On September 22, 2021, the General Administration of Customs of China issued Decree No. 252 "Administrative Regulations on the Classification of imported and Exported Goods of the Customs of the People's Republic of China".

Commodity classification as mentioned in the regulation refers to the act of determining the commodity codes of import and export goods under the commodity classification catalogue system of the “Convention on Harmonized Commodity Names and Coding”, based on the “import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China”, and in accordance with the “Notes on Commodities and Items of import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China”, the “Notes on Domestic Subheadings of import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China”, and the administrative rulings and decisions on commodity classification issued by the General Administration of Customs.

This regulation shall come into effect on November 1, 2021.