Annex 4: China's Country-Specific Tariff Quotas for Wool and Wool Tops

1. China shall grant duty-free treatment to imports of wool and wool tops¹ of New Zealand origin up to the quantities specified for each calendar year in the attached table. The specified quantities are expressed in terms of clean equivalent weight.

2. Imports of any quantity of wool and wool tops of New Zealand origin in excess of the specified quantities in any given calendar year shall be subject to the MFN applied rate.

3. The quantities of the Country Specific Tariff Quotas ("CSTQ") beyond 2017 shall remain at the same level as for 2017 unless the Parties determine otherwise.

4. Unless otherwise agreed, the rules applying to the administration of the CSTQ for wool and wool tops of New Zealand origin will be consistent with China's Detailed Rules for Implementation of Administration on Import Tariff Quotas of Wool and Wool Tops in 2007 or any successor rules in force in any given quota year.

5. China shall operate the CSTQ in a transparent manner and, upon request of the New Zealand Contact Point designated under Chapter 3 (Trade in Goods), provide information on the quantity of CSTQ issued.

HS Code	Description of Product	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
51011100	Greasy shorn wool, not carded or combed	25,000	26,250	27,563	28,941	30,388	31,907	33,502	35,178	36,936
51011900	Greasy wool (excl. shorn), not carded or combed
51012100	Degreased shorn wool, not carbonised, not carded or combed
51012900	Degreased wool (excl. shorn), not carbonised, not carded or combed
51013000	Carbonised wool, not carded or combed
51031010	Noils of wool, not garnetted stock
51051000	Carded wool	450	473	496	521	547	574	603	633	665
51052100	Combed wool in fragments
51052900	Wool tops & combed wool (excl. in fragments)

Note: All quantities specified are in tonnes

1. Wool and wool tops are defined as those goods classified in any of the following HS Codes: 51011100, 51011900, 51012100, 51012900, 51013000, 51031010, 51051000, 51052100, 51052900.

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