Strategic choices under policy dividends

According to the latest Catalog of Import Tax Policies for Major Technical Equipment (2025 Edition) released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 18 fields including high-end manufacturing and precision testingEquipment Importscan enjoyenjoy up to 15% tariff reduction. Compared with the 2022 version, the policy coverage has expanded to include frontier fields such as 3D printing equipment and semiconductor testing instruments, while subsidies for some traditional processing equipment have been canceled.

Five key nodes in the declaration process

Successful subsidy acquisition requires precise grasp of the policy window period:

• Equipment pre-review stage(6 months before project initiation)
  • Verify the matching degree between customs commodity codes and policy catalog
  • Prepare technical parameter certification documents (CE/UL certification, etc.)
• Customs declaration phase(30 working days before arrival)
  • Fill out the Application Form for Import Equipment Tax Exemption,
  • Submit equipment usage description and project feasibility report
• Customs verification stage(conducted simultaneously during customs clearance)
• Financial review stage(within 90 days after customs clearance)
• Fund disbursement phase(settled uniformly after year-end)

Three core values of professional agencies

A certainMedical EquipmentIn 2024, importers completed subsidy declarations simultaneously with equipment customs clearance through agency services, receiving fiscal allocations67 daysearlier than self-declaring enterprises:

• Policy misinterpretation risk avoidance: The newly added intelligent control system category in the 2025 catalog has professional threshold requirements for technical indicator certification
• Declaration timeliness guarantee: Customs statistics show that in 2024, the rejection rate due to document flaws reached 38% for self-declaring enterprises
• Enhance capital utilization: Agency services can compress the average declaration cycle to120 days, saving 40% time compared to conventional processes

Enterprise Self-Inspection Checklist

Before selecting an agency service provider, enterprises are advised to conduct the following evaluations:

• Whether holding the Foreign Trade Agency Qualification Certificate issued by the Ministry of Commerceforeign tradeSuccess rate of similar project declarations in the past three years (required to be no less than 85%)
• Whether a policy update alert mechanism has been established (the 2025 catalog adjustment alert should be issued 6 months in advance)
• Whether a professional technical review team is in place (including at least 2 senior customs specialists)
• 2025 Declaration Window Forecast

Based on historical policy implementation patterns, enterprises are advised to focus on the following periods:

: The optimal declaration period for newly included catalog equipment

• First quarterJune-August
• : Supplementary declaration opportunities arising from fiscal budget adjustmentsNovember-December
• : Cross-year project declaration transition periodAn auto parts manufacturer completed equipment import in December 2024 through professional agency declaration planning, successfully catching the first policy train of 2025 and benefiting from the

dual fiscal yearpolicy transition.Three Key Passcodes for Import Equipment Subsidy Declarations