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SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1990
TEXTILES IMPORT LICENSING FULLY COMPUTERISED FROM FEBRUARY 1
TRADE
THE TEXTILES IMPORT LICENSING SYSTEM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE FULLY COMPUTERISED AS FROM FEBRUARY 1 THIS YEAR.
AT
"
PROCEDURES CURRENT STREAMLINING
DIRECTOR-GENERAL THE ASSISTANT
AND
OF
"THE MOVE IS AIMED ENHANCING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION,' TRADE, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID.
COMPUTERISATION,
IN
THE
WITH THE DEPARTMENT
HE REMINDED THE TRADE THAT TO TIE IN WITH THE IMPORTERS WOULD HAVE TO BE REGISTERED FIRST PLACE BEFORE THEY MIGHT APPLY FOR IMPORT LICENCES.
ALLOCATED A TEXTILES IMPORTER ALL APPLICATIONS
A REGISTERED IMPORTER WILL BE REGISTRATION (TIR) NUMBER WHICH SHOULD BE QUOTED ON FOR TEXTILES IMPORT LICENCES AS FROM FEBRUARY 1.
UNNECESSARY
OF TEXTILE
WITH
31,"
THE
+ MR
THE PROCESSING IN DELAY "TO AVOID
то REGISTER REQUESTED ARE IMPORTERS LICENCES, IMPORT
NO LATER THAN JANUARY DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND CHEUNG SAID.
ALTOGETHER 4,160
TRADERS
HAVE ALREADY COME FORWARD
FOR
REGISTRATION.
IMPORT LICENSING SYSTEM
DETAILS ON THE COMPUTERISED TEXTILES AND THE TEXTILES IMPORTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM ARE SET OUT IN CIRCULARS ISSUED EARLIER TO THE TRADE BY THE DEPARTMENT.
(TEXTILES Į THE IMPORT LICENCR
IN PROVIDE SPACE NUMBER.
FOR FILLING
THE
FORM 7
BEEN HAS IMPORTER TEXTILES
REVISED) REGISTRATION
TO
MR CHEUNG SAID APPLICATIONS FOR TEXTILE IMPORT LICENCES ONLY BE MADE ON THE REVISED FORMS ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 1.
SHOULD
AN EFFORT REQUIRED
ΤΟ
TO
ENHANCE REPORT
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION,
ANY SHORT-SHIPMENTS
OR
OF "AS PART IMPORTERS
BE WILL NON-UTILISATION OF IMPORT LICENCES.
CAPTURED "ALSO, TO ENSURE THAT LICENSING DATA CAN BE CORRECTLY
APPLICATION FORMS SUBMITTED ON THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM, ALL LICENCE ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 1 WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IN ENGLISH," HE SAID.
ON
MAY SEEK ASSISTANCE ANY IMPORTER WHO ENCOUNTERS DIFFICULTIES FROM THE TEXTILES IMPORT LICENSING SECTION OF THE TRADE DEPARTMENT
KOWLOON. THE GROUND FLOOR OF OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD,
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 1,211,319 TEXTILE LAST YEAR, 17.2 PER CENT UP OVER THE 1988 FIGURE.
IMPORT LICENCES
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