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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

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

Ref : EIC 432/2

11 June 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 518/2015

Uruguay: Establishment of Various Customs Regulations

The Uruguayan government issued Decrees No. 23/2015, No. 25/2015, No. 28/2015 and No. 29/2015 on 20 March 2015 to establish various customs regulations, including requirements for:

(a) parties involved in customs activities;
(b) customs controls in free trade zone;
(c) special customs regimes governing merchandise returns, consignment and substitution of merchandise; and
(d) customs deposits in bonded warehouses.

2.  For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Uruguay and/or the above Uruguayan Decrees (in Spanish) at:

Decree No. 23/2015 (relevant to item (a) above):
http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/03/mef_23.pdf

Decree No. 25/2015 (relevant to item (b) above):
http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/03/mef_25.pdf

Decree No. 28/2015 (relevant to item (c) above):
http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/03/mef_28.pdf

Decree No. 29/2015 (relevant to item (d) above):
http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/03/mef_29.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

3.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

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.