Following the entry controls of various countries and the strengthening of docking restrictions on Chinese ships, India has significantly increased tariffs, Indonesia, Jordan, and Russia have suspended the import of some Chinese goods, and Vietnam has issued a reminder to suspend customs clearance of goods! Please inform all foreign trade and freight forwarders to inform each other and make arrangements in advance!
India has significantly increased import tariffs
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of the Government of India, announced in her 2020-21 government budget that increases in furniture, footwear, Import tariffs on home appliances, mobile phone parts, toys and other products, and further amend the anti-dumping and related measures of the Tariff Law (Section 28DA) to restrict imports!
Specific products for which import tariffs will be increased include:
Footwear tariffs will be increased from 25% to 35%;
Toy tariffs have been raised from 20% to 60%;
The tax rates on furniture such as seats, lamps and mattresses have been raised from 20% to 25% ;
Appliances such as fans, food grinders/blenders, shavers, water heaters, ovens, toasters, coffee makers, heaters and irons, as well as filing cabinets and paper plates The tariff on fixed items such as others increased from 10% to 20%;
The tariff on commercial refrigerators increased from 7.5% to 15%;
Tariffs on refrigerators and air conditioner compressors increased from 10% to 12.5%;
Tariffs on fans transported by rail increased from 7.5% to 10%;
Tariffs on welding and plasma cutting machines increased from 7.5% to 10%;
For electric vehicles, tariffs on imported fully built electric buses and electric trucks increased from 7.5% to 10%. 25% to 40%, semi-finished goods duty on buses, trucks and two-wheelers from 15% to 25%, duty on passenger cars and three-wheelers from 15% to 30%, all imported kits (parts and components) for electric vehicles Imported to India for assembly), the tariff will be increased from 10% to 15%;
The tariff on shelled walnuts will be increased from 30% to 100%.
Screenshot of tariff adjustment document▼
The Indian government says the new tax is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘Make in India’ initiative aimed at boosting domestic industry.
In addition, India’s 2020 government budget added a new chapter to the tariff law, which stipulates that the FTA origin verification will be More stringent regulations. The Indian government has further revised the relevant anti-dumping and defensive measures provisions in the Tariff Act (Section 28DA) to restrict imports. Currently, India ranks second in the world in terms of the number of anti-dumping investigations against China after the United States.
Jordan suspends import of Chinese animal and plant products
On February 2, the Jordanian authorities announced that in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Jordan, they would suspend the import of Chinese animal and plant products. The issuance of relevant import licenses has been suspended until further notice.
Karim Al-Hussami, Director of the Ministry’s Licensing Department, said that this move In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Jordan, the Ministry of Agriculture will review the decision “in the future period”.
Indonesia suspends import of Chinese food and beverage products
Indonesia’s The upgrade and update of the ship’s epidemic prevention and control measures will cause the shipping schedule to be delayed by 1-2 days. In addition, Indonesia will suspend the import of Chinese food and beverage products to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Russia suspends imports of Chinese vegetables and fruits
Russia’s largest supermarket Magnit announced that it would suspend the import of vegetables and fruits from China.
Vietnam issued a reminder to suspend customs clearance of goods
Previous notification from Vietnam’s Haiphong Port Containers imported from China need to undergo Wuhan new pneumonia virus quarantine for about 14 days before they can be allowed to be imported into Vietnam, and this 14-day quarantine period will not be included in the calculation of free time.
Vietnam Friendship Port also issued a reminder to suspend customs clearance of goods: due to the need to prevent and control the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus infection, 2 On the evening of February 3, Vietnam’s Dong Dang-Lang Son Port Economic Zone Management Committee officially announced that customs clearance procedures for goods at Vietnam’s Friendship Port will be suspended starting from February 4, 2020.
These inbound and outbound flights are canceled or grounded (updated to 2.5 days)
American Airlines
➜United Airlines: From February 6 to March 28, except 1 daily All China-US routes are suspended except San Francisco-Hong Kong. Some China-US routes will continue to operate until February 6 (exclusive).
➜Air Canada: Air Canada, which has 33 weekly flights to China, has canceled 1 All direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai from February 30th to February 29th.
