ANNOUNCEMENT NO.113, 2006 OF MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ON PROMULGATING CATALOG OF COMMODITIES SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC IMPORT LICENSES ADMINISTRATION IN 2007 (CATALOG I, II AND III)

Announcement No.113, 2006 of Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs on Promulgating Catalog of Commodities Subject
to Automatic Import Licenses Administration in 2007 (Catalog I, II and III)

[2006] No.113

In accordance with the Measures for the Administration of Automatic Import License of Goods, the Ministry of Commerce adjusted the
Catalog of Commodities Subject to Automatic Import Licenses Administration in 2007 (Catalog I, II and III). They are hereby announced
and shall enter into force as of January 1, 2007.

Appendix: Catalog of Commodities Subject to Automatic Import Licenses Administration in 2007 (Catalog I, II and III) (Omitted)

The Ministry of Commerce

The State Administration of Taxation

December 10, 2006

The Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of taxation
2006-12-10

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST OPEN BID-INVITING FOR EXPORT LIGHT AND DEAD-BURNED MAGNESIA QUOTA OF 2007

Announcement of the First Open Bid-inviting for Export Light and Dead-burned Magnesia Quota of 2007

The first open bid-inviting for export dead-burned magnesia quota of 2007 will start on December 12, 2006, and will conduct by two
parts. In accordance with related provisions in the Measures of the Bid-inviting for Export Commodity Quotas (hereinafter referred
to as the Measures) and the Implementation Rules of the Bid-inviting for Export Industrial Goods Quotas (Wai Jing Mao Mao Fa[2001]No.626,
hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Rules), related matters are hereby publicized as follows:

Part 1

Name and scope of bid-inviting commodities

The name and custom code is as follows:

naturai magnesium carbonate(magnesite): 25191000

fused magnesia(electromagnesium, including spray supplement material):25199010

dead-burned magnesia(burned magnesiaincluding spray supplement material):25199020

alkali- burned magnesia(light-burned magnesia):25199030

waste magnesia brick: 25309090.10

Bid-inviting amount

The open bid-inviting amount of light and dead-burned magnesia for this time is 738,000tones.

Bid-inviting time

Biding time: December 15 to 18, 2006

Terminal time of bid-inviting: 160, December 18, 2006

Open time of bids: 100, December 19, 2006

Biding mode

Biding shall be conducted employing the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Web. The enterprise can submit only one piece of
electronic tender document before the terminal time of the bids, and where two or more are submitted, the tender document of the
enterprise is considered as invalid.

The Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be in charge of the technical safeguard for the electronic biding
and be responsible for interpretation of the specific operation problems.

Telephone010-67870108(customer service center), 010-67800472678003346780036567800045

Fax010-67800343

Biding amount

(1)

The minimum biding amount shall be 100tones, and the maximum shall be classified according to the average annual export and supply
amount of goods from 2003 to 2005, and the specific classification measures are as follows:

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is 3,000 tones and more, the maximum biding amount is 55% of the average
amount aforesaid;

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is less than 3,000 tones, the maximum is 1,200tones.

(2)

Annual export and supply amount of goods=Actual amount of average annual export.9 + Actual sum of average annual export Single
price of national average export .1

(3)

Any tender document with biding amount above the maximum or below the minimum shall be treated as invalid.

Minimum biding price

The minimum biding price has been determined, and enterprises may directly accept the minimum price determined by the Biding Committee
in its tender document. Any tender document, of which the biding price is lower than the minimum, shall be abolished.

P rice and amount of winning bid

The biding prices of all the biding enterprises shall be arranged sequentially from high to low, and the biding amount will be accumulated
in light of the sequence. Where the accumulating biding amount is equal to the bid-inviting amount, enterprises reckoned in the total
accumulating biding amount (namely the total bid=inviting amount) shall be the bid-wining ones, and the biding amount be the bid-winning
amount. Where the total biding amount of the enterprises with the minimum bid-winning price exceeds the remained quota, these enterprises
shall obtain quotas in accordance with their biding amount proportions. Where the bid-winning amount is below the minimum bid-inviting
amount, it is handled as failing to win bids.

The biding price is the bid-winning price.

Inquiry of the result of winning bid

This bid shall be opened at 10:00of December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated on www.ec.com.cn
on December 20. In case any enterprise with any objection, it may submit to the Bidding Office before 1500 of December 22. Any
bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid examined and officially publicized by the Biding Committee via www.ec.com.cn
as of December 25. The Bidding Office will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to enterprises.

Deposit for winning bid

The deposit for winning bid (bid-winning price id-wining amount 0%) for this bid is 10 percent of the bid-winning amount and
shall be remitted to the designated account before the February 28, 2007 by the bid-wining enterprise.

