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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Local Subcontracting Arrangement

Application Conditions

  1. prior approval has to be obtained before the employment of the subcontractor;
  2. both the principal manufacturer and the subcontractor must be registered with the Trade and Industry Department for the production of the same type of goods;
  3. subcontractors are not allowed to further subcontract the principal/origin-conferring manufacturing process(es) to other factories; 
  4. where the manufacturer wishes to employ more than one subcontractor, separate applications are required; and
  5. the principal manufacturer is required to maintain books and records clearly indicating when and to whom the principal process(es) of manufacture have been subcontracted. The despatch and receipted record should include the following details:
i. description of materials;
ii. quantity;
iii. date passed to subcontractor;
iv. name of subcontractor;
v. process(es) carried out;
vi. date returned from subcontractor;
vii. remuneration paid for work done.