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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1987

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"TO PREPARE FOR THE CHANGEOVER ΤΟ THE NEW SYSTEM, THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN VARIOUS TASKS WHICH INCLUDE REVISING THE HONG KONG IMPORTS AND EXPORTS CLASSIFICATION LIST. MODIFYING THE COMPUTERISED TRADE STATISTICS SYSTEM, AMENDING THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS AND PLANNING A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLICITY AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

"THE HK HS WILL COMPRISE SOME 6,500 EIGHT-DIGIT CODES, EACH DENOTING A PARTICULAR TYPE OF GOOD. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE PRESENT BITC-BASED SYSTEM WHICH CONSISTS OF ABOUT 3,600

SIX-DIGIT CODES.

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"THE NEW SYSTEM CONTAINS 97 CHAPTERS WHICH ARE GROUPED UNDER 22 SECTIONS. AS A GENERAL RULE, THE SYSTEM ARRANGES COMMODITIES IN ORDER OF THEIR DEGREE

MANUFACTURE : RAW MATERIALS, UNWORKED PRODUCTS, SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND FINISHED PRODUCTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE INITIAL CHAPTERS COVER LIVE ANIMALS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WHILE THE LAST CHAPTERS COVER INDUSTRIAL

AND HIGH-TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED.

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"ONCE THE NEW SYSTEM IS IMPLEMENTED, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS WILL HAVE TO LOOK UP THE NEW HK HS CODE FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF GOOD FROM A NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST WHEN COMPLETING IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION FORMS. THE JOB IS NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL AS AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTICLES IN HK HS CODES AND A CORRELATION TABLE BETWEEN THE SITC AND THE HK HS CODES ARE PROVIDED TO HELP TRADERS SEARCHING THE CORRECT HK HS CODES AND TO MAKE CROSS-REFERENCE.

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"ALSO, AN HIS HANDBOOK HAS BEEN COMPILED TO HELP IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS IN USING THE NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST. THE ня HANDBOOK DESCRIBES IN DETAIL VARIOUS METHODS OF FINDING THE CORRECT HK HS CODE FOR A COMMODITY, AND ALSO CONTAINS A LOT

OF PRACTICAL EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES.

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THE NEW IMPORTS AND EXPORTS CLASSIFICATION LIST CONTAINING HK HS CODES AND DESCRIPTIONS 18 NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND 80 ts COMPREHENSIVE HS HANDBOOK.

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IN ADDITION, A SERIES OF SEMINARS ON HOW TO USE THE NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST AND THE HANDBOOK WILL BE ORGANISED FOR TRADERS PROM NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, TRADERS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN, A PAMPHLET GIVING FULL DETAILS OF THE SEMINARS SOON. THE SPOResman URGEN TRADERS TO RESPOND PROMPTLY TO INVITATIONS TO THE SEMINARS AND TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHANGEOVER AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

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DETAILS OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 17/F. WANCHAT TOWER 12 JARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-8234919).

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