前5月湖南对塞尔维亚进出口额同比增长121%

The China-Serbia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) officially took effect on July 1, 2024. It was the first FTA signed between China and a Central and Eastern European country. According to the customs statistics, Hunan Province's foreign trade volume to Serbia amounted to 510 million CNY in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 121%.

7月1日，中国-塞尔维亚自由贸易协定正式生效，这是我国与中东欧国家签署的第一个自贸协定。据海关统计，今年前5月，湖南省对塞尔维亚进出口额5.1亿元，同比增长121%。

After the implementation of the FTA, China and Serbia will gradually eliminate tariffs on 90% of the tariff lines respectively, of which more than 60% will be eliminated immediately on the day when the agreement enters into force, a person in charge of Changsha Customs Tariff Division said.

长沙海关关税处负责人介绍，该协定生效后，中塞双方将分别对90%的税目逐步相互取消关税，其中，超过60%的税目在协定生效当天立即取消关税。

The main products exported from Hunan to Serbia include vehicle lighting parts, drilling machinery parts, electric motors, aluminum foil, pocket gas lighters, and porcelain tableware, all of which are covered by the Serbian tariff concessions to China. For example, the Serbian side has immediately reduced the base tariff level of the imported vehicle lighting device parts from 5% to zero, since the day of the agreement coming into force. The export value of the products reached 13.305 million CNY between January and May this year. It was expected that the annual tariff concessions of 1.6 million CNY can be enjoyed from the Serbian side.

湖南出口至塞尔维亚的主要产品包括车辆照明装置零件、钻探机械零件、电动机、铝箔、袖珍气体打火机、瓷制餐具等，均属于塞方对华关税减让商品。以车辆照明装置零件为例，协定生效当天，塞方从进口基准税率5%立即降至零关税，以今年1至5月该产品出口额1330.5万元测算，预计全年可享受塞方关税减让160万元。

"Hunan-based foreign trade enterprises are suggested to pay close attention to the FTA tariff reduction policy, and learn about the tariff reduction arrangements for the products concerned, rules of origin, and the conditions for the use of the certificate of origin, making full use of the agreement's tax reduction policy dividends," said a person in charge of the Changsha Customs.

“湖南省外贸企业可及时关注该自贸协定关税减让政策，研究有关产品的关税减让安排、原产地规则以及原产地证明的使用条件，用足用好协定降税政策红利。”长沙海关相关负责人说。