商务部：推进保税维修发展 培育外贸新业态

Core Viewpoint - The expansion of high value-added product exports in China is driving the growth of bonded maintenance services as a new model of processing trade, supported by recent regulatory changes [1]. Group 1: Regulatory Changes - The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the General Administration of Customs have announced the fourth batch of the comprehensive bonded zone maintenance product catalog, allowing enterprises in bonded zones to conduct bonded maintenance of self-produced exported electromechanical products without restrictions from the maintenance product catalog and the prohibited import catalog of old electromechanical products [1]. - The newly announced catalog includes 179 additional products, such as communication base stations and automotive power batteries, bringing the total number of products eligible for bonded maintenance in comprehensive bonded zones to 276 [1]. Group 2: Industry Development - The growth in bonded maintenance services is expected to drive nearly 240 projects within the comprehensive bonded zones [1]. - The Ministry of Commerce plans to continue promoting the healthy development of bonded maintenance across various sectors and expand the maintenance product catalog, with intentions to replicate and promote these practices in free trade pilot zones and other regions to support high-quality foreign trade development [1].