTO Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics, believes that strict customs supervision is very necessary, but the amount of exemption is worth discussing.
Zhang Hanlin: Now that more and more people are traveling abroad, and the amount of luxury goods that the Chinese are buying overseas is getting larger and bigger, under such a big background, the introduction of such a regulation is a normal reflection of such a phenomenon.
We can discuss the exemption, but we still have to be strict. Because now China is totally different from ten years ago, the flow of people has greatly increased, including the number and scale of foreigners entering China. If we still stick to the very low amount of self-owned merchandise for personal use, The regulations are obviously not in line with the actual regulations, but strict customs supervision is correct.
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