Order of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on Issuing the Measures on the Administration of Automatic Import License of Goods

Order of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on Issuing the Measures on the Administration of Automatic Import License of Goods

Order of the Ministry of Foreign Trade And Economic Cooperation[2001] No.20

December 31, 2001

In accordance with the "Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of the Import and Export of Goods", and upon consent by and after negotiation with the General Administration of Customs, the "Measures on the Administration of Automatic Import License of Goods" are hereby promulgated and shall come into force on January 1, 2002.

Shi Guangsheng, Minister of the Ministry Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

Attached: Measures on the Administration of Automatic Import License of Goods
　
Article 1 These Measures are enacted in accordance with the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of the Import and Export of Goods" in order to effectively monitor the import of goods and regulate the automatic import license of goods.
　
Article 2 The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the MOFTEC") shall, on the basis of the needs of monitoring the import of goods, administer the automatic import license of some goods.
　
Article 3 The catalogue of goods subject to automatic import license administration, including the names and tariff numbers of specific goods, shall be determined by the MOFTEC after negotiation with the relevant departments, and shall be promulgated at least 21 days before the execution thereof. The present catalogue of the goods subject to automatic import license administration is attached behind (see Appendix I).
　
Article 4 When, with respect to the goods subject to automatic import license administration, the reasons for the implementation of the administration have been changed, the MOFTEC shall cancel the automatic import license administration on the goods, and shall promulgate the cancellation.
　
Article 5 The automatic import licenses shall be issued by the Quota License Affairs Bureau, the departments in charge of foreign trade and economic cooperation of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities directly under State planning as well as the relevant State departments (hereinafter uniformly referred to as the "license-issuing institutions") upon authorization by the MOFTEC.
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