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Cross-Border Ecommerce Positive List (2019) Released, Appended with 100+ Types of Commodities

An expanded CBEC positive list will become effective at the start of 2020. Aquatic products, alcoholic drinks and pet feed are influenced.

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]

Chronology of CBEC Positive List Updates
 
TimeDocuments
April 6, 2016List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities
April 15, 2016List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities (2nd batch)
November 20, 2018List of CBEC Retail Imported Commodities (2018 edition)
December 27, 2019List 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 codeProduct description Note
3061100Frozen reef shrimp and other lobsterproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061500Frozen Nephrops norvegicus (aka Norway Lobster/Dublin Bay Prawn)products imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061611Frozen shelled coldwater tiny shrimpproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061621Frozen shelled coldwater japonicusproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061711Frozen shelled tiny shrimpproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061721Frozen shelled japonicusproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061911Frozen shelled freshwater crayfishproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061919Frozen freshwater crayfishproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3061990Other frozen crustaceanproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3071200Frozen oysterproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3072200Frozen scallopproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3073200Frozen musselproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
3075200Frozen octopusproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
22051000Vermouth and other wine brewed with fresh grape and added with plant or fragrance –container 2000ml 
22059000Vermouth and other wine brewed with fresh grape and added with plant or fragrance – other 
22060010Millet wine 
22082000Hard liquor distilled from grape wine 
22083000Whisky  
22084000Rum and other hard liquor distilled from fermented sugarcane products 
22085000Gin 
22086000Vodka 
22087000Liqueur and Cordier 
22089010Other pulque 
22089020White wine 
22089090Other alcoholic drinks 

Prepackaged pet feed imported by bonded warehouse model

HS codeProduct descriptionNote
23091010Prepackaged canned dog feed or cat feedproducts imported via bonded warehouse model exclusively
23091090Prepackaged dog feed or cat feedProducts 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).


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