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MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1987
HARMONISED SYSTEM TAKES BFFECT FROM JANUARY 1
KONG
AND IMPORTS
LIST
YEAR IN
EXPORTS CLASSIFICATION THE NEW HONG
NEXT (HARMONISED SYSTEM) WILL TAKE EFFECT AS FROM JANUARY 1 SYNCHRONISATION WITH MOST OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS.
LAST THURSDAY IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
AND EXPORTERS WERE REMINDED THAT 24), IMPORTERS (DECEMBER
MADE ON OR AFTER THAT DATE SHIPMENTS DECLARATIONS FOR COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CLASSIFICATION.
MUST
BE
DESIGNED BY THE CUSTOMS THE HARMONISED SYSTEM (HS) HAS BEEN
MULTI-PURPOSE CLASSIFICATION COOPERATION COUNCIL (CCC) TO SERVE AS A
CARRIERS AS SUITABLE FOR USE BY CUSTOMS AND STATISTICAL AUTHORITIES, WELL AS THOSE CONCERNED WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
IT
WIDELY ADOPTED
CCC THE HARMONISES STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) NOMENCLATURES CURRENTLY IN USE FOR CUSTOMS TARIFFS, COMPILATION AND TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
IN
NOMENCLATURE,
THE
AND OTHER MAJOR TRADE STATISTICS
THE WORLD-WIDE ADOPTION OF THE HS WILL REDUCE THE COST INVOLVED GOODS UNDER VARIOUS AND RE-DESCRIBING RE-CLASSIFYING CLASSIFICATIONS WHEN THEY ARE TRANSPORTED FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER, TRADE STATISTICS COMPARISON AND AND WILL FACILITATE TRADE NEGOTIATION AMONG COUNTRIES USING THE SYSTEM.
INTERNATIONAL
AN HS HANDBOOK AND THE NEW CLASSIFICATION "OR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, DEPARTMENT COLLECTION OFFICES, AND CENSUS PUBLICATIONS SECTION.
A
SEMINARS
LIST ARE AVAILABLE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
HAVE ALSO
THE
OF NUMBER IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS TO UNDERSTAND PUBLICATIONS.
TO
BEEN
HELP ORGANISED HS AND THE USE OF THE
FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING OBTAINED BY PHONE ON 5-8235085.
COMMODITY
GOVERNOR TO VISIT TSUEN WAN
DESCRIPTION MAY BE
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TSUEN WAN ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NEW TOWN.
30)
AND AFTERNOON
LADY
WILSON WILL
TO
THE SEE
VISIT LATEST
THEY WILL ARRIVE IN TSUEN WAN BY HELICOPTER GOVERNOR WILL FIRST TAKE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING IN THE TOWN CENTRE AND DEVELOPMENTS.
THE
ВБ
AT 2.30 PM. THE DISTRICT FROM THE BRIEFED ON VARIOUS
THE VISIT