Article 18 If the aggregate number of stores opened by the same Foreign Investor in China exceeds 30 and the merchandise it deals in include such merchandise as books, newspapers, magazines, automobiles (this restriction shall be lifted as of 11 December 2006), pharmaceutical products, agrochemicals, mulching films, chemical fertilizers, processed oil, cereals, vegetable oils, edible sugars and cotton, and the afore-mentioned merchandise carry different brands and are from different suppliers, the ratio of capital contribution of the Foreign Investor shall not exceed 49%.