Surging News Reporter Han Shengjiang
On May 10, a reporter from Peng Mei News (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the Commerce Bureau of Yiwu, Zhejiang that from May 10, the nationwide export of new coronavirus detection reagents, medical masks, Protective clothing, ventilator, infrared thermometer and other medical materials and non-medical masks.
The above news comes from the "Answering Hot Issues Concerning the Export of Anti-epidemic Materials" issued by the Yiwu Commerce Bureau on the WeChat public account on May 9th. The Yiwu Commerce Bureau specially reminded that the prohibition of export through market purchase trade is limited to medical masks, etc. " "5 + 1 anti-epidemic materials", not all anti-epidemic materials cannot be exported through market procurement and trade.
The so-called "market procurement trade" is a new form of trade and a new model. It refers to the purchase of goods with a value of 150,000 by a qualified operator in a market aggregation area that has been identified by the national commercial authority and other departments. (Including 150,000) Trade methods that are under US dollars and go through customs clearance procedures for export commodities at the place of purchase.
To put it simply, "market procurement trade" is mainly aimed at the ticketless export trade of "single small, miscellaneous goods, and many varieties" in the professional market, which has the characteristics of fast customs clearance, convenience, and exemption from VAT.
Zhejiang Yiwu is the earliest pilot "market purchase trade" area in the country. In 2018, 7 departments including the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Letter on Accelerating the Pilot Work of Promoting Market Procurement and Trade Modes" to extend the pilot to Wenzhou (Lucheng) Light Industrial Products Trading Center in Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and other regions. Quanzhou Shishi Garment City, Hunan Gaoqiao Market, Asia International Furniture Material Trading Center, Zhongshan Lihe Dengbo Center, Chengdu International Trade City.
The surging news learned that Yiwu City also issued the "Notice on the Suspension of Market Procurement and Export of Specific Anti-epidemic Materials" on May 9 to remind Yiwu City ’s foreign trade business entities to report false, Anyone who conceals and reports the export of the aforementioned "5 + 1 types of epidemic prevention materials" through market procurement trade will be severely punished once it is found.
The Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Commerce stated that although "5 + 1 types of epidemic prevention materials" cannot be exported through market procurement trade, they can still be exported in general trade.
The policy background of the above measures is that recently, the General Administration of Customs announced a large number of cases of export of unqualified anti-epidemic products. For example, on May 9, the General Administration of Customs announced a list of unqualified batches of quality and safety of export anti-epidemic materials recently discovered by the national customs, involving a total of more than 1.86 million unqualified masks, and named 16 export enterprises and related production enterprises.
The General Administration of Customs said that in a special period of continuous global epidemic, in order to deepen international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control and jointly respond to the global public health crisis, the General Administration of Customs has comprehensively strengthened the quality control of export epidemic prevention materials and strictly regulated the export order. For the anti-epidemic materials seized in the export link that are mildewed, damaged, contaminated, exceeded the shelf life, and unqualified through laboratory testing of quality and safety items, in addition to administrative punishment in accordance with the law and transfer to the judicial authorities for criminal responsibility in accordance with the criminal filing standards, they also Various disciplinary measures such as lowering the credit rating, increasing the inspection ratio, suspending or canceling relevant qualifications according to law, and exposing information on violations of laws and regulations will be adopted to make it "distrustful and restricted everywhere."
Prior to this, the three ministries and commissions of the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration successively issued the "Announcement on the Orderly Development of Export of Medical Materials" and "Announcement on Further Strengthening the Quality Supervision of the Export of Epidemic Prevention Materials", requiring the country to regulate the order of export of epidemic prevention materials.
The Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Commerce reminded that if 5 types of medical materials are exported in accordance with Chinese quality standards, a medical device product registration certificate approved by the drug supervision and administration department is required (China's relevant medical device product registration information is on the website of the State Drug Administration www.nmpa. gov.cn is dynamically updated); if exporting according to foreign quality standards, the manufacturing enterprise shall be an enterprise listed in the list of manufacturing enterprises that have obtained certification or registration of foreign standards published by the Medical Insurance Chamber of Commerce (ie "White Listed Enterprises of the Ministry of Commerce"). The declaration of export medical materials is required for both types of customs declaration.
If non-medical masks are exported in accordance with Chinese quality standards, they need not be included in the list of non-medical masks of unqualified products and enterprises investigated and handled by the domestic market provided by the General Administration of Market Supervision (Dynamic Update of the General Administration of Market Supervision website www.samr.gov.cn); To export in accordance with foreign quality standards, the manufacturing enterprise shall be an enterprise listed in the list of manufacturing enterprises that have obtained certification or registration of foreign standards published by the Medical Insurance Chamber of Commerce (ie, "White List Enterprise of the Ministry of Commerce"). In both cases, the exporter and importer must submit an electronic or written joint declaration to confirm that the product meets Chinese quality standards or foreign quality standards. The importer accepts the quality standards of the purchased product and is not used for medical purposes.