Commercial Information Circulars
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Ref : EIC 429/2
14 May 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 367/2015
Paraguay : Import Licensing Requirements for Certain Textiles and Apparel Products and Footwear
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 34/2015 of 6 January 2015, the Paraguayan government issued Resolutions No. 129/2015 and 150/2015 on 16 and 24 February 2015 respectively to modify the import licencing requirements for certain textiles and apparel products, and footwear.
2.The import licencing regime for both textiles and apparel products, and footwear are modified to implement new requirements to, among others, obtain a registration in the Importers Registry and import licence.
3.Further, the scope of the import licencing requirements for footwear has been amended to cover footwear products classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes 6401.10.00, 6401.92.00, 6401.99.00, 6401.99.90, 6402.20.00, 6403.20.00, 6403.40.00, 6403.51.10, 6403.51.90, 6403.59.10, 6403.59.90, 6403.91.10, 6403.91.90, 6403.99.10, 6404.11.00, 6404.19.00, 6404.20.00, 6405.10.10, 6405.10.20, 6405.10.90, 6405.90.00, 6406.10.00, 6406.20.00, 6406.90.20 and 6406.90.90.
4.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Paraguay and/or the above Paraguayan Resolutions (in Spanish), which are available at:
Resolution No. 129/2015 (relevant to textiles and apparel products)
http://www.snin.gov.py/reglamentos/RESOLUCION%20129%20DE%20CONFECCIONES%2016-02-15.pdf
Resolution No. 150/2015 (relevant to footwear)
http://www.snin.gov.py/reglamentos/Resolucion%20N%C2%B0%20150%20-%20Calzados.pdf.
ENQUIRIES
5.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
1. The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.