China's Finance Ministry, GACC and STA grant duty-free import quota for exhibits sold at 2026-2027 CIFTIS

China's Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Taxation Administration state in Cai Guan Shui [2026] No. 22 that imported exhibits sold at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) within each exhibitor's duty-free quota are exempt from import duty, import-stage VAT and consumption tax, under the exhibit categories and sales quotas in the annex. Excluded from the exemption are goods banned from import, endangered animals and plants and their products, tobacco, alcohol, automobiles, and goods on the Catalogue of Major Technical Equipment and Products Not Eligible for Import Duty Exemption.