China Announces Procedures for 2020 Sugar, Wool Import Quotas

China’s Ministry of Commerce recently announced application procedures for sugar and wool import quotas for 2020, according to an Oct. 21 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Companies must submit applications for China’s “Application and Distribution Procedures for Sugar Import Tariff Quotas” by Oct. 30, the HKTDC said. In the wool and “animal hair” sector, companies will be allocated quotas on a “first come, first served” basis “until all available quotas have been exhausted,” the report said.