Measures for the Redistribution of Tariff-Rate Quotas for Agricultural Imports Officially Announced

Beijing, August 27 (Reporter Lin Huocan): The National Development and Reform Commission today announced matters relating to the 2014agricultural products redistribution of import tariff-rate quotas.

The announcement stated that end users holding 2014 import tariff-rate quotas for wheat, corn, rice and paddy rice, sugar, and cotton who did not sign import contracts for the full quota amount that year, or who have signed import contracts but are expected to be unable to ship from the port of origin before the end of the year, shall return the unfinished or unfulfillable portion of their tariff-rate quota volume before September 15.

End users who obtained and fully used up their 2014 import tariff-rate quotas for wheat, corn, rice and paddy rice, sugar, and cotton, as well as new users who meet the application conditions listed in the "Allocation Principles" and "Allocation Rules" but did not apply for 2014 import tariff-rate quotas during the allocation at the beginning of the year, may submit applications for the redistribution of tariff-rate quotas for agricultural imports.