China lowered the import tax on electrical products from 20 to 10 percent starting from January 27, 2011, the State Council Tariffs Commission announced on Thursday, Beijing News reported.

Products with reduced import duties include computers and cameras, which means the tax on iPad imports drops from 1000 yuan ($152) to up to 500 yuan ($76).

But video cameras are not included in this category, staying at the 20 percent level.

China's current import duty covers tariff, value added tax and consumption tax.

The commission gave no reason for the import tax revision and said the move has been approved by the State Council.

國務(wù)院關(guān)稅稅則委員會28日發(fā)布通知稱，從1月27日起，計算機(jī)、視頻攝錄一體機(jī)等信息技術(shù)產(chǎn)品和照相機(jī)進(jìn)口稅率，從20%調(diào)整至10%。這意味著，之前備受關(guān)注的iPad進(jìn)口稅，將從1000元降至最高500元。

北京首都機(jī)場海關(guān)稅收征繳的工作人員28日表示，已經(jīng)接到通知稅率調(diào)整至10%，針對iPad不同產(chǎn)品有不同的完稅價格。

上海浦東機(jī)場工作人員稱，iPad現(xiàn)在進(jìn)境的進(jìn)口稅為300元，稅率在28日進(jìn)行了調(diào)整，也不局限在之前所定的5000元，如果進(jìn)境旅客能夠提供的發(fā)票價格，顯示與5000元相差較多，則將按照3000元的完稅價格計算，相應(yīng)應(yīng)繳納的進(jìn)口稅為300元。

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