G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.2 
 
18 March  2021 
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLES 1:4  AND 10:4:3  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM HONG KONG, CHINA  
Revision  
The following communica tion, dated 11 March 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Hong Kong, China for Members' information.  
 
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Hong Kong, China hereby amends the following parts of its notification dated 12 May 2017 
(G/TFA/N/HKG/1)  to provide updated information relating to toothfish items , dutiable commodities  
(liquor, tobacco, hydrocarbon and methyl alcohol) , elemental mercury , regulated waste plastics, 
waste electrical and electronic equipment , food , Chinese herbal medicines , proprie tary Chinese 
medicines , radioactive substances and irradiating apparatus ; and the implementation of the Trade 
Single Window . 
 
The current notification also supersedes Hong Kong, China’s notification dated 8 March 2019 
(G/TFA/N/HKG/1/Rev.1).  
 
(i) Article 1, paragraph 4  
 
(a) The official place(s) where the items in subparagraphs 1.1(a) to (j) have been 
published  
 
Subparagraphs 1.1(a), (c), (f), (g) and (h) : 
 
B. For specific types of goods requiring a licence, permit and/or certificate for import, ex port 
and/or transit  
 
The website s for the following agencies and the relative types of goods are updated as follows.  
 
Agriculture, Fisheries 
and Conservation 
Department  http://www.afcd.gov.hk  Animals, Birds & Reptiles and Animal 
Products; Endangered Species of 
Animals and Plants; Genetically 
Modified Organisms; Live Food 
Animals (except Food Poultry); Live 
Food Poultry (Imported from Places 
other than Mainland China); 
Pesticides; Plants, Plant Pests and 
Soil; P rotected Wild Animals; Toothfish 
Items  
Customs and Excise 
Department  http://www.customs.gov.hk  
 Controlled Chemicals; Motor Vehicles; 
Optical Disc Mastering and Replication 
Equipment; Prescribed Articles 
(Outboard Engines, Vehicles and 
Vehicle Parts)  
 https://www.dcs.customs.gov.hk/en.html  Dutiable Commodities (Liquor, 
Tobacco, Hydrocarbon and Methyl 
Alcohol)  G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.2  
 
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  Environmental 
Protection 
Department  http://www.epd.gov.hk  Asbestos and Asbestos Containing 
Material; Elemental Mercury; 
Non-pesticide Hazardous Chemicals; 
Ozone Depleting Substances; Volatile 
Organic Compounds  Containing 
Products ; Waste (inclu ding Hazardous 
Waste, Regulated Waste Plastics and 
Waste Electrical and Electronic 
Equipment)  
Food and 
Environmental 
Hygiene Department 
– Centre for Food 
Safety  
 http://www.cfs.gov.hk  
http://www.ftp.cfs.gov.hk   Frozen Confections; Frozen or Chilled 
Meat, Poultry and Prohibited Meat; 
Game and Eggs; Live Food Poultry 
(Imported from Mainland China); Milk, 
Milk Beverage and Cream; Smokeless 
Tobacco Pr oducts  
Department of Health  http://www.dh.gov.hk  Biological Materials; Human Corpse  
http://www.cmro.gov.hk/   Chinese Herbal Medicines; Proprietary 
Chinese Medicines  
http://www.drugoffice.gov.hk  Dangerous Drugs; Pharmaceutical 
Products/Medicines  
http://www.rhd.gov.hk  Radioactive Substances and Irradiating 
Apparatus  
 
Subparagraph 1.1(b) :  Hong Kong, China does not levy any tariff on importation or exportation of 
goods.  Hong Kong,  China only levies excise duties on four types of products (namely, liquor, 
tobacco, hydrocarbon oil and methyl alcohol).  There is no differ ential treatment on the excise duties 
levied on imported and local manufactured dutiable commodities.  
 
Customs and Excise 
Department  https://www.dcs.customs.gov.hk/en.html  Dutiable Commodities (Liquor, 
Tobacco, Hydrocarbon and Methyl 
Alcohol)  
 
 
(c) The contact information of the enquiry points referred to in paragraph 3.1  
 
B. For specific types of goods requiring a licence, permit and/or certificate for import, export 
and/or transit  
 
Agriculture, Fisheries 
and Conservation 
Department  E-mail: mailbox@afcd.gov.hk  
Tel: (852) 2708 8885  Animals, Birds & Reptiles and Animal Products; 
Endangered Species of Animals and Plants; 
Genetically Modified Organisms; Live Food Animals 
(except Food Poultry); Live Food Poultry 
(Imported from Places other than Mainland 
China); Pesticides; Plants, Plant Pests and Soil; 
Protected Wild Animal s; Toothfish Items  
Environmental 
Protection 
Department  E-mail: enquiry@epd.gov.hk  
Tel: (852) 2838 3111  Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Material; 
Elemental Mercury; Non -pesticide Hazardous 
Chemicals; Ozone Depleting Substances (enquiries 
on the substances  under control); Volatile Organic 
Compounds  Containing Products ; Waste (including 
Hazardous Waste, Regulated Waste Plastics and 
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)  
 
(ii) Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
 
Hong Kong, China launched Phase 1 of the T rade Single Window  in December 2018 , which 
provides a voluntary e -option for the trade to lodge import and export documents through a 
single electronic platform.  It currently covers 14  types of trade documents.  Phase 2 of the 
Trade Single Window, extending the e -option to another 28 types of trade documents, is 
targeted to roll out by batches from 2023 onwards.  Details can be found in the following 
website:  
 
https://www.tradesinglewindow.hk/portal/en/index.html  
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