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Certificate
of Preference Circulars
24-hour hotline :
23 922 922
Ref. : CERT 200
15 August
1998
Dear Sirs,
Certificate
of Preference Circular No. 11/98
Certificate
of Origin Circular No. 12/98
Revised
Certification Arrangement for Non-textiles Products
Introduction
Effective from 18
August 1998, certain changes will be introduced for the arrangements applicable
to non-textiles product. This circular announces details of the revised
arrangements.
Details
In line with the changes
in certification arrangements for textiles products as announced in Certificate
of Origin Circulars Nos 9/98 and 10/98 dated 9 July 1998, the arrangements
for the application of a Certificate of Hong Kong Origin, Certificate
of Origin-Processing and Certificate of Origin Form A with effect from
18 August 1998 to cover the export of non-textiles products will be revised
in respect of the following areas:
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Number of
manufacturers and subcontractors in a certificate application;
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Information
relating to Outward Processing Arrangement
Consignments
Manufactured by More than One Manufacturer
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As from 18 August
1998, a certificate application can be supported by up to 3 manufacturers
including subcontractors. Henceforth, the existing value limit of
HK$10,000 for a certificate application to be supported by more than
one manufacturer will no longer be applicable. Certificate of Origin
Circular No. 11/90 is hereby superseded.
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Please note that
for certificate applications involving more than one manufacturer,
each of the contributing manufacturer and/or subcontractor is required
to complete the Manufacturer's Page on separate certificate application
forms giving details and declarations of the portion of the consignment
for which he is responsible. The exporter needs only to complete the
Exporter's Page on one of the forms that have been completed
by the manufacturers but giving full details and declarations of the
entire consignment.
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All the associated
application forms which bear the declarations of the exporter and
each of the manufacturers and subcontractors should be stapled together
for submission to the Receipt and Issue Counters of the Certification
Branch of the Trade Department at 3/F., Trade Department Tower, 700
Nathan Road, Kowloon or to the other five certificate-issuing organizations
(Note).
Information
relating to Outward Processing Arrangement
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Effective from
18 August 1998, manufacturers who have subcontracted the subsidiary
or minor finishing processes of the goods outside Hong Kong under
the Outward Processing Arrangement (OPA) are no longer required to
provide information relating to the outward processing of goods in
part 4 of the Manufacturer's Page of the certificate application.
It follows that traders are not required to attach the Triplicate
and/or Quadruplicate copy of the OPA Combined Form to the application
at the time of submission. Nevertheless, traders should always make
the Combined From available for inspection by the Customs & Excise
Department when necessary.
Enquiries
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Should you require
further information, please contact the following officers :
Trade Controls
OfficerTel. No.
Mr. H.H. YIU
2398 5544
Mr. K.M. NG
2398 5545
Yours faithfully,
(P.C.H. LEUNG)
for Director-General
of Trade
Note :The Hong Kong
General Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Hong
Kong Industries
The Chinese Manufacturers'
Association of Hong Kong
The Indian Chamber
of Commerce, Hong Kong
The Chinese General
Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
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