TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1978
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS TO ISSUE GSP CERTIFICATES FOR EXPORTS TO NEW ZEALAND *****
THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FIVE NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ENDORSED CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN FOR GOODS SHIPPED UNDER GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES (GSP) TO NEW ZEALAND FROM HONG KONG FROM JUNE 1, 1978.
THE FIVE ORGANISATIONS SO AUTHORISED ARE: THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES- THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
NEW ZEALAND IS THE FOURTH COUNTRY, FOLLOWING JAPAN, SWITZERLAND AND CANADA, TO ACCEPT GSP CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS.
THE NEW ZEALAND GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES OFFERS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING HONG KONG, TARIFF REDUCTIONS ON ABOUT 3,300 PRODUCTS WHICH INCLUDE MOST OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR EXPORTS SUCH AS TEXTILE PRODUCTS, FOOTWEAR AND TOYS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE STAFF OF THE FIVE ORGANISATIONS HAD UNDERGONE TRAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WERE FULLY COMPETENT TO DEAL WITH APPLICATIONS FOR GSP CERTIFICATES.
HE SAID THAT THE FIVE ORGANISATIONS WOULD APPLY THE SAME RULES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT CLOSE CO-ORDINATION WOULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGH A CERTIFICATION CO- ORDINATION COMMITTEE+ WHICH COMPRISES SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE FIVE CERTIFICATE-ISSUING ORGANISATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT.
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