On December 27, 2019, China Ministry of Finance, General Administration for Market Regulation and 11 other ministries promulgated List of Cross-border E-commerce Retail Imported Commodities (2019 Edition) which will become effective on January 1st, 2020.[1]
Time | Documents |
April 6, 2016 | List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities |
April 15, 2016 | List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities (2nd batch) |
November 20, 2018 | List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities (2018 edition) |
December 27, 2019 | List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities (2019 edition) |
The 2019 edition of the positive list[2] covers a total of 1413 types of commodities as counted in terms of listed HS codes, up from 1321 items in the 2018 edition. According to articles written by some analysts on the Internet, roughly 100 types of goods are newly added to the new list and 8 types are removed along with some other adjustment.
25 types of aquatic products and liquor newly added
HS code | Product description | Note |
3061100 | Frozen reef shrimp and other lobster | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061500 | Frozen Nephrops norvegicus (aka Norway Lobster/Dublin Bay Prawn) | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061611 | Frozen shelled coldwater tiny shrimp | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061621 | Frozen shelled coldwater japonicus | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061711 | Frozen shelled tiny shrimp | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061721 | Frozen shelled japonicus | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061911 | Frozen shelled freshwater crayfish | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061919 | Frozen freshwater crayfish | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3061990 | Other frozen crustacean | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3071200 | Frozen oyster | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3072200 | Frozen scallop | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3073200 | Frozen mussel | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
3075200 | Frozen octopus | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
22051000 | Vermouth and other wine brewed with fresh grape and added with plant or fragrance –container ≤ 2000ml | |
22059000 | Vermouth and other wine brewed with fresh grape and added with plant or fragrance – other | |
22060010 | Millet wine | |
22082000 | Hard liquor distilled from grape wine | |
22083000 | Whisky | |
22084000 | Rum and other hard liquor distilled from fermented sugarcane products | |
22085000 | Gin | |
22086000 | Vodka | |
22087000 | Liqueur and Cordier | |
22089010 | Other pulque | |
22089020 | White wine | |
22089090 | Other alcoholic drinks |
Prepackaged pet feed imported by bonded warehouse model
HS code | Product description | Note |
23091010 | Prepackaged canned dog feed or cat feed | products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively |
23091090 | Prepackaged dog feed or cat feed | Products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively (new requirement) |
From Jan. 1, 2020, to be eligible for CBEC trade, prepackaged dog feed and cat feed must be exclusively imported through the bonded warehouse model as stipulated in the CBEC positive list (see the above table).