On 3 May 2017, the Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Administration issued a joint announcement listing the categories of goods benefiting from a reduction in the VAT rate from 13% to 11%. The list includes agricultural products, water, natural gas, coal and other 19 kinds of products. The new tax rate will enter into force on 1 July 2017.
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