Next year, the standard for the import of refined oil products will be issued

On October 15, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce issued the latest policy on the allowable amount of refined oil imports in 2013—the “Application Conditions, Distribution Principles, and Related Procedures for the Allowable Quantity of Imports of Refined Oil (Fuel Oil) for Non-State Trading in 2013”. The announcement details the regulations for the import of refined oil in 2013, the allowable import volume, and the qualification conditions.

Article 1 The import of refined oil (fuel oil) management product oil (fuel oil) (hereinafter referred to as fuel oil) shall be subject to state-owned trade management, and at the same time, the import of a certain amount of fuel oil shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Protocol of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization. State-owned trade management is imported by companies that meet the non-state-owned trade qualification requirements within the annual import allowance.

Article 2 Allowed Imports of Non-State Trading Fuel Oil In 2013, the allowable amount of fuel non-state trading imports (hereinafter referred to as fuel oil import allowable) was 16.2 million tons.

Article 3 The qualification conditions for the importation of non-state trading fuels under the Ministry of Commerce is based on the “Application Criteria, Distribution Basis, and Application Procedures for Import Allowance for Non-State Trading Enterprises of Refined Oil (Fuel Oil) in 2012” (hereinafter referred to as “Ministry of Commerce” No. 66, 2011). “Announcement”: Enterprises that meet the non-state trading qualification requirements for fuel oil and obtain 2012 fuel oil import allowable amount may continue to apply for the 2013 fuel oil import allowance according to this “Announcement”.

Other enterprises may, according to the relevant provisions in Articles 1 and 4 of the “Announcement No. 57” of 2010 of the Ministry of Commerce regarding the conditions for application and the submitted materials, submit the 2013 non-state trading fuel oil qualification application to the local competent commercial authority. The provincial-level commercial administrations shall submit the list of eligible companies and related materials to the Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Affairs Department) on October 30, 2012, March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2012, respectively. Copy to China Minmetals Chemicals Import & Export Chamber of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as Minmetals Chamber of Commerce). The central management company will directly submit the application and related materials to the Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Affairs Department) and copy the Minmetals Chamber of Commerce at the same time. The Minmetals Chamber of Commerce will submit the list of qualified companies to the Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Trade Department) after reviewing the application materials. The websites of the Ministry of Commerce and the Minmetals Chamber of Commerce on November 15, 2012, April 10, July 10, and October 15, 2013 have publicized the list of companies that have been verified as eligible, and the publicity period is five days. During public notice, if there is any objection to the publicity list, the Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Trade Department) may submit a public review. If there is no objection during the public announcement period, the Minmetals Chamber of Commerce will submit the list of qualified companies and relevant audit opinions to the Ministry of Commerce before November 25, 2012, April 20, October 25, 2013. ). The Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Trade Division) has approved the opinions and publicity results of the Chamber of Commerce. Enterprises that meet the qualification criteria for non-state trading of fuel oil may apply for the import of fuel oil for 2013 according to this "Announcement".

Article 4: First, the first to lead the fuel oil import allowable amount in 2013 to implement the "first come to lead" distribution. Enterprises that meet the requirements of non-state-owned trade qualifications apply for import of fuel oil according to the actual import demand. The initial amount that can be claimed is set based on the 2012 fuel oil import allowable amount and write-off rate. Enterprises can apply for automatic fuel oil import licenses in batches within the initial claim amount. After importing the goods or returning unused automatic import licenses, enterprises can apply for automatic import licenses again within the range of the initial quantity, until the total amount of fuel oil import permits is completed.

Article 5 Allowance for initial import in 2013 (1) In 2012, the initial allowable amount of fuel oil for which the write-off rate was more than 80% was increased by 100,000 tons in 2013;

(2) In 2012, the initial allowable fuel oil write-off rate was 50%-79%. In 2013, the initial import allowable volume was increased by 50,000 tons.

(3) In 2012, the starting allowance for fuel oil was 25%-49%, and in 2013, the initial import allowance was increased by 30,000 tons;

(4) For enterprises that have a starting allowance of less than 25% for fuel oil in 2012, 50% of the initial import allowance is deducted;

(5) For enterprises that do not carry out business and have not applied for import licenses, the initial import permit shall remain unchanged;

(6) New enterprises that meet the conditions for the non-state trading of non-state trading fuel oil, and the initial import allowable amount in 2013 is 50,000 tons.

