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NOTE VERBALE
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Her Majesty's Embassy present their compliments to the
Ministry of Foreign Trade and on behalf of the Hong Kong
Government have the honour to refer to the requirements for
the Consular endorsements of Hong Kong Certificates of
Origin on exports to Italy.
2. A problem first arose when the Italian Ministry of
Finance issued a circular in October 1966 abolishing the
requirement for such certificates, with the exception of
certain products imported from Hong Kong, Macao and
Singapore.
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It is also a requirement that certificates or origin
should be endorsed at an Italian Consulate. Before the
1st July, 1967, the Italian Consulate-General in Hong Kong
levied a single fee of Lire 3,000 (HK$28.50) for such
endorsements.
However, since then this single fee was has been
replaced by a sliding scale of charges which increased with
the value of the shipment.
4.
It is appreciated that the geographical position of Hong
Kong and her status as a free port could give cause for concern
as to the true origin of goods exported from her territory.
For this reason, and to protect the status of her own
industrial exports, the Hong Kong Government has built up a
very rigorous system for issuing certificates of origin.
recognised certificate-issuing bodies all adopt similar rules
under government co-ordination, inspection is carried out by
trained government officers and all Hong Kong certificates of
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