双语新闻：中国将从2024年1月1日起调整部分商品进出口关税

With the approval of The State Council, the Customs Tariff Commission of The State Council announced on the 21st that import and export tariffs of some commodities will be adjusted in 2024.

经国务院批准，国务院关税税则委员会21日对外发布公告，2024年将调整部分商品的进出口关税。

According to the announcement, from January 1, 2024, China will implement a provisional import tax rate lower than the most-favored-nation rate on 1010 goods. Among them, in order to accelerate the innovation and development of advanced manufacturing, reduce the import tariffs on domestic shortages of resources such as lithium chloride, low-arsenic fluorite, gas diffusion layers for fuel cells, and key equipment and parts. To protect people's lives and health, zero tariffs will be imposed on some drugs and raw materials for anti-cancer drugs and rare disease drugs, and import tariffs on formula food for special medical purposes will be reduced. In addition, import duties on sweet corn, coriander and burdock seeds will be reduced. Lower export tariffs on high-purity aluminum.

根据公告，2024年1月1日起，我国将对1010项商品实施低于最惠国税率的进口暂定税率。其中，为加快推进先进制造业创新发展，降低氯化锂、低砷萤石、燃料电池用气体扩散层等国内短缺的资源、关键设备和零部件的进口关税。为保障人民生命健康，对部分抗癌药、罕见病药的药品和原料等实施零关税，降低特殊医学用途配方食品等的进口关税。此外，降低甜玉米、芫荽、牛蒡种子的进口关税。降低高纯铝出口关税。

The commerce ministry says the country will implement a lower provisional tariff on over a thousand kinds of imported goods.

商务部表示，该国将对1000多种进口商品实施较低的临时关税。

The commodities include raw materials for advanced manufacturing such as lithium chloride and low-arsenic fluorite.

这些商品包括用于先进制造业的原材料，如氯化锂和低砷萤石。

Meanwhile, China will eliminate tariffs on certain drugs for cancers and rare diseases.

与此同时，中国将取消某些癌症和罕见疾病药物的关税。

Lower tariffs will be imposed on a number of agricultural products such as sweet corn.

甜玉米等一系列农产品将被降低关税。