Customs In November 30th, the General Administration issued a decision to amend some of the rules and regulations. The revised "border and border trade management measures" stipulates that the residents in the border area shall go through the market. Trade import Daily necessities, with a daily value of less than RMB 8000 yuan, are exempt from import duties and import link taxes. After calling the General Administration of customs, the reporter learned that the iPad, which has attracted much attention, belongs to the 20 full tax collection and inspection products, and will still be taxed in the future.

Prior to the revision of the "border management measures", it is exempted from the import tariff and import of goods imported from border ports or from the border trade area (points) by the border area residents who are worth less than RMB 1000 yuan each day. The amount of duty-free for the border people is up to 8000 yuan

The ring is tax saving.

Tu Xinquan, vice president of the WTO Research Institute of the University of foreign trade and economics, believes that the amendment will facilitate the clearance of border residents. "It is a good start". In the future, it is possible to further relax the management of baggage for entry passengers and make them "as loose as possible and appropriately collect taxes".

Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the international trade and Economic Cooperation Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, believes that economic development has changed the purchasing power of capital. With the increase of cross-border tourism, excessive tariffs on personal belongings will affect the number of cross-border tourists. The General Administration of Customs's revision is "keeping pace with the times".

Tu Xinquan also pointed out that Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan do not belong to the scope of border trade. They still apply the regulations on the baggage of the original Chinese tourists. The total amount of shopping should be paid to the three places for tourism shopping.