The results of tariff negotiations on tariff concessions after China's entry into WTO.

Based on the gap between China's foreign trade system (including tariff system) and GATT system, from 1992 to 10, the working group began to draft the Protocol, a legal document for China's "re-entry into GATT" (from 1995 to "entry into WTO"). After nine years of discussion, the working group adopted a "protocol" and a "report" reflecting various viewpoints and final conclusions. The contents of the two documents related to tariffs are as follows: 37 countries (including EU 15) promised to negotiate tariff concessions with China, which accounts for more than 80% of the total foreign trade. China's main trading partner is its main rival in tariff negotiation. For example, Japan, which accounts for 18.4% of China's import market share, proposed 4,253 tariff concessions to China, and completed the negotiations at 1998; The United States, which accounts for 10% of China's import market share, negotiated 4,333 commodities with China and signed bilateral agreements in 1999. The EU, which accounts for 13.8% of China's import market share, made concessions according to the requirements of commodity categories and ended the negotiations in 2000. According to the press release 200 1 issued by the WTO secretariat in September, the comprehensive result of tariff concessions after China's entry into WTO is: (1) The average tariff of agricultural products will be reduced to 15%, and the highest tax rate after tax reduction will be 65% of the grain, which is a tax rate exceeding the tariff quota. (2) The average tariff of industrial products dropped to 8.9%. After the tax reduction, the highest tax rate for photographic films will be 47%; Automobile, 25% (3) The tariff on information technology products was reduced to zero in 2005. (4) Since the year of China's accession to the WTO, it has begun to fulfill its tax reduction obligations. It was basically realized in 2004, and a few commodities were given a grace period of 20 10. (5) All 7066 8-digit commodity tax items in the binding tariff shall not be increased without consultation.