➜American Airlines: At 10:30AM CST on January 31st, it was announced that from now until March 28th, all Chinese airlines Mainland routes are suspended.
➜Delta Airlines: Will suspend operations of all mainland China routes from February 6 to April 30.
European Airlines
➜British Airways: British Airways announced on January 28 that it will suspend all flight services to or from mainland China until the resumption date is notified.
➜���, Chengdu-Singapore route flights. Flights on the four routes Beijing-Ho Chi Minh, Beijing-Hanoi, Hangzhou-Nha Trang, and Chongqing-Nha Trang from February 2 to March 28, 2020, as well as the Ho Chi Minh-Beijing flight on March 29, will be cancelled. Flights on the Chengdu-Sydney route from February 3 to March 28, 2020, and the Beijing-Sydney and Beijing-Melbourne routes from February 5 to February 29 will be cancelled.
➜China Southern Airlines: Flights from Beijing to Istanbul canceled from February 6 to February 29, February 11- On March 28, Beijing Eminem retained 2357 weeks and canceled 146 weeks; Guangzhou-Eminem retained 146 weeks and canceled 2357 weeks. The Australian routes are reduced as follows: from February 11 to March 28, only one daily flight CZ325/6 Guangzhou-Sydney and one daily flight CZ321/344 Guangzhou-Melbourne will be retained. The North American routes are reduced as follows: From February 11 to March 28, CZ327/8 Guangzhou-Los Angeles cancels week 246 and retains week 1357; CZ329/330 Guangzhou-Vancouver cancels week 4 and retains week 1367; CZ377/8 Guangzhou-Vancouver -Mexico City all canceled; CZ399/300 Guangzhou-New York canceled 1357, retaining 246 weeks.
➜Sichuan Airlines: Cancel some international flights from February 9 to March 2.
➜China Airlines: Cancel Shanghai flights on February 8th and February 9th and Hong Kong flights on January 31st Kaohsiung flights.
➜Vietnam Airlines: Cancel flights to and from Beijing and Hanoi from February 8 to March 31, 2020. The number is VN513/VN512, and the operating hours are every Wednesday and Saturday.
➜Singapore Airlines: Starting from February 2020, some flights to and from Singapore will be cancelled.
➜Etihad Airways: Will temporarily cancel the Beijing-Nagoya fifth freedom segment. Flights to Shanghai and Chengdu will be canceled from February 5th to February 10th.
➜Vietjet Air: All mainland China routes will be suspended from February 1 until further notice.
➜Qatar Airways: Starting from February 3, all flights to and from Doha will be suspended from 6 cities in mainland China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai) direct commercial flights.
➜Emirates Airlines: Cancel all flights to Beijing starting from February 5. Go to the airport EK counter for a physical examination at least 8 hours in advance.
➜Japan Airlines: Suspended some flights and reduced some routes from February 17 to March 28, 2020 flight. Beijing line: JL020, JL025, JL869, JL860 suspended Shanghai line: JL873, JL872, JL877, JL874, JL879, JL876, JL883, JL884, JL897, JL898 suspended Guangzhou Dalian line: JL087, JL088, JL827, JL828 reduced to weekly Class Four
African Airlines
➜Air Tanzania: Cancel all flights to and from China.
➜Egypt Air: Cancel all flights to and from China.
➜Kenya Airways: Suspended flights to Mainland China (Guangzhou) from now on.
➜Royal Air Maroc: Suspended flights to Mainland China (Beijing) from January 31 to February 29 flight, the route was launched on January 16.
➜RwandAir: Suspended routes to mainland China (Guangzhou) until further notice and will reassess the situation at the end of February.
Oceania Airlines
➜Air New Zealand: From February 18 to March 31, it will reduce its only mainland China route, New Zealand-Shanghai Pudong, from one flight per day to four flights per week.
➜Jetstar Pacific: Suspended operations on China routes (Guangzhou, Hong Kong) starting from February 6.
Entry regulations of various countries
☆South Korea: All passengers transiting in South Korea Chinese passengers (except Hong Kong and Macau) must hold a Korean visa. Without a Korean visa, check-in procedures will not be possible at the departure station, and the above regulations will be implemented immediately.
Reminders of national immigration control measures compiled by the National Immigration Administration as of 6:10 on February 4
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