G/TFA/N/MAC/2/Rev.2  
 
18 March 2021  
(21-2287) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 AND 12.2.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM MACAO, CHINA  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 16 March 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Macao, China.  
 
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Macao, China hereby makes the following notifications in response to Articles 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 
and 12.2.2 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation (WT/L/ 931). The revision consists of the update 
of official places and URLs in Article 1.4, subparagraph 1.1(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (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) and (g);  
 
Macao Customs service  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1452/  Import, Export and transit 
Clearance  
Municipal Affairs Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1102/  Live animals, meat, animal 
products, fish, crustaceans 
and molluscs, vegetables, 
live plants and mushroom 
spawn  
Health Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1570/  
https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1564/  
https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1575/  
 Narcotic drugs and 
psychotropic substances; 
pharmaceutical products 
and medicines (including 
western medicines and 
Chinese proprietary 
medicines); milk modified 
for infant feeding; 
diagnostic and  laboratory 
reagents; pesticides; 
essential oil; therapeutic 
preparations for use on the 
hair; and chemicals, 
chemical fertilisers, 
colouring matter and dyes  G/TFA/N/MAC/2/Rev.2  
 
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  Economic and Technological 
Development Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1320/  
https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1319/  
 Alcoholic beverages, 
tobacco and petroleum 
products; optical disc 
manufacturing equipment 
and raw materials; ozone -
depleting substances; 
endangered species of 
animals and plants; narcotic 
drugs and psychotropic 
substances (controlled 
chemicals of 1988 un 
convention)  
Transport Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -2004/  
https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1928/  Vehicles  
Macao Post and 
Telecommunications Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1852/  Telecommunication and 
radiocommunication 
apparatus  
Macao Security Police  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1501/  Arms and ammunition, and 
explosives  
 
1.1(b) Applied rates of duties and taxes of any kind imposed on or in connection with importation or 
exportation;  
 
Macao, China does not levy any customs duties or taxes on importation or exportation of goods. 
Consumption taxes on alcoholic beverages and tobacco are applied to both imports and locally 
produced goods.  
 
Economic and 
Technological 
Development Bureau  https://www.dsedt.gov.mo/zh_
TW/web/public/pg_apg?_refres
h=true  Consumption taxes on 
alcoholic beverages and 
tobacco  
 https://www.dsedt.gov.mo/en_
US/web/public/pg_apg?_refres
h=true  (English)   
 
1.1(d) Rules for the classification of products for customs purposes;  
 
Statistics and Census 
Service  https://www.dsec.gov.mo/EMT
S.aspx?lang=zh -MO 
 
https://www.dsec.gov.mo/EMT
S.aspx?lang=en -US (English)  The Nomenclature for 
the External T rade of 
Macao/Harmonized 
System  
 
1.1(e) Laws, regulations and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of origin;  
 
Economic and Technological 
Development Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1321/  Rules of Origin  
 
1.1(h) Procedures for appeal or review;  
 
Legislation  https://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2003/25
/lei07_cn.asp  Foreign Trade Law, Law No. 
7/2003, amended by Law 
no. 3/2016  
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   http://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/99/41/co
dpacn/default.asp  Code of Administrative 
Procedure, Decree -Law 
No. 57/99/M  
Legislation (cont'd)  http://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/99/50
/codpaccn/declei110.asp  Code of Administrative 
Litigation, Decree -Law No. 
110/99/M  
 
1.1(i) Agreements or parts thereof with any country or countries relating to importation, exportation, 
or transit;  
 
Economic and 
Technological 
Development Bureau  https://www.dsedt.gov.mo/zh_
TW/web/public/pg_cepa?_refre
sh=true  Mainland and Ma cao Closer 
Economic Partnership 
Arrangement  
 https://www.dsedt.gov.mo/zh_
TW/web/public/pg_rc_hmcepa
?_refresh=true  Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region and 
Macao Special 
Administrative Region Closer 
Economic Partnership 
Arrangement  
 https://www.dsedt.gov.mo/en
_US/web/public/pg_cepa?_refr
esh=true  (English)   
 https://www.dsed t.gov.mo/en
_US/web/public/pg_rc_hmcepa
?_refresh=true  (English)   
 
1.1(j) Procedures relating to the administration of tariff quotas; Macao, China does not maintain any 
tariff quotas.  
 
(b) The Uniform Resource Locators of website(s) referred to in paragraph 2.1  
 
Same as part (a) above.  
 
(c) The contact information of the enquiry points referred to in paragraph 3.1  
 
Same as part (a) above.  
 
Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
 
Information on the details of the operation of the TEDMEV e -Customs Services is avai lable at the 
following link:  https://www.tedmev.com/en/index.php  
 
Article 10, Paragraph 6.2  
 
Macao, China does not require the use of customs brokers.  
 
Article 12, Paragraph 2.2  
 
The contact point for exchange of information:  
Macao Customs Service  
Rua S. Tiago da Barra, Doca D. Carlos I, SW, Macao  
Macao, China  
Telephone: +853 8490 0501  
Fax: +853 8490 0508  
E-Mail: dfapf@customs.gov.mo  
 
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