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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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