List of the Issuing Departments of Import License and the Pro-cedures for Approval and Issuing of Licenses of Import Commodities
List of the Issuing Departments of Import License and the Pro-cedures for Approval and Issuing of Licenses of Import Commodities
(Promulgated on February 4, 1993)
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In order to meet the need of development of foreign economic
cooperation and trade, the current name list of the issuing departments of
import license and the procedures for approval and issuing of licenses of
import commodities are promulgated and announced as follows:
1. The name list of the issuing departments of import licenses at each level
(1) The name of issuing department for the commodities needed to
uniformly apply for licenses to the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations
and Trade:
The Administration of Quota and License of the Ministry of Foreign
Economic Relations and Trade.
(2) The name list of issuing departments for the commodities needed
to apply for licenses to the Special Commissioner's Offices of the
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade:
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Tianjin;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Dalian;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Shanghai;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Guangzhou;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Shenzhen;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Hainan;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Nanjing;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Fuzhou;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Qingdao;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Zhengzhou;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Wuhan;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Nanning;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Chengdu;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Xi'an;
The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade in Hangzhou.
(3) The name list of the issuing departments for the commodities
needed to apply for licenses to the foreign economy and trade commission
(or departments) of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities
directly under the Central Government, municipalities with separate
listing in the State planning:
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Beijing;
The Department of Foreign Trade of Tianjin;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shanghai;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Hebei
Province;
The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shanxi
Province;
The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region;
The Department of Foreign Trade of Liaoning Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Dalian;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shenyang;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Jilin
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Changchun;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of
Heilongjiang Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Harbin;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Jiangsu
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Nanjing;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Zhejiang
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Ningbo;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Anhui
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Fujian
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Xiamen;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Jiangxi
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shandong
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Qingdao;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Henan
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Wuhan;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Hunan
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guangdong
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guangzhou;
The Department of Trade Development of Shenzhen;
The Department of Commerce and Trade of Hainan Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guangxi
Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Regions;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Sichuan
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Chengdu;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Chongqing;
The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guizhou
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Yunnan
Province;
The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Tibet
Autonomous Region;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shaanxi
Province;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Xi'an;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Gansu
Province;
The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Qinghai
Province;
The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Ningxia Hui
Nationality Autonomous Region;
The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Xinjiang
Uygur Nationality Autonomous Region.
2. The procedures for approval, applying for and issuing of the licenses of import commodities
According to the Interim Provisions on Licensing System of Import
Commodities of the People's Republic of China and its detailed
implementary provisions, the import of commodities controlled by import
licenses shall be approved and apply for import licenses to the competent
administrative departments of the State.
(1) The foreign trade corporations, industrial and trade
corporations, corporations of international economic and technological
cooperations, all productive enterprises and enterprises with foreign
investments which have operating rights of import and export approved by
the State have the qualifications to apply for the import licenses.
(2) The corporations shall apply for import licenses by presentation
of the effective approval documents of the competent administrative
departments. The administrative approval documents by the competent
administrative departments of the State are the basis of issuing the
import licenses by the issuing departments at all level.
(3) The competent administrative departments of the State are the
Planning Commission of the State, the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade, the Office of Economy and Trade of the State Council,
the Coordinating Office of the Machinery and Electric Equipment Import of
the State Council. They are in charge of administrative approval of
different commodities needed import licenses.
((1)) The Planning Commission of the State is in charge of approval
of the following commodities: rolled steel (including tinplate steel),
ingot of steel, scrap steel, waste vessels (for dismantling), natural
rubber (including natural emulsion), timber (excluding cork), veneer
board, wool, synthetic fiber, wood pulp, crude oil, sugar, chemical fiber
monomer, ABS resin, synthetic resin, polycarbonate, sodium cyanide,
agricultural pesticide, tobacco products, cigarette filter, biacetic fiber
bing (cigarette grade), cobalt and cobalt sodium, tire (including used
tire), civil explosives materials, polyester cloth, polyester garments,
medicine of South of China.
((2)) The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade is in
charge of approval of the following commodities: coffee and coffee
products, tobaccos consigned for sale.
((3)) The Office of Economy and Trade of the State Council is in
charge of approval of the following commodities: carbonate drinks
(including products and condensed), assembly and process equipment.
((4)) The Coordinating Office of the Machinery and Electric Equipment
Import of the State is in charge of the following commodities:
TV-kinescope, vehicles, critical parts of vehicles, vehicle lifter, civil
aeroplane, open-end spinning machine, electron microscope, electron color
selective instruments, fault image formers, electronic computers and
associated equipment, copiers for magnetic audio and video cassettes
(excluding the copiers with rate of copying less than 1:8), video recorder
and player, copier, air conditioner and its compressor, refrigerator and
its compressor, washing machine, audio recorder, TV, motorcycle, critical
parts of motorcycle, camera, body of camera, wrist watch.
