CCTV News: Yesterday (25th), the General Administration of Customs held a regular press briefing. Jiang Feng, Director of the Customs Administration Department, introduced the relevant situation of import and export tax collection and administration.
Jiang Feng said that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, in order to optimize the import structure and expand the level of opening up, the country drastically reduced the tariff rate and value-added tax rate, and the comprehensive tax rate of imported goods fell from 21.8% to 15.8%, a record low.
On the other hand, the customs comprehensively carried out the reform of the collection and management system, improved the collection and management system and mechanism, and collected a total of 8.99 trillion yuan in tariffs and import taxes, an increase of 8.7% year-on-year.
According to customs statistics, in 2020, policies such as tax reductions, free trade agreement tariff reductions and import tax preferences will be implemented nationwide, and a total of 268.77 billion yuan will be reduced (rebated) in taxes.
With the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the RCEP rules of origin and tariff concessions will further exert their effects.