SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1991
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PUBLICATIONS AND FREE SEMINARS FOR THE HKHS 1992 EDITION
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS WILL HAVE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS WHEN THEY COMPLETE IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS NEXT YEAR, AS HONG KONG WILL SWITCH to A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THE 1992 EDITION OF THE HONG KONG HARMONISED SYSTEM (HKHS).
THE NEW EDITION OF HK HS, THAT 19 THE 1992 EDITION, WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT EDITION OF HK HS AS FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR. THE LATTER HAS BEEN IN USE FOR IMPORT AND
AND EXPORT DECLARATION SINCE JANUARY 1, 1988.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WILL BE A FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HARMONISED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM, OR THE HARMONISED SYSTEM (HS) FOR SHORT, DESIGNED BY THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL (CCC).
"THIS MEANS THAT THE NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WILL FULLY FOLLOW THE CCC HS INSTEAD OF PARTIALLY AS IN THE EXISTING EDITION OF THE HK HS.
"BY IMPLEMENTING THE NEW CLASSIFICATION
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, HONG KONG '§ COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION AND CODES FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION WILL BE TOTALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE USED BY MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT WHILE THE ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS CONCERNING IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION RESTS WITH THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT Is RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVISING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS RELATING
RELATING TO IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION AND FOR COMPILING EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
BASED ON DECLARATIONS.
"TO LET TRADERS PREPARE FOR THE CHANGEOVER TO THE NEA CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL RELEASE FIVE PUBLICATIONS AROUND NEXT MONTH AND WILL ALSO CONDUCT A SERIES OF FREE SEMINARS FOR TRADERS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
HE SAID ONE OF THE PUBLICATIONS, "HONG KONG IMPORTS AND EXPORTS CLASSIFICATION LIST {HARMONISED SYSTEM), 1992 EDITION! MODIFIED FROM THE PREVIOUS EDITION (1988) UPON FULL ADOPTION OF THE HARMONISED SYSTEM", CONTAINS THE FULL COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION LIST TO BE USED FOR IMPORT/EXPORT DECLARATION FROM 1992 ONWARDS.
"IT IS THE ESSENTIAL PUBLICATION FOR LOOKING UP THE NEW UKUS CODE FOR EACH TYPE OF GOODS.
"APART FROM THE FULL CLASSIFICATION LIST, THE PUBLICATION INCLUDES AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTICLES TO HELP TRÅDERS SEARCH Foll THE CORRECT HK HS CODES,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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IN ADDITION, A CHINESE REFERENCE GUIDE WILL BE PUBLISHED, CONTAINING THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST.
/HE SÅID