• Textiles trader registration is valid for 12 months and is renewable.

Application Procedures

• About one month before expiry of the textiles trader registration, the Trade and Industry Department (TID) will notify the traders concerned by email or by post of the renewal procedures.
• Registered textiles traders should complete and return to TID the Application for Renewal of Textiles Trader Registration (TID 94), together with proof of payment of the registration fee and the supporting documents stated in the Notes for Completion of TID 94, electronically via TID's e-Form Submission Service, by post or in person.
• For textiles trader registrations which have expired for more than 6 months, the applicants should follow the procedures of New Application for Textiles Trader Registration.
• If the renewal application is lodged before expiry of the current registration, the new validity period will normally commence on the date immediately following the expiry date of the current registration.
• Under normal circumstances, applicants will be informed of the application results within three clear working days (excluding day of receipt and day of issue) after TID has received the application, all necessary supporting documents and proof of payment of registration fee for renewal.

Certificate of Registration

• Applicants can check the approval status of their applications via the online enquiry services at TID's Web Portal: User Login Account (ULA) after three clear working days to view and download the Certificate of Registration as a Textiles Trader.
• New users should first activate their ULA. For details, please refer to the Guidance Notes on How to check approval status and download Certificate of Registration as a Textiles Trader.
• Certificates will not be sent to the applicants by post or email.

• Registered textiles traders are required to immediately inform the Director-General of Trade and Industry in writing of any change of their registration particulars under the Textiles Trader Registration Scheme (TTRS).
• Traders should complete and return to the Trade and Industry Department (TID) the Application Form for Amendment of Textiles Trader Registration (TTR) Particulars (TID 205), together with the supporting documents as stated therein, electronically via the TID's e-Form Submission Service, by post or in person.
• For amendment of the signatory to the textiles trader registration, please also complete and return the Application Form for Textiles Trader Registration (TID 91A).

• Registered textiles traders who wish to cancel their registrations should complete and return the Application Form for Cancellation of Textiles Trader Registration (TTR) (TID 227) electronically via the Trade and Industry Department's e-Form Submission Service, by post or in person.

• The annual fee for textiles trader registration is HK$61. Please refer to the Notes for Payment of Annual Registration Fee for Textiles Trader Registration Scheme (TTRS).
• Textiles trader registration is valid for 12 months and is renewable.

• Registered textiles traders must comply with the Conditions of Textiles Trader Registration Scheme (TTRS) as set out in the Annex to the Textiles Trader Registration Circular No. 5/2014 and other relevant circulars / notifications issued by the Director-General of Trade and Industry.
• Any breach of the conditions of TTRS may render the registration under the TTRS invalid and the registered trader may be subject to legal and/or administrative actions.