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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Powdered Formula

Exemptions

Exemptions from the licensing requirements apply to the following instances:

Personal Exemptions

  1. powdered formula that is exported in the accompanied personal baggage of a person aged 16 or above leaving Hong Kong who did not leave Hong Kong in the last 24 hours:
    • the formula (whether of the same composition and whether in 1 or more containers) does not exceed 1.8 kg in total net weight; or
  2. in exceptional cases where the 24 hour period restriction may cause inconvenience, powdered formula that is exported by a person aged 16 or above who left Hong Kong one or more times in the last 24 hours must satisfy the following requirements:
    • who is leaving Hong Kong together with a person aged under 36 months (child); and
    • the formula is in an unsealed container and does not exceed a reasonable quantity for the child's consumption during the travelling time from a point of exit in Hong Kong to the next point of entry in a place outside Hong Kong.

Exemptions for Goods in Transit and Transhipment

  • any powdered formula in transit (Note 1);
  • for air-to-air transhipment cargo (Note 2) whereby at any time between its being brought into and taken out of Hong Kong the powdered formula has remained in the cargo transhipment area of Hong Kong International Airport;
  • for transhipment of other modes or inter-modal transhipment, where the carrier or the forwarder handling the cargo has valid registration under the Transhipment Cargo Exemption Scheme (TCES) subject to compliance with the conditions of registration under the TCES.

Note 1: Under the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60), an article in transit means an article which is brought into Hong Kong solely for the purpose of taking it out of Hong Kong and remains at all times in or on the vessel or aircraft in or on which it is brought into Hong Kong.

Note 2: Under the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60), air transhipment cargo means an article that is both imported and consigned for export in an aircraft and which, during the period between its import and export, remains within the cargo transhipment area of Hong Kong International Airport.