In accordance with the provisions of Foreign Trade Law of PRC and Law of the People's Republic of China on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine, as well as under the fact that Canada has met with the requirements of World Non-Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Country made by the Office International des Epizooties, the announcement is hereby issued as follows:
1. The import of poultry and by-products originating from Canada shall be resumed. Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine organizations shall resume inspection declaration concerning poultry and by-products from the said areas and the custom office shall resume the acceptance of the declaring of the import of the poultry and by-products in the above-mentioned areas.
2. All the local competent commercial administrations should resume issuance of Automatic Import Licence to chicken products (all the chicken products included in appendix I of Automatic Import License Management Commodity List) in the above-mentioned areas. This Announcement shall take effect as of the date of promulgation.
The Ministry of Finance The State Administration of Taxation March 8th, 2005
