Grab the mainland market LED lamps or sixty transmission tariff

On the wisdom of the lighting industry trend of LED lighting industry, also conforms to the modern environmental protection and energy saving demands, according to Taiwan media reports in the times, Taiwan lighting export association chairman Lin Qingyuan said 17 environmental goods agreement is now actively promoting LED lighting into the WTO "(EGA) tax exempt items, means the LED lighting to get rid of cross-strait cargo trade negotiations slow predicament, first to obtain zero tariff treatment in mainland china.

Lighting Association organized the ninth members of the Third Congress in 17, Lin Qingyuan stressed at the meeting, the association of lighting is pushing LED lighting into the WTO "agreement" environmental goods duty-free goods list, from March 16th to March 20th in Geneva at the EGA of the fifth round of negotiations, also send representatives to the scene held in Taiwan LED lighting that will, most of the countries involved in the negotiations of this response.

EGA currently has a total of 17 negotiation members, including Mainland China, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Hongkong, Costa Rica, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United States and Turkey. ETA ITA (information technology product agreement) mode, once the environmental goods trade parties amounted to 90% of Global trade, efficiency will be extended to all members of WTO, means that the scope of tax exemption is expected to expand to the world's 160 member countries.

It is understood that the current Taiwan LED lighting products export to the mainland tariff from 5% to 20%, in which different tax between the 20% tariff majority, and previous industry also proposed LED lighting in the cross-strait negotiations on trade in goods, but the goods trade negotiations progress has stalled, if included in the tax-free EGA project, is expected to advance to obtain LED lighting lose land zero tariff treatment.

EGA has not set the final agreement date, but the negotiations one of the members of the United States, the number of environmental companies expect to reach an agreement in this year, and the lighting association said, hope in the next year before the LED lighting project included in the free and complete the negotiations.

In addition, the "Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition" will be held in June 9th, this is the largest international lighting and LED exhibition, and a Taiwan Theme Pavilion, Lighting Association revealed that this year at the exhibition Taiwan industry a total of more than and 30, including EPISTAR, dragon and other industry, and last year Taiwan manufacturers through this exhibition the matchmaking opportunities a total of at least $2 million 500 thousand this year, smart lighting trends, continued strong demand for LED lighting.

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