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Commercial Information Circulars

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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref : EIC 111/2/16

27 April 2006

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 156/2006

US : "Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism" (C-TPAT)
¡V C-TPAT Security Guidelines

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently issued and uploaded onto its website the "C-TPAT Security Guidelines" for the following C-TPAT participant categories:

  1. air carriers;
  2. air freight consolidators, ocean transportation intermediaries and non-vessel operating common carriers;
  3. licensed US customs brokers;
  4. manufacturers;
  5. rails carriers; and
  6. US marine or port terminal operators.

The Security Guidelines are available at the CBP's website:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/commercial_enforcement/ctpat/security_guideline/. 
Traders are advised to visit its website from time to time for the up-to-date information concerning C-TPAT.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

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(Ms Charmaine LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

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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Last revision date: 28 April 2006