China News Service, Fuzhou, January 2 (Reporter Long Min) With the effective implementation of the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP), RCEP certificates of origin have been "released" to help "Made in Fujian" accelerate the development international market.

　　According to Fuzhou Customs, in the early morning of January 1, the Customs issued the first RCEP certificate of origin for Fuzhou Mujia Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. This is also the first RCEP certificate of origin in Fujian Province.

A batch of wooden furniture exported to Australia with a value of USD 77,000 can enjoy preferential tariff reductions of approximately 24,000 yuan (RMB, the same below) in Australia under the RCEP with this certificate of origin.

　　"I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and RCEP has finally been implemented." The relevant person in charge of Fuzhou Mujia Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd. said that there is one more option to apply for the export certificate of origin, which will help enhance the market competitiveness of the product, which is really good.

　　Also on the day when the RCEP officially came into effect, Fujian Chuangxing Marine Technology Co., Ltd. exported a batch of frozen squid rings worth 330,000 USD to Thailand. The RCEP certificate of origin was issued by Quanzhou Customs and will receive a tariff reduction of 66,000 USD from the importing country. .

A batch of quick-frozen vegetables with a value of more than US$20,000 from Asia Foods (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. has obtained the RCEP certificate of origin issued by Zhangzhou Customs, and will enter the markets of other RCEP member countries at a lower price and at a faster speed.

　　At present, the first batch of countries where the RCEP with 15 member states takes effect includes 6 ASEAN countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and four countries including China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

After the agreement comes into effect, the approved member parties will implement tax reductions in accordance with the provisions of the agreement and fulfill their commitment to open service investment. More than 90% of the goods trade in the region will eventually achieve zero tariffs.

　　Customs officials told reporters from China News Agency that the certificate of origin serves as a certificate for enterprises to enjoy tariff reductions under the Free Trade Agreement, and is called the "economic passport" in the field of international trade; enterprise products can be implemented in the first batch with the RCEP certificate of origin. The other 9 member states enjoy import tariff reduction and exemption, and their issuance efficiency directly determines the degree of convenience for enterprises to enjoy the benefits.

　　Customs in various parts of Fujian are strengthening research on RCEP rules of origin and tariff reduction policies to help companies make good use of the import and export benefits policy, shorten the visa time and the time limit for enterprises to apply for permits, and help Fujian agricultural products and other specialty industries to expand overseas consumer market.

　　Guo Ningning, member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, believes that RCEP will open a new chapter in neighboring cooperation and free trade, bring more opportunities for Fujian’s in-depth participation in international economic and trade cooperation, and inject strong momentum into Fujian’s high-level opening up. Fujian and other RCEP member states are an important engine for deepening industrial cooperation, promoting market opening, improving the industrial supply chain, and promoting regional development.

　　In recent years, economic and trade cooperation and exchanges between Fujian and other RCEP member states have become increasingly close.

ASEAN has surpassed the European Union and the United States to become Fujian’s largest source of imports and exports, and Japan and South Korea are Fujian’s fifth and seventh largest trading partners.

According to official data, in the first nine months of 2021, under the good expectations of the effective implementation of RCEP, the trade between Fujian Province and other RCEP member countries has increased significantly against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, with a total import and export trade of 470.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%.

　　At the same time, ASEAN, Japan and South Korea have become hot spots for two-way investment with Fujian.

As of the end of 2020, RCEP member states have invested in a total of 6,869 investment projects in Fujian Province, with an actual investment of US$14.5 billion. Since 2010, Fujian Province has filed 539 investment projects in RCEP member countries, with a total investment of US$8.21 billion in China’s agreement.

By the end of 2020, Fujian enterprises had set up 8 overseas economic and trade cooperation parks in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries, with a cumulative investment of US$640 million.

　　At present, Fujian is speeding up the construction of a modern industrial system and has cultivated 21 industrial clusters with an output value of over 100 billion yuan.

Huang Maoxing, a professor at the School of Economics of Fujian Normal University, believes that RCEP will help Fujian unblock the regional industrial chain and supply chain, better connect the two domestic and international markets and two resources, and shape new advantages in foreign economic and trade cooperation.

　　After the start of the "14th Five-Year Plan", Fujian continued to deepen exchanges and cooperation with other RCEP member countries in infrastructure connectivity, technological innovation and economic and trade industry cooperation, as well as exchanges and cooperation in the fields of ecological and environmental protection, sanitation and health, and humanities.

　　Huang Maoxing said that with the global epidemic still occurring and the world economic downturn, RCEP dividends are gradually released, which will help Fujian continue to strengthen its new advantages in participating in international economic cooperation and competition, promote the domestic and international dual cycle, and accelerate the construction of new development. pattern.

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