Textiles Control Policy

In accordance with the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), all quantitative restrictions on exports of textile and clothing products among members of the WTO (including Hong Kong) are completely eliminated starting 1 January 2005. Hong Kong's textiles and clothing exports now enjoy quota-free access to the world market. With the elimination of textiles quotas, the Trade and Industry Department now operates a simple yet effective control system which aims at providing increasing facilitation to the trade while maintaining necessary control to safeguard the overall interest of Hong Kong's textiles trade.