The 2017 edition of the "coordination system" came into effect, the addition of LED bulb (tube) customs code

Reporters learned from the General Administration of Customs: the 2017 edition of the world customs organization, the name of the commodity and coding coordination system has been released, and will be implemented in 2017 in all countries around the world. As the coordination system of a Contracting Party, the customs tariff adjustment has been completed according to China work related goods, will be implemented in January 1, 2017.

It is understood that the Harmonized Commodity Description and encoding system is the goods classification system in the world customs organization refers to the main national and international customs statistics, transportation category development, generally every 4 to 6 years a comprehensive revision. The revision of the harmonized system of the 2017 edition covers a wide range of commodities, and the corresponding import and export tariff adjustment is also more than the general year. According to the 2017 edition of import and export tariff statistics, the transfer of the relevant provisions of the country involved in more than eight items of about $760, accounting for about 1/10 of the total import and export tariff items. In addition, many of the chapters in the tariff has also been adjusted, the relevant tariff concessions and preferential tariff products tariff rates will also be adjusted accordingly.

With the 2012 edition of the "harmonized system", the new version of the "harmonized system" there are 242 groups of revision, mainly focus on protecting ecological environment and sustainable development of science and technology, the new changes of international trade, development and other aspects of the new format, to further clarify the classification of goods, is expected to have more than 1 enterprises to declare the goods tariff amendment.

Worthy of attention is LED and lighting companies, in the new version of the "harmonized system" directory, chapter eighty-fifth, note thirty-nine, added a new sub directory, add the light emitting diode (LED) light bulb (tube), the customs 85395000 encoding.

The product (encoding (HSCod) is the import and export trade products for the product classification code, not only on the statistical analysis of the import and export data have an important role and significance, and is also the product encoding rates to adjust the means necessary basis for implementing the necessary industry support and trade management policy. With the rapid development of LED lighting products, its position in international trade has become increasingly important, but still no special customs encoding, however, in the existing catalogue, there is no LED lighting products to carry out classification encoding alone, is not conducive to the current statistics of LED lighting products import and export analysis and related tax adjustment work the. As a result of the multilateral nature of Global trade, the addition and revision of customs codes is the result of global negotiations.

2012 and the contents of the 2017 edition of the directory lighting contrast

(source: revised from the 2017 edition of the harmonized system)

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