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Press Release

Amendments to strategic commodities control list gazetted
Friday, April 30, 2010

The Government will table at the Legislative Council next Wednesday (May 5) the Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Order 2010. 

"The purpose of the Order is to reflect the latest changes in respect of certain items in three groups of commonly traded strategic commodities, including electronics, computers, and telecommunications and information security products, adopted recently in the international non-proliferation regime control list, as well as to relax the control over transit and air-transhipment of information security products", a spokesman for the Trade and Industry Department (TID) said. 

"Traders should welcome the Order as it will facilitate the trading of the relevant commodities," the spokesman said.

Pursuant to Hong Kong Laws, the import and export of strategic commodities is subject to licensing control by the Director-General of Trade and Industry.

The purpose of imposing licensing controls is to monitor and control the flow of strategic commodities in order to maintain the confidence of technology supplying countries in our control system, thereby ensuring Hong Kong's continued access to high technology.

"Hong Kong has been closely following the control thresholds adopted by the international non-proliferation regimes. This is to ensure that we will always be upholding controls to the international standards, while relieving traders from licensing requirements when the international standards are relaxed," said the spokesman. 

The Amendment Order was gazetted today (April 30) and will be tabled at the Legislative Council on May 5. The Order will come into effect on a day to be appointed by the Director-General of Trade and Industry by notice in the Gazette later. Traders may visit the website of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (www.gov.hk) to access the Gazette. 

Enquiries can be made to the Strategic Trade Controls Branch of the TID by telephone at 2398 5587 or by e-mail at stc@tid.gov.hk.

The TID will also inform traders of the details of the amended schedules through circulars and general advisory service. 

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