2017 A new round of tax cuts in the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement-- Coffee, Madai Tea and spices

Published: Oct 20, 2026 Author: World Gafei Last Updated: Oct/20/2026 174 views

Following Kaiping (official Wechat account vdailycom) found that Beautiful Cafe will open a small shop of its own from January 1, 2017, and a new round of tax cuts will be imposed on Chinese exports to South Korea under the China-ROK free trade agreement. This round of tax reduction includes a total of 18 categories of goods, involving 4915 tax numbers, including 38 tax numbers for coffee, Madai tea and spices. The specific adjustments are as follows:

Follow the caf é (Wechat official account vdailycom) and found that Beautiful Cafe opened a small shop of its own.

Starting from January 1, 2017, under the China-ROK Free Trade Agreement, a new round of tax cuts will be implemented for Chinese exports to South Korea.

This round of tax reduction includes a total of 18 categories of goods, involving 4915 tax numbers, including 38 tax numbers for coffee, Madai tea and spices. The specific adjustments are as follows:

Tariff number series

Pre-adjustment tax rate

Adjusted tax rate

0901.11.0000

1.6% CIF

1.4% CIF

0901.21.0000

4.8% CIF

3.2% CIF

0901.22.0000

4.8% CIF

3.2% CIF

0901.90.2000

4.8% CIF

3.2% CIF

0903.00.0000

22.5% CIF

21.2% CIF

0904.11.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0904.12.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0905.10.0000

4.8% CIF

3.2% CIF

0905.20.0000

4.8% CIF

3.2% CIF

0906.11.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0906.19.1000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0906.19.2000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0906.20.1000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0906.20.2000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0907.10.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0907.20.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0908.11.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0908.12.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0908.21.0000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0908.22.0000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0908.31.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0908.32.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0909.21.0000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0909.22.0000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0909.31.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0909.32.0000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0909.61.1000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0909.61.2000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0909.61.3000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0909.62.1000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0909.62.2000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0909.62.3000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0910.20.0000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0910.30.0000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0910.91.1000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0910.91.9000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

0910.99.1000

6.4% CIF

5.6% CIF

0910.99.9000

6.9% CIF

6.4% CIF

09.01: coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee pods and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee

09.03: Madai Tea

09.04: pepper; dried chili and chili powder

09.05: vanilla beans

09.06: cinnamon and cinnamon flowers

09.07: cloves (female cloves, male cloves and clove stalks)

09.08: nutmeg, nutmeg and nutmeg

09.09: fennel seed, star anise, cumin seed, coriander seed, withered tea seed and artemisia seed; juniper fruit

09.10: ginger, saffron, turmeric, thyme, bay leaf, curry and other spices

For more details, see the Foreign Trade practice Enquiry Service of the Ministry of Commerce.

(http://wmsw.mofcom.gov.cn)

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