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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1994

"ONE PURPOSE OF OUR LETTER ISSUED TODAY IS ΤΟ SEEK CLARIFICATIONS. WE ALSO REITERATED OUR REQUEST FOR THE SEPTEMBER 1 IMPLEMENTATION ΤΟ BE DEFERRED.

"THIS DEFERRAL IS ALL THE MORE NECESSARY NOW THAT THE MEXICAN ALLOW GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE MODIFICATIONS: THEY MUST SURELY TIME FOR OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO STUDY THE MODIFIED ARRANGEMENTS AND SEEK CLARIFICATION AND CONSULTATION IF NECESSARY.'

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ΤΟ

MAY

WIDER,

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FULLY RECOGNISE THE UNDESIRABLE EFFECT ON TRADE WHICH CREATED BY ANY UNCERTAINTY.

THE BUT WE MUST BEAR IN MIND LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF HONG KONG'S TRADE WITH MEXICO.

THE

HE SAID TRADE DEPARTMENT WAS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO ENGAGE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES WITH A VIEW TO SECURING PROMPTLY A SATISFACTORY OUTCOME.

IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANY HONG KONG TRADERS EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES WITH THEIR EXPORTS TO MEXICO, THEY ARE REQUESTED TELEPHONE MR K K CHAN OF THE DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 398 5650.

ANY

ΤΟ

NEW

ANTI-

ON

GAZETTE MAY 31, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IN A

OF CERTIFICATE

ORIGIN ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE CLASSIFIED

MEXICAN IN SUCH TARIFF ITEMS THAT WERE SUBJECT TO DUMPING (AD) OR COUNTERVAILING (CV) DUTIES.

ΤΟ

OR

ORIGINALLY SET TO COME INTO FORCE ON JULY 15 BUT SUBSEQUENTLY DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1994, THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS APPLY NOT ONLY SUCH IMPORTS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ATTRACTED MEXICAN AD CV DUTIES, BUT ALSO SUCH IMPORTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

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ADOPT

AND

AT

THEY EFFECT,

REQUIRE EXPORTING COUNTRIES TO IMPLEMENT THESE MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES FOR THEIR EXPORTS TO MEXICO. PRESENT, NO MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES APPLY TO HONG KONG IMPORTS.

AS

MEXICAN

GOVERNMENT

FOR CERTIFICATION

THE PROCEDURES, ANNOUNCED TWO SETS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED TEXTILES, APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS FOR ALL GOODS.

FOR THE FORMER, THE PROCEDURES REQUIRE THE USE OF A CERTIFICATION FORM.

SPECIFIED

AS FOR OTHER GOODS, THE CERTIFICATION OF ORIGIN CAN BE IN FORM BUT MUST INCLUDE CERTAIN SPECIFIED INFORMATION.

ANY

MR YIU EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTIES HONG KONG HAD WITH BOTH NEW MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES AND THE NEW CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE

"FIRST, NO

MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES CURRENTLY APPLY FOR FROM HONG KONG; THE APPLICATION OF MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES, UNLESS THEY ARE IDENTICAL TO OUR OWN RULES, COULD AFFECT TRADE BETWEEN MEXICO HONG KONG," HE SAID.

IMPORTS

AND

/"SECONDLY, HONG