China News Service, Harbin, January 7 (Chen Yu reporter Jiang Hui) On the 7th, Harbin Customs released information that Heilongjiang Longlong Food Co., Ltd. successfully applied for RCEP to Bingcheng Customs under Harbin Customs through the "China International Trade Single Window" Certificate of Origin.
This is the first RCEP certificate of origin issued by Harbin Customs after the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into effect.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is an agreement initiated by ASEAN in 2012 and formulated by 15 members including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and 10 ASEAN countries. The free trade zone with the largest population, the largest economic and trade scale and the most potential for development in the world has officially set sail.
After the agreement takes effect, the approved members will implement tariff reductions according to the agreement, and more than 90% of the trade in goods in the region will eventually achieve zero tariffs.
From January to November 2021, the total import and export value of Heilongjiang Province to RCEP countries was 16.88 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 32.4%.
The implementation of RCEP will play a positive role in promoting economic and trade exchanges between Heilongjiang Province and RCEP countries and expanding opening to the outside world.
"We have been paying attention to the implementation of RCEP. With the certificate of origin, we can enjoy preferential tariffs, which makes us really feel the dividend of tax reduction, which adds an advantage for our products to enhance the competitiveness of the international market and seize market share." Heilongjiang Longlong Foods The person in charge of the limited company said that the goods that applied for the RCEP certificate of origin were canned boiled wild vegetables exported to Japan. With the certificate, they could enjoy a preferential tariff reduction of about 2,000 yuan under the RCEP agreement in Japan.
The person in charge of Harbin Customs Tariff Department said that Harbin Customs will continue to strengthen the research on RCEP rules, increase policy publicity, and provide precise guidance to key enterprises by industry, so that enterprises can better understand the RCEP agreement and make better use of the preferential terms of the agreement. Make the agreement better benefit Heilongjiang enterprises.
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