In order to improve the export system and deepen the reform of “release and control clothing”, in accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations and rules, such as the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Administration of Import and Export of Goods, the Measures for the Administration of Export Commodity Quotas and the Measures for Bidding Export Commodity Quotas, the relevant matters concerning the management of export quotas of goods are

1. Foreign trade operators exporting goods under quota management shall apply to the Ministry of Commerce for export quotas (global or regional quotas) and apply to the Ministry of Commerce for the Export License of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Export License) by means of quota certificates or quota tender winning certificates. They shall go through customs declaration and inspection and release formalities by means of export licenses.

2. The Ministry of Commerce accepts applications for export quotas of goods for 2019 (excluding quotas allocated through tendering) from November 1 to November 15, 2018. All qualified foreign trade operators may apply to the competent commercial departments or the Ministry of Commerce of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps or the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities separately listed in the plan in accordance with the regulations. The Ministry of Commerce will allocate these quotas to applicants by December 15, 2018.

3. The qualifications and procedures for applying for export quotas for licorice, licorice products, rush and rush products allocated through tendering shall be announced separately.

4. The administration of export quotas for phosphate ores and silver shall be suspended from January 1, 2019 and adjusted to permit administration. Any qualified foreign trade operator who needs to export phosphorus ore or silver can apply for an export license on the basis of a valid export contract for goods (silver for export under processing trade shall be handled in accordance with the current regulations) and go through the customs declaration, inspection and release formalities on the basis of an export license.

5. From January 1, 2019, the export quota management of artificial cultivation of Ephedra for medicinal materials will be implemented, and the export ban will no longer be implemented. Qualifications and procedures for quota application shall be announced separately.