General Office of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Questions Relevant to Expanding the Import and Export Rights of Foreign Investment Enterprises Circular

Issued: July 2 2001

Main content: The Circular allows foreign-funded production enterprises to engage in export of purchased goods that are not subject to quota or licensing control and that are not their main line of products, and to bid for export quota for their self-produced products provided that such enterprises fulfil the required criteria, for instance, having exports valued at at least US$10 million (Item One). The Circular also allows foreign-funded investment companies whose parent companies are production conglomerates to import ancillary system integration products or products for trial sale (Item Two). Research and development centres with foreign investment are also allowed to import a small amount of high and new technology products produced by their parent companies for trial sale (Item Three).
Related legislation: «Establishment of Companies with an Investment Nature by Foreign Investors Tentative Provisions»Supplementary Provisions (2), May 26 2006, CLP 2006 No.7 p68