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Commercial Information Circulars
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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : EIC 111/2/17
25 November 2005
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 485/2005
US: (I) Termination of all pending China-specific textile safeguard petitions
(II) Release entry for certain embargoed Chinese-origin textiles and
clothing products
(I) Termination of all pending China-specific textile safeguard petitions
In light of the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Trade in Textile and Apparel Products (MOU) signed by the US and the Mainland on 8 November 2005, the US Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has announced to terminate consideration of all the 24 pending safeguard petitions against Chinese-origin textiles and clothing (T&C) products. The relevant press statement and fact sheet are at Annexes A and B (pdf format) .
(II) Release entry for certain embargoed Chinese-origin textiles and clothing products
- As provided for in the MOU, CITA has separately issued a notice (Annex C (pdf format)) to set out the detailed arrangements regarding the release of certain shipments that have been embargoed due to the filling up of the relevant Chinese-specific safeguard quotas in 2005.
- For traders' easy reference, some salient points of the arrangements are stated below:
(a) Eligible Products
The products must be:
- those that entered into bonded warehouse, were sent to General Order or were admitted to a foreign trade zone before 8 November 2005 (i.e. the date when the MOU was signed); and
- in any one of the following safeguard categories for which embargo took place before 8 November 2005:
| Category |
Product Description |
| 338/339 |
Cotton knit shirts & blouses |
| 347/348 |
Cotton trousers |
| 352/652 |
Cotton & man-made fibre (mmf) underwear |
| 638/639 |
Mmf knit shirts and blouses |
| 647/648 |
Mmf trousers |
(b) Dates for the release
The eligible embargoed goods must be presented for entry between 28 November and 2 December 2005.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Charmaine LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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Electronic services for Production Notification and Certificate of Origin enable traders to make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Electronic service has now been extended to the submission of Cargo Manifests and Textiles Notifications. For details and enquiries,
please call Tradelink at 2599 1700. |
Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
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