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Ref : EIC 432/2

30 July 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 613/2013

Uruguay : Coverage of Pre-packaged Products under Import Registration Requirements Expanded

The Uruguayan government issued Communique No. 10/2013 on 29 May 2013 to expand the coverage of pre-packaged products under import registration requirements.

2.The Uruguayan government issued Decree No. 260/2007 in 2007 to require importers of pre-packaged products to register in a national registry administered by the National Environmental Board (or "Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente" in Spanish) and have a waste management plan for package residues.

3.Communique No. 10/2013 of 29 May 2013 expanded the coverage of pre-packaged products as follows:

Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR1 ) Common Classification (NCM) Section				Effective Date
XII (Chapters 64-67 inclusive)				1 July 2013
XI (Chapters 50-63 inclusive)				5 August 2013
VIII (Chapters 41-43 inclusive)				2 September 2013
XV (Chapter 82 exclusive)				7 October 2013

4.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Uruguay and/or the abovementioned Uruguayan Communique (in Spanish), which is available at http://www.aduanas.gub.uy/innovaportal/file/11002/1/comunicado-10_2013.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

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

 

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy Cheng)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

^1. The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Note:

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