“Tick tocktick tock…” Recently, in the production workshop of Guangdong Esquel Textile Co., Ltd. in Gaoming District, Foshan City, workers are operating the machi…
“Tick tocktick tock…” Recently, in the production workshop of Guangdong Esquel Textile Co., Ltd. in Gaoming District, Foshan City, workers are operating the machines in an orderly manner to carry out cutting, sewing, packaging and other processes for the goods that will be delivered to Japanese customers are busy with orders.
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Customs officers from Huadu Customs affiliated with Guangzhou Customs went to textile and garment enterprises to learn about production and operation conditions
Guangdong is an important production base for the textile and clothing industry in my country, accounting for about one-third of the country’s annual clothing output. Since the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement” (RCEP) officially came into effect at the beginning of this year, my country’s textile and apparel products exported to RCEP member countries have enjoyed tariff preferences. Among them, textile and footwear products are important tax reduction products from Japan to China under RCEP. However, some textile and apparel companies have not mastered the regional cumulative rules of origin during the export process and have not been able to enjoy policy dividends such as tariff preferences.
In response to the demands and dilemmas of enterprises in the jurisdiction, Guangzhou Customs has arranged origin business experts to provide “one-on-one” policy guidance to enterprises that do not enjoy tariff preferences based on the export characteristics of textile and garment enterprises in the jurisdiction, focusing on rules of origin, tariff reduction The “approved exporter” system helps companies establish a comparison list of RCEP country-specific commodity tax reductions, helping companies enjoy policy dividends.
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Customs officers from the Gaoming Office of Foshan Customs affiliated to Guangzhou Customs visited textile and garment enterprises to conduct research
Guangdong Esquel Textile Co., Ltd. is a high-tech textile enterprise whose main business is spinning, dyeing, weaving, and garment making. It is also a leading enterprise in the textile and garment industry. “Under the guidance of the customs, we have successfully passed the ‘Approved Exporter’ certification and can independently issue a declaration of origin for goods. Currently, our products such as bedding and clothing exported to Japan can receive a tariff reduction of 0.3%~0.6%, and our products Competitiveness has been further improved.” Mai Zhiwei, head of customs declaration at Guangdong Esquel Textile Co., Ltd., said that in the first eight months of this year, the company’s textile and clothing exports to RCEP member countries had a preferential value of 54.641 million yuan.
“With the help of RCEP, the competitive advantages of our products have been further highlighted, and the volume of orders has steadily increased. The customs provides ‘one-on-one’ policy guidance and promptly helps solve problems such as customs clearance and preferential treatment, which has boosted our export confidence .” Shi Guang, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Luanyi Clothing Co., Ltd., whose main business is exporting work clothes to Japan, also has similar feelings.
In order to support the textile and garment industry in the jurisdiction to expand exports, Guangzhou Customs has carried out comprehensive policy interpretation through new media platforms and held policy briefings and other “online + offline” forms based on the actual needs of enterprises, and compiled and printed more than 8,000 A brochure of “RCEP Origin Questions and Answers” was distributed to relevant enterprises to guide them to standardize declaration of RCEP origin standards, correctly choose the best applicable agreement to enjoy maximum tariff preferences, and help enterprises to make full use of RCEP accumulation rules, independent declaration system and other policies to fully Enjoy tariff concessions.
According to statistics, in the first eight months of this year, Guangzhou Customs issued a total of 909 RCEP certificates of origin for textile and garment enterprises exporting to RCEP member countries, with a preferential value of 188 million yuan.
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