{"id":24006,"date":"2022-08-02T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/china-to-eliminate-customs-duties-on-imports-from-country"},"modified":"2022-08-02T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:31:21","slug":"china-to-eliminate-customs-duties-on-imports-from-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/china-to-eliminate-customs-duties-on-imports-from-country","title":{"rendered":"China to eliminate customs duties on imports from country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>China\u2019s Ministry of Finance has announced the elimination of customs duties for 98% of products imported from 16 developing countries, including Mozambique, from the start of September.<br \/>\nAccording to a statement released on Monday, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council has decided to \u201cgrant zero-tariff treatment on 98 percent of taxable items originating in 16 least-developed countries\u201d.<br \/>\nMost of the countries covered are located on the African continent. They include Togo, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Guinea-Conakry, Rwanda, Sudan, Chad and Djibouti, where in 2017 China opened their first military base abroad.<br \/>\nIn Asia, the list includes Cambodia and Bangladesh, as well as Laos and Nepal, two countries with which China borders.<br \/>\nThe \u2018zero tariff\u2019 status will also cover Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, three of the countries visited in May and June by the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, on a tour that also passed through Timor-Leste.<br \/>\nThe Solomon Islands and Kiribati recently shifted their diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing. The Solomon Islands also signed a pact with China that could lead to the establishment of a Chinese naval base in the South Pacific.<br \/>\nThe order, signed on 22 July, underlines that the \u2018zero tariff\u2019 statute covers 8,786 imported products.<br \/>\nEffective on September 1, the policy will help share market opportunities with those countries, push for common development, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, the statement said.<br \/>\nThe treatment will gradually expand to all the least-developed countries having diplomatic relations with China, the statement said.<br \/>\nMozambique was elected in June as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the biennium 2023-2024, with the support of China, one of the permanent members of the body.<br \/>\nMozambican Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Oleg\u00e1rio dos Anjos Banze, said in July 2021 that Mozambique wanted to expand agricultural trade with China.<br \/>\nBanze was speaking during a meeting with China\u2019s permanent representative to FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Guang Defu, who invited Mozambique to promote products such as cashew nuts, sisal and beans on the Chinese market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. China\u2019s Ministry of Finance has announced the elimination of customs duties for 98% of products imported from 16 developing countries, including Mozambique, from the start of September. 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