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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref: FRCP 1000/2/6

16 May 2019

Dear Sirs,

Certificate of Origin Circular No. 7/2019

Commercial Information Circular No. 376/2019

Certificate of Preference Circular No. 7/2019

Notice to Exporters :

Series 1 (USA) No. 7/2019

Series 2 (EU) No. 8/2019

Series 3 (Countries other than USA & EU) No. 7/2019

Textiles Trader Registration Circular No. 8/2019

ASEAN - Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA)
Exporting Goods Originating in Hong Kong to ASEAN - Parts relating to Hong Kong and Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam under the AHKFTA enter into force

I. Introduction

Further to the Certificate of Origin Circulars No. 4/2019, 5/2019 and 6/2019 dated 9 May 2019 on exporting goods originating in Hong Kong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Note 1) under the ASEAN - Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA), and details on the application procedures and conditions for the Certificate of Hong Kong Origin - Form AHK (CO(Form AHK)) and Movement Confirmation (MC), this Circular informs traders that parts relating to two more ASEAN Member States (AMS) under the Free Trade Agreement between Hong Kong and ASEAN will enter into force on 11 June 2019, namely Laos and Viet Nam. Goods of Hong Kong origin for exportation to the five AMS (Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) are eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the AHKFTA with effective from 11 June 2019.

II. Parts relating to Hong Kong and Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam under the AHKFTA enter into force

2.As stipulated in the Circulars dated 9 May 2019, the commitments made under the Free Trade Agreement between Hong Kong and ASEAN among Hong Kong and three AMS, namely Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand, will enter into force on 11 June 2019. Subsequently, with the completion of its necessary procedures, parts relating to two more AMS under the Free Trade Agreement between Hong Kong and ASEAN will enter into force on that date, namely Laos and Viet Nam. The dates of entry into force for the remaining five AMS (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines) will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.

3.Please be reminded to refer to the rules of origin, documentary requirements, record keeping requirements, relevant issues for exporting Hong Kong-origin goods to ASEAN under the AHKFTA, and details on the application procedures and conditions for CO(Form AHK) and MC as set out in the Circulars dated 9 May 2019.

III. Enquiry

4.For enquiries, please contact us through the following channels:

Trade and Industry Department
(Factory Registration and Origin Certification Branch)
Address: 14/F, Trade and Industry Tower
3 Concorde Road, Kowloon City
Kowloon
Tel: 2398 5545
Fax: 2787 6048
E-mail: co_enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Yours faithfully,




(Nicholas FUNG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note 1: ASEAN comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.