The General Administration of Customs ("GAC") has recently issued the Announcement [2017] No.42 to publish and abolish some decisions on commodity classification, which will take effect from October 1, 2017.
According to the Announcement, the Commodity Classification Decisions Abolished in 2017 (II) involve 17 commodities, including the ceramic carriers (Classification Decision No. Z2006-0397), cooling components for central processing units ( Classification Decision No. Z2006-0517), auto spare parts (Classification Decision No. Z2006-0830), and joints used on hydraulic equipment (Classification Decision No. Z2006-0158). Besides, the Commodity Classification Decision for 2017 (II) stipulates that camphene (Classification Decision No. Z2017-003) should be included under the tariff code 3824.9999.