Yantai: Exports of steel, ships, machinery/electronic goods and apples in Yantai, Shandong province, will soon benefit from ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (FTA) construction.

As of January next year, the average tariff charged on goods exported to ASEAN countries will be reduced to zero from the present 2.4%-- an exciting prospect not only for export enterprises, but also for import ones.

"With a preference certificate of origin from the ASEAN supplier, foreign enterprises can also have access to China preferential import tariffs," said Qi Xiaoqing, deputy director of the Yantai Foreign Trade Department.

Editor Li Jing

By Yuan Yue (China Daily Shandong Bureau)