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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1991

HE SAID THIS PUBLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE EXPLANATIONS” ON THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND PROCEDURES FOR LODGING IMPORT/EXPORT DECLARATIONS, CHARGING SCHEME FOR AD VALOREM LEVY, AND IMPORTANT POINTS THAT SHOULD BE NOTED IN COMPLETING IMPORT/EXPORT DECLARATIONS.

"ALSO, AN HS HANDBOOK AND ITS CHINESE VERSION WILL BE RELEA§ED TO HELP IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS IN USING THE NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THEY DESCRIBE IN DETAIL VARIOUS METHODS OF FINDING THE CORRECT HK HS CODE FOR A COMMODITY AND ALSO CONTAIN A LOT OF PRACTICAL EXAMPLES AND EXERCISE."

FOR TRADERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE EXISTING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, THE BILINGUAL PUBLICATION, "SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN THE HONG KONG IMPORTS AND EXPORTS CLASSIFICATION LIST (HARMONISED SYSTEM) FROM THE 1988 EDITION TO THE 1992 EDITION", WILL ALSO BE A USEFUL REFERENCE, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED.

"THIS PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 1988 AND 1992 EDITIONS OF HK HS.

"THE CORRELATION TABLE BETWEEN COMMODITY CODES IN THE 1988 AND 1992 EDITIONS OF THE HK HS IN THIS PUBLICATION WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR LOCATING THE CORRECT COMMODITY CODES IN THE 1992 EDITION BASED ON THEIR CODES IN THE 1988 EDITION," HE ADDED.

APART FROM RELEASING THE ABOVE PUBLICATIONS, A SERIES OF FREE SEMINARS ON HOW TO USE THE NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST WILL BE ORGANISED FOR IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

SEMINĀRS HAVE ALREADY

PAMPHLETS GIVING FULL DETAILS OF THE SEMINĀRS BEEN DESPATCHED TO ABOUT 90,000 IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS.

FREE COPIES ARE ALSO OBTAINABLE AT THE COLLECTION OFFICES of THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THE TRADE DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN URGED IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS TO OBTAIN Tickkt9 FOR ATTENDING THE FREE SEMINARS BY COMPLETING THE SIMPLE ORDER FORMS INCLUDED IN THE PAMPHLETS.

TRADERS FOR MAKING ANY As EARLY AS POSSIBLE, HE

THESE SEMINARS WILL BE USEFUL ΤΟ NECESSARY PREPARATION FOR THE CHANGEOVER SAID.

DETAILS OF THE SEMINARS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 17TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD

H WAN CHAI (OR BY PHONING 823 4919 BEFORE OCTOBER 20 AND 582 4919 FROM OCTOBER 20 ONWARDS).

TOGETHER AND EXPORT

IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO NOTE THAT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 1992 EDITION OF THE IMPORT CLASSIFICATION LIST (HARMONISED SYSTEM), REVISED IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION FORMS WILL COME INTO USE AS FROM JANUARY EXISTING DECLARATION FORMS WILL BECOME INVALID.

1 AND THE

THE REVISED FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND DECEMBER. IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS SHOULD TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY PURCHASE THE EXISTING DECLARATION FORMS SO AS TO AVOID

AVOID HAVING

EXCESSIVE STOCK OF SUCH FORMS.

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