TID notice includes exporters of shirts/blouses to EU market
07 Aug '06
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Trade and Industry Department, Hong Kong (TID) announced in the Notice to Exporters: Series 2 (EU) No.4/2006 cum Certificate of Origin Circular No. 3/2006 and the Notice to Exporters: Series 2 (EU) No.5/2006 cum Certificate of Origin Circular No. 4/2006.
The Department has implemented modified requirements for the Certificate of Hong Kong Origin (CO) applications and the lodgement of Production Notifications (PN) under which the manufacturing processes of the attachment of the collars and/or cuffs to shirts and blouses intended for export to the European Union (EU) market must be carried out in Hong Kong, and a special declaration must be made to this effect.
This circular informs the trade of the use of new codes for making the special declaration for the CO and PN concerned with effect from 14 August 2006.
The details of the modified arrangements are set out in the aforementioned trade circulars.
To further facilitate traders to make the special declaration in the CO application and lodgement of the PN under the modified arrangements, new declaration codes will be provided in the customer software with effect from 14 August 2006.
Details are as follows: New Declaration Code for CO Applications: A new declaration code M17 will be provided in the customer software with the following content.
With effect from 14 August 2006, traders are no longer required to make the requisite declaration in the "Special Declaration" box when submitting CO applications.