(4) The applications for import licenses by companies with foreign
investments shall be handled according to the Interim Provisions
Concerning Applying for Import and Export Licenses by the Companies with
Foreign Investments of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and
Trade ([87] The Notice No. 1 of Administration of Foreign Investments of
the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, which was
repromulgated on December 5, 1991).
(5) The commodities under the administration of import licenses and
donated by the overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao
shall be handled according to the Several Regulations of the State Council
Concerning Strengthening the Administration of Import Materials Donated by
the Overseas Chinese and Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao ([1989] No.
16 of State Council).
(6) The application and issue of import licenses.
((1)) Filling the application forms of import licenses.
((2)) Submitting the effective approval documents of the competent
administrat ive departments of the State.
((3)) The approval documents for establishing the enterprises shall
be submitted for file by the company when the company applies for import
licenses at first time.
((4)) The issuing departments shall, according its scope of
authorization, issue the import licenses. It is based on the Notification
of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade and the General
Administration of Customs Concerning the Matters of Adjustment of the
Categories of Commodities Administrated with Licenses and Issuing
Departments ([87] No. 429 of the Administration of Foreign Trade of the
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, which was repromulgated
on June 6, 1992).
((5)) The changes and extension of import licenses shall be handled
by the original issuing department.
(7) The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade shall be
responsible for the interpretation of the procedures of applying and
issuing of the import licenses.
2) The corporations shall apply for import licenses by presentation
of the effective approval documents of the competent administrative
departments. The administrative approval documents by the competent
administrative departments of the State are the basis of issuing the
import licenses by the issuing departments at all level.
(3) The competent administrative departments of the State are the
Planning Commission of the State, the Ministry of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade, the Office of Economy and Trade of the State Council,
the Coordinating Office of the Machinery and Electric Equipment Import of
the State Council. They are in charge of administrative approval of
different commodities needed import licenses.
((1)) The Planning Commission of the State is in charge of approval
of the following commodities: rolled steel (including tinplate steel),
ingot of steel, scrap steel, waste vessels (for dismantling), natural
rubber (including natural emulsion), timber (excluding cork), veneer
board, wool, synthetic fiber, wood pulp, crude oil, sugar, chemical fiber
monomer, ABS resin, synthetic resin, polycarbonate, sodium cyanide,
agricultural pesticide, tobacco products, cigarette filter, biacetic fiber
bing (cigarette grade), cobalt and cobalt sodium, tire (including used
tire), civil explosives materials, polyester cloth, polyester garments,
medicine of South of China.
((2)) The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade is in
charge of approval of the following commodities: coffee and coffee
products, tobaccos consigned for sale.
((3)) The Office of Economy and Trade of the State Council is in
charge of approval of the following commodities: carbonate drinks
(including products and condensed), assembly and process equipment.
((4)) The Coordinating Office of the Machinery and Electric Equipment
Import of the State is in charge of the following commodities:
TV-kinescope, vehicles, critical parts of vehicles, vehicle lifter, civil
aeroplane, open-end spinning machine, electron microscope, electron color
selective instruments, fault image formers, electronic computers and
associated equipment, copiers for magnetic audio and video cassettes
(excluding the copiers with rate of copying less than 1:8), video recorder
and player, copier, air conditioner and its compressor, refrigerator and
its compressor, washing machine, audio recorder, TV, motorcycle, critical
parts of motorcycle, camera, body of camera, wrist watch.
(4) The applications for import licenses by companies with foreign
investments shall be handled according to the Interim Provisions
Concerning Applying for Import and Export Licenses by the Companies with
Foreign Investments of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and
Trade ([87] The Notice No. 1 of Administration of Foreign Investments of
the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, which was
repromulgated on December 5, 1991).
(5) The commodities under the administration of import licenses and
donated by the overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao
shall be handled according to the Several Regulations of the State Council
Concerning Strengthening the Administration of Import Materials Donated by
the Overseas Chinese and Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao ([1989] No.
16 of State Council).
(6) The application and issue of import licenses.
((1)) Filling the application forms of import licenses.
((2)) Submitting the effective approval documents of the competent
administrat ive departments of the State.
((3)) The approval documents for establishing the enterprises shall
be submitted for file by the company when the company applies for import
licenses at first time.
((4)) The issuing departments shall, according its scope of
authorization, issue the import licenses. It is based on the Notification
of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade and the General
Administration of Customs Concerning the Matters of Adjustment of the
Categories of Commodities Administrated with Licenses and Issuing
Departments ([87] No. 429 of the Administration of Foreign Trade of the
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, which was repromulgated
on June 6, 1992).
((5)) The changes and extension of import licenses shall be handled
by the original issuing department.
(7) The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade shall be
responsible for the interpretation of the procedures of applying and
issuing of the import licenses.
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