Suzhou Municipal People's Government on the response to the new coronavirus infection of pneumonia epidemic to support the stable development of foreign trade enterprises policy views.
The people's governments of the cities and districts, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou Hi-Tech Zone, Taicang Port Administrative Committee; the relevant departments and units of the city:
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important instructions on resolutely winning the battle to prevent and control the epidemic, and to comprehensively implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the provincial party committee and the provincial government on the prevention and control of the epidemic, and to actively play an important role in the prevention and control of the epidemic in the foreign trade enterprises, support for the stable development of foreign trade enterprises. Role in the prevention and control of foreign trade enterprises to support the stable development of foreign trade enterprises, has formulated the following policy views (referred to as support for the stable development of foreign trade enterprises Su "Huifang" 12).
I, increase financial support
(a) support the shortage of epidemic prevention and control materials imported. Support the import of medical protective masks (N95), disposable medical surgical masks, protective face screen, protective glasses (anti-fog type), disposable use of isolation suits (anti-penetration) and disposable protective clothing and other shortage of epidemic prevention and control materials. Enterprises importing the above shortage of epidemic prevention and control materials, with reference to the state for advanced technology and equipment import subsidy policy, to give import subsidies. (Responsible units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Commerce)
(2) Increase import and export credit insurance subsidies. Through the "full government support, credit insurance fee reduction, the enterprise imported at ease" mode, to protect the import of epidemic prevention materials. Import of epidemic prevention materials for the import of enterprises to insure the import prepayment insurance premium rate reduced by 50%, premiums to be 100% subsidies. Encourage enterprises to take out export credit insurance for cross-border e-commerce business, reduce the corresponding insurance premium rate by 30%, and subsidize 50% of the premium expenditure. (Responsible units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation Suzhou Office)
(3) Increase financing support for foreign trade enterprises. Support the Export-Import Bank to carry out innovative "relief funds" business in Suzhou, and provide batch support to import and export enterprises with temporary difficulties affected by the epidemic, with a quota of 2 billion yuan; support the Export-Import Bank to carry out policy credit fund transfer business with city commercial banks, agricultural commercial banks and national joint-stock commercial banks in the jurisdiction of Suzhou, and strive to support a small number of micro-credit funds. Supporting Eximbank to carry out policy credit fund transfer with city commercial banks and agricultural commercial banks in the Suzhou area and joint-stock commercial banks nationwide, focusing on supporting a group of small and micro foreign trade enterprises with a quota of 1 billion yuan. The interest rate is lower than the quoted level of the loan market in the same period. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Financial Supervision Bureau, the People's Bank of China Suzhou Central Branch, Suzhou Banking and Insurance Supervision Branch)
Second, to protect the production and operation of foreign trade enterprises
(D) to stabilize the foreign trade enterprises in the order on hand. Strengthen the epidemic prevention and control supervision and guidance, to support the local enterprises to do a good job of resumption of work services to protect, encourage enterprises to do a good job of prevention and control work under the premise of the resumption of work preparatory work, to ensure the smooth performance of import and export contracts. For the possible delay in delivery, mobilize enterprises and major customers to do a good job of communication and exchange, and guide enterprises to do their best to fight for the stability of the orders in hand. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security)
(E) to ensure smooth logistics and transportation. Assist foreign trade enterprises to solve the problems of prevention and control of material security, supply of raw materials, logistics and transportation, using the "one enterprise, one policy" approach to coordinate and solve one by one. The implementation of "import and export enterprises green channel" policy, to ensure that foreign trade enterprises and the whole industry chain supporting the supply of materials constantly. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Bureau of Transportation)
Three, to encourage foreign trade enterprises to develop domestic and foreign markets
(F) to expand the scale of imports. The import function of China-European liner (Suzhou), the import function of cross-border e-commerce as well as the advantages of national import platform carriers are fully utilized to increase the scale of imports of agricultural products, medicines, and resource products, and to safeguard the supply of the market. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Suzhou Customs)
(VII) to support the implementation of export goods to domestic sales. The foreign trade enterprises in the epidemic period to insure the domestic trade credit insurance premium rate reduced by 30%, the premium will be 50% subsidies. (Responsible units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation Suzhou Office)
(H) subsidize the cost of overseas exhibition booths. For foreign trade enterprises that cannot normally participate in overseas exhibitions during the epidemic and have already incurred booth expenses, they can refer to the overseas participation clause in the Notice of the Municipal Government Office on Issuing Several Policies for Promoting High-level Opening and High-quality Development of Business in Suzhou (Su Fu Ban [2019] No. 127) and give corresponding subsidies to help enterprises reduce losses. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Bureau of Finance)
Four, to promote trade facilitation
(ix) the implementation of the certificate of origin "without meeting to apply for". For the first time to apply for a certificate of origin of enterprises, export commodities for the record information using PDF format declaration. Among them, the preferential place of origin to verify the way to provide product production process video or picture format. The implementation of the certificate of origin application for immediate application, immediate opening, self-printing, to achieve the full process of "no meeting to apply for". (Responsible unit: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Suzhou, Suzhou District Customs)
(10) timely issuance of force majeure certificate. by the impact of the epidemic can not be performed on schedule or can not fulfill the international trade contract enterprises, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Suzhou City Commission to apply for the issuance of force majeure factual proof. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Suzhou City Commission for the application of enterprises to provide online non-meeting processing, proof of mailing and other facilitation measures, and strive to protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises. (Responsible unit: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Suzhou City Commission)
(11) to ensure rapid customs clearance of epidemic prevention and control materials. Set up a special window and green channel for rapid customs clearance of imported prevention and control materials, for the prevention and control of epidemic treatment of imported medicines, disinfection items, protective supplies, medical equipment, etc., to do that, to ensure that customs clearance "zero delay". Imported donated goods are exempted from import tariffs and import-related value-added tax and consumption tax on the basis of the "Certificate of Import and Export Goods Tax Exemption" issued by the Customs of the place where the recipient or user is located. For the prevention and control of epidemics involving medical supplies, the Customs and Excise Department can be certified by the drug regulatory authorities to first release, the documents to be replaced. Under special circumstances, the import of prevention and control of materials can be registered first release, and then make up the relevant procedures. (Responsible unit: Suzhou District Customs)
(XII) temporary extension of the aggregate tax payment period, adjust the late payment, late payment starting date. For the aggregated tax declarations declared in January 2020, enterprises can complete the aggregated electronic payment of tax payable before February 24th. For tax payments whose payment deadline expiration date is within the period from February 3, 2020 to the resumption date announced by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, the payment of tax may be deferred to within 15 days after the resumption date. For the late payment of the imported goods concerned, with reference to the provisions of Article 17 of the Measures for the Collection of Late Payment of Imported Goods by the Customs of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China, the commencement date shall be deferred to the date of resumption of work as announced by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. (Responsible unit: Suzhou Regional Customs)
The implementation period of this policy is tentatively set at three months from the date of policy release. The central and provincial introduction of related support policies, Suzhou follow the implementation. This policy will be interpreted by the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Finance Bureau and other relevant departments.
Suzhou Municipal People's Government
February 7, 2020