Unit name: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for opening the account: Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank;

Account number: 7112410182600001325

The Biding Committee shall, in accordance with related provisions in the Measures and the Implementation Rules, deal with enterprises
that fail to remit the deposit for winning bid and waste quota.

10.

The Bidding Office of Export Light and Dead-burned Magnesia Quotas

Address: 17/F, Fanli Building, No.22 of Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Bejing;

Post code: 100020

Telephone : 010-65882501-172117301732

Fax : 010-65882509

Part 2

Name and scope of bid-inviting commodities

Other minerals with more than 70%(including 70%) magnesium oxide under custom code 25199099.10.

Bid-inviting amount

The open bid-inviting amount of other minerals with more than 70%(including 70%) magnesium oxide for this time is 58,200tones.

Bid-inviting time

Biding time: December 15 to 18, 2006

Terminal time of bid-inviting: 160, December 18, 2006

Open time of bids: 100, December 19, 2006

Biding mode

Telephone010-67870108(customer service center), 010-67800472678003346780036567800045

Fax010-67800343

Biding amount

(1)

The minimum biding amount shall be 500tones, and the maximum shall be classified according to the average annual export and supply
amount of goods from 2003 to 2005, and the specific classification measures are as follows:

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is 2,500 tones and more, the maximum biding amount is 21% of the average
amount aforesaid;

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is less than 2,500 tones, the maximum is 500tones.

(2)

Annual export and supply amount of goods=Actual amount of average annual export

(3)

Any tender document with biding amount above the maximum or below the minimum shall be treated as invalid.

Minimum biding price

The minimum biding price has been determined, and enterprises may directly accept the minimum price determined by the Biding Committee
in its tender document.

Any tender document, of which the biding price is lower than the minimum, shall be abolished.

P rice and amount of winning bid

The biding price is the bid-winning price.

Inquiry of the result of winning bid

Deposit for winning bid

Unit name: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for opening the account: Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank;

Account number: 7112410182600001325

The Biding Committee shall, in accordance with related provisions in the Measures and the Implementation Rules, punish enterprises
that fail to remit the deposit for winning bid and waste quota.

10.

The Bidding Office of Export Light and Dead-burned Magnesia Quotas

Address: 17/F, Fanli Building, No.22 of Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Bejing;

Post code: 100020

Telephone : 010-65882501-172117301732

Fax : 010-65882509

The Committee of Bid-inviting for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006

The Committee of Bid-inviting for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST PUBLIC INVITATION FOR BID FOR EXPORT QUOTA OF LIQUORICE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF IN 2007

Announcement of the First Public Invitation for Bid for Export Quota of Liquorice and Products Thereof in 2007

The first public invitation for bid for export quota of liquorice and products thereof in 2007 will start on December 15, 2006, and
in accordance with related provisions speculated in the Measures of the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas (hereinafter
referred to as the Measures) and the Implementation Rules of Invitation for Bid for Export Industrial Goods Quotas (hereinafter referred
to as the Implementation Rules), related matters are hereby publicized as follows:

Names and custom codes of the commodities under the invitation for bids

(1)

Glycyrrhiza inflata bat in Xinjiang(12111010)

(2)

Other varieties of liquorice(12111090)

(3)

Saps and extracts of liquorice(13021200)

(4)

Acid powder, super of liquorice and derivatives thereof(29389000.1029389000.2029389000.30)

Amount and times of the bid

(1)

The total biding amount of Glycyrrhiza inflata bat in Xinjiang is 1,000 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided for two times,
500 tons of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

(2)

The total biding amount of other varieties of liquorice is 2,800 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided for two times, 1.500
tons of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

(3)

The total biding amount of liquorice saps and extracts is 2,400 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided for two times, 1.400 tons
of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

(4)

The total biding amount of liquorice acid powder and super and derivatives thereof is 900 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided
for two times, 500ons of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

Time of bids

Biding time: December 12 to 15, 2006

Terminal time of biding : 160, December 18, 2006

Open time of biding: 100, December 18, 2006

Installment of electronic software for biding

(1)

Applying for an electronic key to the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center (the contact telephone of each representative
office is publicized on the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce).

(2)

Entering into the Information Service System for the Electronic Biding Enterprises in the website of the Chinese International Electronic
Commerce(www.ec.com.cn), logging in each of information of the enterprise, and obtaining the procedure license number of the electronic
biding software distributed by the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center.

(3)

Downloading the electronic biding software V3.1 from the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce, completing the
installment and keying in the obtained license number to active each function of the procedure.

Biding Mode

(1)

Electronic biding will be employed for this bid through the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce. The Biding Office
will refuse any biding in written. Enterprises can bid by such two means:

Member enterprises of the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce may bid by dialing via special web.

