China's Export Controls in a Nutshell
December 12, 2014.

Today, China is one of the leading merchandise traders in the world. According to the statistics of WTO, last year China’s foreign trade volume exceeded 4,000 billion USD, for the first time overtaking the U.S. to be the No. 1. It also recorded a trade surplus of 259 billion USD.

Trade with China is getting more and more important for many economic operators worldwide, which makes it imperative to understand and comply with the controls imposed by China on foreign trade.

To help the participants understand and digest the knowledge, the course is divided into several parts:

• Part 1 is a review of the fundamentals, such as the evolution of China’s export control, the legal framework, and the regulatory bodies etc.;
• Because export controls are implemented mainly through licenses and quotas, the two instruments are analyzed in part 2 and part 3;
• Part 4 talks about trade remedies, namely the anti-dumping, countervailing, and safeguard measures currently used by China because these measures are heavily used and officially defined as parts of the entire trade control system;
• Part 5 summarizes the prohibited imports and exports specified by China, take it as a heads-up when doing business with China;
• Some policy updates and their implications for export control are discussed in part 6;
• Part 7 is intended to demonstrate some basic skills that can be used by economic operators in their daily operation for compliance purposes;
• Finally in part 8, there is a Q&A session for questions and comments.

Syllabus

Module 1: Fundamentals

• Introduction;
• Brief History;
• Legal Framework;
• Regulatory Bodies.

Module 2: Licenses

• Introduction;
• The Big Picture;
• Export License;
• Dual-Use Item & Technology Export License;
• Arms Export License;
• Technology Export License.

Module 3: Quotas

• Introduction;
• Quotas in China;
• Tips.

Module 4: Trade Remedies

• Introduction;
• Frequently Used;
• Processes;
• An Anti-dumping Case.

Module 5: Prohibited Imports & Exports

• Goods Prohibited from Import;
• Goods Prohibited from Export.

Module 6: Policy Updates

• Control Lists;
• Licensing;
• Paperless Customs Clearance;
• Business Credibility.

Module 7: Export Control Compliance

• General Procedure;
• Information in Tariff;
• Licenses & Customs Codes;
• Trade Modes and Codes;
• The Connection;
• Case Study.

Module 8: Q&A

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