为什么临阵退缩了?一个重要原因是,如果签署该协定,印度将会逐步对80%的中国产品减免关税,同时也对其他国家减免关税,比如对86%的澳大利亚、新西兰商品减免关税,对90%的东盟、日本、韩国商品减免关税。
据印度媒体报道,印度总理莫迪曾在国内解释说,RCEP会导致印度“农民、贸易商、专业人士、产业、工人及消费者”的利益受损。比如,印度农民担心,来自澳大利亚和新西兰的乳制品将带来冲击;印度工厂主担心,来自中国的廉价工业品将“淹没”印度市场。
source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/in-a-push-for-make-in-india-govt-to-curb-imports-of-over-350-items-report-4694501.html
据悉,样品将从每批货物中随机抽取,并送至实验室进行检测,海关将根据检测情况履行质检要求。其显然并没有想过给予相关企业过渡期。这将导致我国许多生产企业无法及时调整生产和出运。不符合新规将无法在印度清关最后可能甚至被销毁,费用由进口商承担。我国部分企业获知消息已停止向印度出运相关产品货物。
印度的电子商务市场具有巨大潜力,根据Statista统计数据显示,2016年印度电商市场规模达到160.7亿美元,2017年达到200.6亿美元,预计2018年将达到250.8亿美元,呈现超25%的增长率,预计到2022年印度的电商市场规模将超过500亿美元。
6月,孟买海关查获了约500件Sino India Etail公司的快递(该公司是中国电商平台SheIn上的官方印度卖家,主要销售服装和电子产品),并且还查封了公司的仓库。海关给出的理由是,申报的金额过低,并且错误申报。孟买的海关也已经将此信息同步到了管理避税的国家风险管理门户,提醒其他海关也注意此类情况。随后,印度海关全境停止快递清关,中国卖家大批货物被卡海关,苦不堪言。
8月,印度政府要求海关和邮局专注于仔细考虑销售交易量。DPIIT(工业和内部贸易促进局)向来自印度各地的港口发出书面通知,要求仔细核实货物,以确定它们是否是真正的“礼品”。根据印度法律,只要向印度人发送价值5000卢比或以下的礼品,他们就不需缴税。
印度方面认为,从亚马逊这样的网站订购商品没有太大的问题——他们购买商品时要支付关税和税金。但印度电商网站上的许多进口商或分销商则采取转运等各种手段逃避关税,货物的实际价值也没有如实上报。
今年早些时候,RSS 联盟 Swadeshi Jagran Manch 和社交平台 LocalCircles 已致函印度财政部,强调中国电商运营商逃税的行为,与印度当地同行形成了低价竞争优势。
最新数据显示,今年第三季度,印度的GDP增速仅录得4.5%,创下6年来新低,比第二季度的5%还要低;而相比起去年第二季度的高位(8.2%),则更是一次急剧下降。
Obstacles to export to India! Toys, textiles, footwear, electronics and other 350 kinds of goods increase fees!
RCEP flinches
Worried about the impact on various industries in the country, in early November, India officially announced that it would not join the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement).
Why did you shrink back? An important reason is that if the agreement is signed, India will gradually reduce tariffs on 80% of Chinese products, and also reduce tariffs on other countries. 2. Tariff reduction and exemption for Korean goods.
According to Indian media reports, Indian Prime Minister Modi has explained in the country that RCEP will cause damage to the interests of India's "farmers, traders, professionals, industries, workers and consumers". For example, Indian farmers worry that dairy products from Australia and New Zealand will have an impact; Indian factory owners worry that cheap industrial products from China will "inundate" the Indian market.
Trade protection intensifies
As India ’s economy declines, the government is pushing for a “Make in India” policy to develop domestic manufacturing. On December 3, the source said that India would increase import fees for 350 types of goods deemed "non-essential."
source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/in-a-push-for-make-in-india-govt-to-curb-imports-of-over-350-items-report- 4694501.html
It is reported that India has established a specific list, including toys, electronics and textiles. In addition, India will add a "quality check" for these products.
The Indian government's first step will be the quality control of toys. In India ’s $ 1.5 billion toy market, products from China account for 90%. This measure may be to restrict Chinese products from entering the Indian market and protect domestic industries.
It is reported that the samples will be randomly selected from each batch of goods and sent to the laboratory for testing, and the customs will fulfill the quality inspection requirements according to the testing situation. Obviously, it has not thought about giving the relevant enterprises a transition period. This will cause many production enterprises in China to be unable to adjust production and shipment in a timely manner. Failure to comply with the new regulations will not result in customs clearance in India and may even be destroyed at the expense of the importer. Some Chinese enterprises have learned that they have stopped shipping related products to India.
Official notification from India
The Indian government also believes that increasing import tariffs on televisions and mobile phones will boost domestic manufacturing, with electronics accounting for most of India's trade deficit.
Cross-border e-commerce encounters ambush
The Indian e-commerce market has huge potential. According to Statista statistics, the Indian e-commerce market size reached US $ 16.07 billion in 2016 and US $ 20.06 billion in 2017. It is expected to reach US $ 25.08 billion in 2018, showing a growth rate of over 25% It is estimated that by 2022, India's e-commerce market will exceed 50 billion U.S. dollars.
However, in terms of policy control, India is becoming stricter. India will step up its review of e-commerce imports and is also moving forward with the revision of its e-commerce regulations.
In the middle of this year, China's cross-border e-commerce sellers encountered a large-scale ambush from India.
In June, Mumbai Customs seized about 500 courier deliveries from Sino India Etail (the company is an official Indian seller on Chinese e-commerce platform SheIn, which sells clothing and electronics), and also sealed the company's warehouse. The reason given by the customs is that the declared amount is too low and the declaration is wrong. Mumbai's customs have also synchronized this information to the national risk management portal that manages tax avoidance, reminding other customs to pay attention to such situations. Subsequently, the Indian customs stopped express delivery across the country, and a large number of goods from Chinese sellers were blocked by customs.
In August, the Indian government asked the customs and post offices to focus on carefully considering the volume of sales transactions. DPIIT (Industrial and Internal Trade Promotion Agency) issued written notices to ports from across India asking for careful verification of the goods to determine if they were truly "gifts." Under Indian law, Indians are not required to pay tax as long as they send gifts worth Rs 5,000 or less.
In fact, this storm has begun from the end of 2018. At the time, the Indian government accused Chinese e-commerce sellers such as Club Factory and SheIn of sending gifts to Indian consumers in the form of "gifts" to evade taxes.
India believes that ordering products from sites like Amazon is not a big problem-they pay duties and taxes when they buy them. However, many importers or distributors on Indian e-commerce websites use various methods such as transshipment to evade tariffs, and the actual value of the goods is not reported truthfully.
Earlier this year, the RSS alliance Swadeshi Jagran Manch and the social platform LocalCircles have written to the Indian Ministry of Finance, emphasizing the tax evasion behavior of Chinese e-commerce operators and forming a low-cost competitive advantage with their local counterparts in India.
The latest data show that in the third quarter of this year, India ’s GDP growth rate was only 4.5%, a 6-year low, lower than the 5% in the second quarter; compared with the high of the second quarter of last year (8.2%) , It is even a sharp decline.
In the face of a sluggish export market, our suppliers must pay close attention to policy trends and avoid risks.