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Ref : EIC 419/2
7 March 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 197/2013
Ecuador : Import Quota on Cell Phones
The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular No. 826/2012 of 12 October 2012 that the Ecuadorian government established annual import quota on cell phones classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of Ecuador (HTSEC) 8517.12.00.90 in December 2012. The Ecuadorian government issued Resolution No. 100/2012 to establish a recycling target of 2.5 old cell phones for every new cell phone imported into Ecuador. The maximum quota for recycling is set out in Annex I to the Resolution.
2.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Ecuador and/or the above Ecuadorian Resolution (in Spanish) available at:
http://www.produccion.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/01/RESOLUCION-1001.pdf.
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3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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