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

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

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

Ref : EIC 631/2 

2 February 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 39/2005

The Mainland of China : Notice on Abolition of Existing Quarantine Provisions 
on Exported Wood Packaging Material

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the General Administration of Customs, the Ministry of Commerce and the State Forestry Administration jointly promulgated a notice on the abolition of existing quarantine Provisions on exported wood packaging material on 13 January 2005. With effect from 1 March 2005, the quarantine treatment on exported wood packaging material will adopt the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Number 15 "Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade". The notice is attached at Annex for reference.

  1. For details of the "Administrative Measures on Quarantine Treatment
    of Exported Wood Packaging Material", please refer to our CIC No. 36/2005 dated 27 January 2005.

ENQUIRIES

  1. If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact Ms. Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.




Yours faithfully,


(Hugo CHIU)

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.