| China issues updated Catalogue of Prohibited Products, including new forest products |
| 08/05/2008 - 17:30 |
The Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs issued the updated Catalogue of Prohibited Products in the Processing Trade for 2008 (Circular No. 22/2008) at the beginning of April. The updated catalogue lists prohibited products to control high polluting commodities for export, mitigate risks to the environment and promote
transformation of the processing trade. The Catalogue
covers a total of 1816 ten-digit customs tariff codes. Of the
total, 606 forest products are included, adding 183 forest
products from 2007 and making up 33% of the total
prohibited products. Processing trade contracts involving
newly prohibited products approved before 5 May 2008
may be filed with customs according to relevant regulations and completed within the contract validity
period. Enterprises under online monitoring can complete
their contracts by 5 April 2009. |
| (ITTO's Tropical Timber Market Report) |
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