The Chinese government is to impose tariffs on exports of high-polluting, energy-consuming and
resource-intensive products from January 1 next year.
They include
stainless steel ingots, preliminary processed tungsten, manganese, molybdenum
and chrome, said the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday.
China is running
short of natural resources, making it difficult to fuel the high economic
growth. The government has taken a slew of measures to prevent low value-added
resource-intensive products from going abroad.
The government would
maintain export tariffs on coal, crude oil and stone next year, according to the
ministry.
The ministry also said Tuesday China would continue to lower
import tariff under its WTO commitments next year.
Forty-four products
including strawberries will enjoy lower tariffs on entering Chinese market.
China will see its average import tariff level drop by 0.1 percentage points
to 9.8 percent next year, according to the ministry.
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