Committee on Import Licensing - Transitional Review Mechanism - Communication from the People's Republic of China

World Trade Organization G/LIC/W/30 8 October 2007 (07-4269) Committee on Import Licensing Original: English TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MECHANISM Communication from the People's Republic of China The following communication, dated 5 October 2007, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the People's Republic of China. _______________ Information required by Annex 1A of the Protocol on the Accession of China POLICIES AFFECTING TRADE IN GOODS Import licensing (a) implementation of the provisions of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures and the WTO Agreement applying the measures set out in Section 8 of the Protocol including provision of the time taken to grant an import licence China has honoured all its accession commitments since accession into the WTO 6 years ago. At present, import licensing procedures maintained by China, i.e. import license administration, automatic import licensing and tariff rate quota adminis