Trade and Industry Department Notice to Exporters :Series 2 (USA) No. 10/2011

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Ref. : TID CL 4-60/1

1 December 2011

Dear Sirs,

Notice to Exporters:

Series 1 (USA) No. 10/2011

Certificate of Origin Circular No. 12/2011

Textiles Trader Registration Circular No. 7/2011

Revision of Textiles-related Fees

Further to the Textiles Trader Registration Circular No. 6/2011 dated 30 October 2011, this notice informs traders that certain textiles-related fees and charges will be revised from 23 December 2011.

Details

With the passage of the Import and Export (Fees) (Amendment) Regulation 2011, the following revised textiles-related fees and charges will take effect from 23 December 2011:

Type of Services	Existing Fee (HK$)	New Fee (HK$)	Remarks
(a) Annual registration fee for Textiles Trader Registration Scheme (TTRS)	718	349	New fee applies to TTR applications (including new and renewal applications) with validity period commencing on or after 23 December 2011
(b) Handling Fee for Import Notification or Export Notification lodged on paper under TTRS (Note)	3.8	2.9	New fee applies to paper notification forms purchased on or after 23 December 2011
(c) Production Notification (PN) for Cut and Sewn Garments lodged electronically¹	41	47	New fee applies to PN lodged on or after 23 December 2011

Note: A printing charge currently at HK$0.5 will be payable for each paper notification form in addition to the handling fee.

The fees for consignment-specific Export Licence (Textiles) Form 4 (TIC 353) and Import Licence (Textiles) Form 7 (TRA 23) will remain unchanged at HK$44 and HK$45 respectively.

Arrangements for TTRS

TTR New Applications

Traders lodging new applications for TTR before 23 December 2011 should pay the existing annual registration fee (i.e. HK$718). These applications, if approved, will bear a validity period starting before 23 December 2011. Traders wishing to benefit from the new fee (i.e. HK$349) should lodge their TTR applications on or after 23 December 2011. Any application sent in by mail will be deemed to have been lodged on the date the application reaches the Department, instead of the date shown on the postal chop.

TTR Renewal Applications

Traders with TTR expiring before 23 December 2011 should pay the existing fee upon renewal while those with expiry date falling on or after 23 December 2011 are subject to the new fee.
For TTR to be expired shortly before 23 December 2011, the traders concerned may wish to review the need to apply for renewal of their TTR before expiry thereof or until the new fee has taken effect. If traders wish to apply for renewal after expiry of the current TTR, their applications for renewal (TID 94) should be accompanied by a duly completed Form TID 226 "Expired Textiles Trader Registration - Request for Renewal"² and other necessary supporting documents as stated in the renewal application forms. Besides, during the period before the expired TTR are successfully renewed, the traders concerned should apply for consignment-specific Import Licences (Textiles) Form 7 and Export Licences (Textiles) Form 4 as appropriate to cover individual shipments of their textiles imports from the Mainland of China and exports to the Mainland of China or the USA respectively.
Please note that any requests for a full or partial refund of TTRS annual registration fee paid or unused paper notification forms purchased at the existing fees will not be accepted.

Warning

Traders are reminded that textiles shipments that are subject to licensing control³ are required to be covered by valid licences issued by the Director-General of Trade and Industry unless they are exempted under the Import and Export Ordinance or its subsidiary legislation. Traders not holding valid TTR that have lodged textiles notifications for such shipments in lieu of valid licences will be liable on conviction to a maximum fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for two years. They may also be subject to administrative actions taken by the Director-General of Trade and Industry.

Enquiries

Should you have any enquiries about this circular, please contact the following units of the Textiles Licensing Branch:

Unit	Telephone No.
Central Registration Office	2398 5512
Customer Service Centre	2398 5288
Production Notification Section	2398 5745

Yours faithfully,

(Jeff FONG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

¹ This is the processing fee charged by the Government (excluding the electronic message fee charged by the service provider, Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited). In addition, the fee for PN lodged on paper will be adjusted from $57 to $66. The paper mode is reserved for contingency situation (e.g. computer breakdown).

² TID 226 can be downloaded at
http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/aboutus/form/publicform/ttrs/files/tid226.pdf.

³ These include textiles imports and exports involving the Mainland of China as well as textiles exports to the USA.

Electronic services for Production Notification, Certificate of Origin, Textiles Notifications, and Cargo Manifests enable traders to lodge/make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Tradelink Electronic Commerce Ltd runs services for all the above documents. Brio Electronic Commerce Ltd provides services for Cargo Manifests and Certificate of Origin. Global e-Trading Services Ltd provides services for Cargo Manifests.
Please call the service providers for enquiries on their services:

Brio Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel: 2111 1288)
Global e-Trading Services Limited (Tel: 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel: 2599 1700)

Last revision date: 01 December 2011