Trade and Industry Department Commercial Information Circular No. 92/2010

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

Ref : EIC 111/2

2 March 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 92/2010

US : Updated Primer for the Lacey Act Declarations

The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular No. 3/2010 that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of Agriculture has updated some web postings related to the US Lacey Act declarations. The APHIS has recently posted a February 2010 version of its Lacey Act primer to its website which is available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/lacey_act/downloads/LaceyActPrimer.pdf.

The APHIS has added certain new pages to the primer illustrating how to complete the Lacey Act declarations. The additional pages include sample declaration/blanket declaration/blanket declaration reconciliation, information on downloading the paper declaration and completing the paper/electronic/blanket declaration, and taxonomy and scientific names.
Traders are advised to visit the APHIS website which is available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/lacey_act/index.shtml for the latest information regarding the Lacey Act. Traders are also strongly advised to seek clarifications with their importers in the US in order to comply with the necessary requirements.

ENQUIRIES

For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Bonny CHAO)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Electronic services for Production Notification, Certificate of Origin, Textiles Notifications, and Cargo Manifests enable traders to lodge/make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Tradelink Electronic Commerce Ltd runs services for the above documents. Global e-Trading Services Ltd and Brio Electronic Commerce Ltd provide services for Cargo Manifests. Please call the service providers for enquiries on their services:

Brio Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel: 2111 1288)
Global e-Trading Services Limited (Tel: 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel: 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.