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Commercial
Information Circulars
24-hour hotline : 23 922 922
e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : EIC 411/2
12
June 2007
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 234/2007
Argentina
: Import Licensing Requirement for Certain Apparel Products
The Argentinean
Government has recently announced the establishment of a non-automatic
licensing mechanism for imports of certain apparel products. The new
requirement took effect from 8 June 2007.
DETAILS
- Starting from
8 June 2007, the Argentinean Ministry of Economy and Production requires
importers to obtain a textile product importation certificate for
importing into Argentina knitted sweaters, pullovers, waistcoats and
similar articles, of wool, cotton, man-made fibres and other textile
materials classified under the MERCOSUR1 Common
Nomenclature (MCN) 6110.11.00, 6110.12.00, 6110.20.00, 6110.30.00
and 6110.90.00, as well as babies' sweaters of all textile materials
classified under MCN 6111.10.00, 6111.20.00, 6111.30.00 and 6111.90.00.
- Applications
for importation certificate should be submitted to the Import Directorate
of the Secretary of Industry, Commerce and of Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses of the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina.
The application form requires importer to provide importer's and exporter's
information and details of the goods such as description, fibre contents,
MCN code, FOB value, quantity, country of origin, country of embarkation
etc.. The importation certificate, which must be presented together
with other import documents to the customs authorities of Argentina,
is valid for 60 days from its date of issuance and is non-transferable.
The actual import quantity and value should be no more than 5% greater
or 10% less than the quantity and value declared on the importation
certificate.
- Shipments already
in a customs zone in Argentina or in transit to the country as of
8 June 2007 are exempted from the new requirement.
- To clarify the
relevance of the new requirements to their exports to Argentina and/or
to obtain further information on the detailed requirements, traders
are advised to approach their importers in Argentina for the relevant
details.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries
about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at
telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss WONG Ying)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
1Southern
Common Market
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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 lodgement of Cargo Manifests and Textiles
Notifications. For details and enquiries,
please call the following service providers:
Global
e-Trading Services Limited (Tel. : 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel. : 2599 1700)
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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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