2015 Grain Import Quota Volume Officially Announced

According to the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas for Agricultural Products" (Order No. 4 of 2003 of the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission), the 2015 grain import tariff quota volume, application conditions and allocation principles are hereby announced as follows:

I. Quota Volume

The 2015 grain import tariff quota volume is: wheat 9.636 million tons, with a non-state trading proportion of 10%; corn 7.2 million tons, with a non-state trading proportion of 40%; rice 5.32 million tons (of which: long-grain rice 2.66 million tons, medium- and short-grain rice 2.66 million tons), with a non-state trading proportion of 50%.

II. Application Conditions

⟦NL> The basic conditions for applicants for the 2015 grain import tariff quota are: registered with the industry and commerce administration department before October 1, 2014; having good financial status, tax payment records and credit standing; strictly implementing the grain circulation statistics system and complying with the minimum and maximum stockpiling regulations for grain operators; from 2012 to 2014, having no violation records in customs, industry and commerce, taxation, foreign exchange, inspection and quarantine, grain circulation, environmental protection and other aspects, no bad loan credit records, and no acts violating the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas for Agricultural Products".

On the premise of meeting the above conditions, applicants for import tariff quotas must also meet one of the following conditions:

(1) Wheat

1. State trading enterprises;

2. Enterprises with actual import performance in 2014 (excluding agency imports);

3. Flour production enterprises using more than 100,000 tons of wheat in 2013 or 2014;

4. Food production enterprises using more than 50,000 tons of flour in 2013 or 2014;

5. Enterprises with no actual import performance in 2014 but with import and export operating rights and a certificate of processing trade production capacity issued by the local commerce department, engaging in processing trade using wheat or flour as raw materials.

(2) Corn

1. State trading enterprises;

2. Enterprises with actual import performance in 2014 (excluding agency imports);

3. Feed production enterprises using more than 50,000 tons of corn in 2013 or 2014;

4. Other production enterprises using more than 150,000 tons of corn in 2013 or 2014;

5. Enterprises with no actual import performance in 2014 but with import and export operating rights and a certificate of processing trade production capacity issued by the local commerce department, engaging in processing trade using corn as a raw material.

(3) Rice (long-grain rice and medium- and short-grain rice must be applied for separately)

1. State trading enterprises;

2. Enterprises with actual import performance in 2014 (excluding agency imports);

3. Grain enterprises with grain wholesale and retail qualifications and rice sales of more than 100 million yuan in 2013 or 2014;

4. Food production enterprises using more than 50,000 tons of rice in 2013 or 2014;

5. Enterprises with no actual import performance in 2014 but with import and export operating rights and a certificate of processing trade production capacity issued by the local commerce department, engaging in processing trade using rice as a raw material.

Group enterprises with multiple processing plants must apply independently in the name of each processing plant and use import quotas independently. Trading enterprises applying for rice import tariff quotas may choose to apply in the name of the group headquarters or a subordinate enterprise, but the headquarters and subordinate enterprises may not apply simultaneously.

III. Application Time

The application period for the 2015 grain import tariff quota is from December 11 to 25, 2014.

Applicants may obtain the "Agricultural Product Import Tariff Quota Application Form" from the authorized agencies of the National Development and Reform Commission, or download it from the National Development and Reform Commission website (http://www.ndrc.gov.cn), and fill it in truthfully.

The authorized agencies of the National Development and Reform Commission are responsible for accepting applications from enterprises within their respective jurisdictions, and shall deliver applications that meet the announced conditions to the National Development and Reform Commission before December 31, 2014, and simultaneously report a copy to the Ministry of Commerce.

Enterprises' application information will be publicly posted on the National Development and Reform Commission website.

IV. Allocation Principles

The above grain import tariff quotas will be allocated according to the applicants' actual production and operating capacity (including historical production and processing, actual import performance, operating conditions, etc.) and other relevant commercial standards.

V. Allocation Results

Applicants may check the 2015 grain import tariff quota volume obtained on the National Development and Reform Commission website.

VI. Quota Use

The above grain import tariff quotas obtained by applicants must be used by themselves, and the imported goods must be processed and operated by the enterprise itself. Among them, imported wheat and corn must be processed and used in the enterprise's own plant; imported rice must be organized for sale in the name of the enterprise itself.