Article 6 The applicant for the automatic import license for fuel oil shall provide the following original materials to the Ministry of Commerce's Quota License Affairs Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the License Bureau) and the relevant provincial license issuing agencies for the automatic import of fuel oil. Copy and copy:

(1) "Automatic Import License Application Form";

(2) import contracts or entrusted agents' import contracts with legal effects;

(3) bank letter of credit or other payment certificate;

(4) bills of lading or other valid documents that can prove the ownership of the goods;

(5) Other materials required by the relevant issuing authority.

Article 7 Acceptance and Issuance of Automatic Import Licenses for Fuel Oil The License Bureau and the local provincial issuing agencies shall be responsible for accepting the automatic import license of fuel oil for enterprises. Within five working days after the application materials are complete, they shall be qualified enterprises. Automatic import licenses are issued and copies of enterprise application materials are retained.

Article 8 The period of validity, change of the automatic import license for fuel oil, and the automatic import license for missing fuel oil shall be valid within 3 months from the date of issuance, and shall not exceed December 31, 2013 at the latest. If it is necessary to postpone or change, it must be re-applied. When the old certificate is revoked, the new certificate must be renewed in the Remarks column. If the automatic import license is lost, the company shall, within 10 working days, apply for the loss reporting formalities to the original issuing authority and the customs declaration port listed in the original. After verification, the original issuance agency will issue a new certificate and indicate the original certificate number in the remarks column.

Article 9 The write-off enterprise that has used the automatic import license for fuel oil shall, within 10 working days after the import declaration, use the written verification letter affixed with the company's official seal to the original license issuing agency to use the automatic import license. The write-off letter shall list the license number, *** number, customs declaration number, customs clearance date, customs declaration port and so on. The allowable amount of pre-marketed used fuel oil imports is not included in the initial allowable amount that the company can apply for, and the enterprise can apply for an automatic import license again for the amount of pre-offset sales. After the enterprise handles all payment and customs clearance formalities, it must officially write off the allowed amount of fuel oil imports with the original *** affixed with the customs inspection seal to the original issuing authority. Official verification procedures should be completed within 3 months after customs clearance.

For enterprises that really need to postpone paying foreign exchange, the company must send a letter explaining the situation, and promises that after the date of foreign exchange payment, the original copy of the import acceptance/payment statement issued by the bank will be officially written off to the original issuing authority.

Article 10 Returning enterprises that have not used automatic import licenses for fuel oil shall return the automatic import license for unused or unused fuel oil to the reissuing and issuing agency within 10 working days after the expiry date. The amount of unused allowances returned by the company is included in the amount of unused fuel oil allowed in the country for companies to come first.

Article 11 The Supervision and Management License Bureau of the Automatic Import License Verification shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the verification and verification of the automatic import license of fuel oil throughout the country, and shall monitor and publish quarterly the verification rate of automatic import licenses of enterprises, ie The number of companies that have been written off (including the number of pre-offsets)/the total amount of companies that have applied for automatic import licenses.

The Licensing Bureau urges each issuing agency to remind the enterprises that the cumulative write-off rate is less than 25% at the end of the first quarter to promptly return the unused allowances, and to warn and warn the enterprises whose cumulative verification rate is less than 25% at the end of the second quarter. Enterprises with a cumulative verification rate of less than 25% at the end of the third quarter adopted measures such as deducting 50% of the initial allowable amount and suspending the issuance of new automatic import licenses.

The annual verification rate of the enterprise will be used as the basis for the establishment of the initial import permit for the company in 2014.

Article 12: Publication of the Allowed Quantity of Unused Fuel Oil Imports Where the allowed amount of unused fuel oil imports is less than 10% of the annual allowable amount, the Licensing Bureau shall announce the use rate and remaining quantity of allowed fuel oil every 15 days to facilitate the enterprise. Do a good job in import business arrangements.

Article 13: Responsibilities of Enterprises The enterprises shall be responsible for the authenticity of the submitted non-state-owned trading of fuel oil and the automatic import license of fuel oil, and shall issue a commitment letter affixed with the company's official seal. If an enterprise has falsified or altered its reporting and application materials, it will be legally investigated for legal responsibility if the investigation is true.

Those who forge, alter or buy and sell automatic import licenses shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law concerning the crime of illegal business operations or the falsification, alteration, or purchase of official documents, certificates, and seals of government agencies.

If an enterprise has the above-mentioned violation of laws and regulations, and the investigation is true, the competent commercial departments shall not accept the application for their fuel oil import business within two years.

Article 14 Others Since December 25th, 2012, each license issuing agency has applied for the automatic import license of fuel oil and issued the 2013 automatic import license of fuel oil.