SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1988
ENGLISH. AMONG THE
"TWO OF THE 18 SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED IN 16 SESSIONS IN CANTONESE, NINE WERE ON GENERAL COMMODITY, FIVE ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING AND TWO ON MACHINERY. A DIFFERENT SET OF HANDOUTS HAS BEEN DRAWN UP FOR EACH TOPIC," HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN BELIEVED THAT THESE SEMINARS HAD ACHIEVED THE GOAL OF HELPING THE DECLARANTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HE HS AND HAD PROVIDED A SUITABLE VENUE FOR TRADERS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
"FOR TRADERS WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED THE HS SEMINARS, THEY CAN MAKE ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE HS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT BY PHONE, IN WRITING OR IN PERSON," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP AN ENQUIRY TEAM TO ANSWER QUERIES ON THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM. DIRECT TELEPHONE LINES ALLOCATED FOR THE SPECIFIC COMMODITY GROUPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
HK HS COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION
ENQUIRY
TELEPHONE NO.
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; WATCHES AND CLOCKS;
PRECIOUS STONES; OPTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT; FURNITURE; TOYS; LIGHTING FITTINGS; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
5-8234902 5-8234901
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
5-8234904 5-8234903
MACHINERY; COMPUTERS; ELECTRONICS; RADIOS;
TELEVISIONS; ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
5-8234906 5-8234905
CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS; PLASTIC
5-8234908 5-8234907
MATERIALS; HIDES AND SKINS; LEATHER; TRAVEL GOODS
TEXTILES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; MINERAL PRODUCTS;
WOOD, PAPER AND BASE METAL AND ARTICLES THEREOF; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE
FOOD; BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO
5-8234910 5-8234909
5-8234912 5-8234911
5-8234920
5-8235010
THOSE WITH COMPLICATED ENQUIRIES MAY WRITE ΤΟ THE TRADE CLASSIFICATION SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 17TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,
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