Enterprises that are not members of the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce may entering into Internet first,
then log in the special web to bid on the strength of the free temporary biding username and password (see the attached column) publicized
by the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce for common use (only within the scope of the users of Win2000/XP
Operating System) and the server address for connecting VPN is vpnfree.ec.com.cn.

usersnamepassword

zhaobiao zhaobiao

zhaobiao1zhaobiao1

(2)

The enterprise can submit only one piece of electronic tender document before the terminal time of the biding, and where two or more
papers are submitted, the tender document of the enterprise is considered as invalid.

(3)

10 minutes later as of the completion of biding operation, the enterprise may inquire whether the tender document is successfully
accepted or not by the mainframe through entering into the Information Service System of the Electronic Biding Enterprises in the
website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce. As for the tender document submitted only 30 minutes before the terminal
time of biding, the system shall not guarantee that it can feed back the information of whether the mainframe has accepted the paper
successfully or not.

For the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center, the telephone for consumers: 010-67870108(first dialing 1 then 3 after contact);
the fax: 010-67800343; e Cmail: callcenter@ec.com.cn.

Biding amount

The highest biding amount shall be classified in accordance with the average export amount from 2004 to August 2006, namely:

(1)

Glycyrrhiza inflata bat in Xinjiang

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

qualified enterprises of biding for glycyrrhiza inflata bat 150tones

in Xinjiang

(2)

Other varieties of liquorice

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

more than 500tones (including 500tons) 280tones

150-500tones (including 150tones) 140tones

80-150tones (including 80tones) 70tones

less than 80tones (including new emerging enterprises) 20tones

(3)

Saps and extracts of liquorice

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

more than 200tones (including 200tones) 160tones

100-200tones(100tones) 100tones

less than 100tones(including new emerging enterprises) 50tones

(4)

Acid powder, super of liquorice and derivatives thereof

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

more than 80tones(including 80tones) 70tones

20-80tones(including 20tones) 40tones

less than 20tones(including new emerging enterprises) 10tones

Biding price

The lowest biding price has been determined, and the enterprise may directly accept the lowest price determined by the Biding Committee
in its tender document. The tender document, of which the biding price is lower than the lowest determined by the Biding Committee,
shall be abolished.

P rice and amount of winning bid

The biding prices of all the biding enterprises shall be arranged sequentially from high to low, and the biding amount will be accumulated
in light of the sequence. Where the accumulating biding amount is equal to the bid-inviting amount, enterprises reckoned in the accumulating
biding amount (namely the total amount of the invitation for bids) shall be the bid-wining ones, and the biding amount be the bid-winning
amount. Where the total biding amount of the enterprises with the lowest bid-winning price exceeds the remained quota, these enterprises
shall obtain in accordance with their biding amount proportions. Where the bid-winning amount is below the lowest biding amount,
it is handled as failing to win bids.

The biding price is the bid-winning price.

Inquiry of the result of winning bid

This bid shall be opened at 10:00of December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated on www.ec.com.cn
on December 20. In case any enterprise with any objection, it may submit to the Bidding Office before 1500 of December 24. Any
bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid examined and officially publicized by the Biding Committee via www.ec.com.cn
as of December 25. The Bidding office will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to enterprises.

10.

Deposit for Winning Bid

The deposit for winning bid (winning price ining amount 0%) for this biding is 10 percent of the winning amount and shall be
remitted to the designated account before the February 28, 2007 by the wining enterprise.

Bank for opening the account: Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank;

Account number: 7112410182600001628

The Biding Committee shall, in accordance with related provisions in the Measures and the Implementation Rules, punish enterprises
that fail to remit the deposit for winning bid and waste quota.

11.

As for the qualified enterprise of biding for liquorice and products thereof by such trade means as processing with supplied materials,
the quota amount may not be restricted by the total bid-inviting quota for the whole year, and half of the average bid-wining price
will be charged. The specific applying procedures shall be conducted according to related provisions.

12.

Bidding Office of Export Quotas of Liquorice and Products thereof

Address: 8/F, Building 12, Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Bejing; post code: 100021

Telephone : 010-67734756,67734746

Fax : 010-67702068,67734768

The Committee of the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006

The Committee of the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF CARBORUNDUM OF 2007

Announcement on the First Public Bidding for Export Quotas of Carborundum of 2007

The first public bidding for export quotas of carborundum of 2007 will start on December 15, 2006. In accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for the Invitation of Bid for Export Commodity Quotas and Circular on Printing and Issuance of Detailed Rules
on the Implementation of the Invitation of Bid for Export Quota of Industrial Products (Wai Jing Mao Mao Fa [2001] No.626), the relevant
matters are promulgated as follows:

Name and Scope of the Commodities under the Invitation for Bid

Carborundum

Custom Coding of the Commodities:

28492000 Carborundum

38249090.10 Raw Carborundum

II.

