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Ref : EIC 230/5/4/10

9 August 2006

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 306/2006

European Union (EU)* : Tariff Quota on Imports of Garlic Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No.153 /2006 of 24 April 2006, we have received information concerning the issue of import licenses by the European Commission (the Commission) for garlic originated in the Mainland of China. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1112/2006 (the Regulation), a copy (pdf format) of which is attached to this circular for reference.

DETAILS

  1. Commercial Information Circular No. 490/2005 of 30 November 2005 informed the trade, among other things, of the Commission's rules for managing tariff quota# for garlic (CN code 0703 2000) originating in the Mainland of China. Since the applications lodged during the first five working days of July 2006 already exceeded the available quantities of tariff quota, the Commission has enacted the Regulation announcing that:

    1. import licence applications for garlic originating in the Mainland of China lodged during the first five working days of July 2006 and sent to the Commission by 17 July 2006 shall be issued at the rate of 16.457% and 0.948% of the applied quantities for traditional importers and new importers respectively; and
       

    2. applications lodged after the first five working days of July for the quarter running from 1 September 2006 to 30 November 2006 shall be rejected.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Veronica YIM)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



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.