DGTI releases details of EU unblocking of Chinese textiles for exporters
13 Sep '05
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Outward Processing Trade (OPT) arrangement will be introduced to provide special treatment for goods sent out from the EU to Mainland for processing in accordance with the existing EC rules.
The EU/Mainland Agreed Minutes of 5 September 2005 and the notice published by the EC on 12 September 2005 are respectively accessible from the EU website as follows:
http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/doclib/html/124580.htm and
http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/doclib/html/124646.htm
Enquiries
For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5427.
Yours faithfully,
pp (Miss Jenny TSANG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
1. The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
2. As at 5 September, the quota levels for 7 of the 10 categories have already been exceeded, viz., Cat. 4 (T-shirts), 5 (pullovers), 6 (men's trousers), 7 (blouses), 26 (dresses), 31 (brassieres), and 115 (flax or ramie yarn).
3. For categories 6 (men's trousers) and 31 (brassieres), 9,149,000 pieces and 5,810,000 pieces respectively will be carried forward from 2006 agreed levels into 2005 to clear all pending textiles shipments. For category 5 (pullovers), up to 5% of 2006 agreed levels (i.e. 9,985,000 pieces) will be transferred into 2005 to clear part of the pending goods.
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