Amount of Biding:

Amount of this public bidding of carborundum: 109,000 tons

III.

Time for Bid

Time for Biding: From December 15, 2006 to December 18, 2006

Time for Ending the Invitation for Bidding: 160, December 18, 2006

Time for Opening Bid: 100, December 19, 2006

IV.

Means of Bid

Bids will be conducted via www.ec.com.cn. An enterprise may send only one electronic bid document before the time point for ending
the invitation for bidding. When an enterprise successfully sent more than two (including two) electronic bid documents, the bid
documents shall be regarded as invalid.

China International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be responsible for the technical guarantee work for the electronic bids.
Problems on specific operation shall be interpreted by EDI.

Tel.: 010-67870108 (Call-Center)

010-67800472, 67800334, 67800365, 67800045

Fax: 010-67800343

Amount of Bid

The minimum amount of bid is 100 tons. The maximum amount of bid shall be classified according to the average annual amount of export
goods supply from 2003 to 2005 of the enterprise. The concrete scheme for the classification is as follows:

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods SupplyMaximum Amount of Bid

equal or greater than 500 tonsaverage annual amount of export goods supply 48%

less than 500 tons150 tons

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export.95 + Actual Average Annual Sum of Export +
National Average Unit Price of Export.05+ Average Annual Amount of Goods Supply.05

Given that the actual average annual amount of export of an enterprise is greater than its average annual amount of goods supply,

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export.95 + Actual Average Annual Sum of Export/ National
Average Unit Price of Export.05

Any bid document with an amount of bid above its maximum or below its minimum amount of bid shall be treated as an invalid bid.

VI.

Base Price for Bid

A base price of bid is set up for this invitation for bid. A bidding enterprise may directly incept the base price for bid as determined
by the Committee for Invitation for Bid in its own electronic bid document.

Any bid documents with a price level lower than the level of the base price for bid as provided by the Committee for Invitation shall
be treated as an invalid bid.

VII.

Price of Winning Bid and Amount of Winning Bid

The bid prices of all the bidding enterprises shall be sorted in descending order. The amounts of bid of the enterprises shall be
accumulated according to their order. When the accumulative amount of bid equals the total amount of invitation for bid, the enterprises
which are reckoned in the accumulative total amount of bid (i.e. the total amount of invitation for bid) shall be the bid winners.

The amount of winning bid of a bid winner is its amount of bid. If the total amount of bid of the enterprises at the base price level
exceeds the rest amount of quotas, the rest quotas shall be distributed among the enterprises at this price level. Any enterprise
whose amount of winning bid is less than the minimum amount of bid shall be taken as failing to win the bid.

The price of winning bid of an enterprise shall be its price of bid.

VIII.

Inquiry of the Result of Winning Bid

This invitation for bid shall be opened at 100, December 15, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated
on www.ec.com.cn on the morrow. In case an enterprise has any question, it may submit to the Public Bidding Administration before
1500, December 22. Any bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid via www.ec.com.cn after December 25. The
Public Bidding Administration will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to each enterprise.

IX.

Deposit for Winning Bid

The deposit for winning bid for this invitation for bid is 10% of the award amount for the bid winner. Any enterprise, after it wins
the bid, shall remit the deposit for winning bid (price of winning bid mount of winning bid0%) into an appointed bank account
before February 28, 2007.

Name of the Entity: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for Opening the Account; Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank

Account Number: 7112410182600001325

As for any enterprise which fails to pay the deposit for winning bid, the Bidding Office shall execute in accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for Invitation of Bid and the Detailed Rules on the Implementation thereof.

The Address of the Bidding Office of Export Quotas of Carborundum

: 17/F, Prime Tower, No. 22 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Postal Code: 100020

Tel.: 010-65882501-1721, 1730, 1732

Fax: 010-65882509

Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006

Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

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The Internal Revenue Service

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF FLUORSPAR LUMP (POWDER) OF 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF TALC LUMP (POWDER) OF 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT NO.113, 2006 OF MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ON PROMULGATING CATALOG OF COMMODITIES SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC IMPORT LICENSES ADMINISTRATION IN 2007 (CATALOG I, II AND III)

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST OPEN BID-INVITING FOR EXPORT LIGHT AND DEAD-BURNED MAGNESIA QUOTA OF 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST PUBLIC INVITATION FOR BID FOR EXPORT QUOTA OF LIQUORICE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF IN 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF CARBORUNDUM OF 2007

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