G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.3  
 
7 October 2022  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLES 1:4, 10:4:3, 10:6:2 AND 12:2:2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM HONG KONG, CHINA  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 3 October 2022  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Hong Kong, China for Members' information.  
 
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Hong Kong, China hereby makes the following notifications in accordanc e with Articles 1:4, 10:4:3, 
10:6:2 and 12:2:2 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation (WT/L/931).  This revised notification 
replaces Hong Kong, China 's original notification dated 12 May 2017 (G/TFA/N/HKG/1) , and its 
related revision s dated 8 March 2019 (G/TFA/N/HKG/1/Rev.1) and 18 March 2021  
(G/TFA/N/HKG/1/Rev.2) . For ea se of reference, changes are marked in bold.  
 
 
(i) Article 1, paragraph 4  
(a) The official place(s) where the items in subparagraphs 1.1(a) to (j) have 
been published  
Subparagraph s 1.1(a) , (c), (f), (g) and (h) : 
A. For goods in general  
Customs and 
Excise Department  http://www. customs.gov.hk  Import and Export Clearance  
Census and 
Statistics 
Department  http://www.censtatd.gov.hk  Electronic Cargo Manifest 
Submission ; Import and Export 
Declaration Lodgement  
 
B. For specific types of goods requiring a licence, permit and/or certificate for import, export 
and/or transit  
Agriculture, 
Fisheries and 
Conservation 
Department  http://www. afcd.gov.hk  Animals, Birds & Reptiles and Ani mal 
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 An imals ; 
Toothfish Items  
Civil Engineering 
and Development 
Department  http://www. cedd.gov.hk  Explosives; Sand  G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.3  
 
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  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  Oil and 
Methyl Alcohol)  
Environmental 
Protection 
Department  http://www. epd.gov.hk  Asbestos and Asbestos Containing 
Materia ls; Mercury and Mercury 
Mixtures;  Non-pesticide Hazardous 
Chemicals ; Ozone Depleting 
Substances; Volatile Organic 
Compounds Containing Products ; 
Waste  (including 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 Products  
Department of 
Health  http://www.taco.gov.hk/t/   Alternative Smoking Products  
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  and Medicines  
http://www.rhd.gov.hk  
 Radioactive Substances and 
Irradiating Apparatus  
Office of the 
Communications 
Authority  http://www. ofca.gov.hk  
http://www.coms -auth.hk  Radiocommunications Transmitting 
Apparatus  
Trade and Industry 
Department  http://www. tid.gov.hk  Ozone Depleting Substances; 
Powdered Formula; Rice; Rough 
Diamonds  
http://www.stc.tid.gov.hk  Strategic Commodities  
 
C. Legislation and Administrative Appeals  
Department of 
Justice – Hong 
Kong e -Legislation  https://www .elegislation.gov.hk  Electronic database of Hong Kong 
legislation  
Administrative 
Appeals Board  http://www.admwing.gov.hk/eng/links/aab.htm   
 
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 differential 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 Oil and 
Methyl Alcohol)  
 
Subparagraph 1.1(d) : 
Census and 
Statistics 
Department  http://www.censtatd.gov.hk  Hong Kong Imports and Exports 
Classification List (Harmonized 
System)  
 
Subparagraph 1.1(e) : Hong Kong, China does not maintain any mandatory  Certificate of Origin 
system with respect to Hong Kong, China 's exports to other markets.  G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.3  
 
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  Subparagraph 1.1( i): 
Free Trade Agreements  http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/ita/fta/index.html  
International A greements  http://www.doj.gov.hk/en/external/treaties.html   
 
Subparagraph 1.1(j) : Hong Kong, China does not maintain  any tariff quotas . 
(b) The Uniform Resource Locators of website(s) referred to in paragraph 2.1  
Subparagraph s 2.1(a) , (b) and (c) : Same as part (a) above.  
(c) The contact information of the enquiry points referred to in paragraph 3.1  
A. For goods in general  
Customs and 
Excise Department  E-mail: customsenquiry@customs.gov.hk  
Tel: (852) 2815 7711  Import and Export Clearance  
Census and 
Statistics 
Department  E-mail: trade -declaration@censtatd.g ov.hk  
Tel: (852) 2877 1818  Electronic Cargo Manifest 
Submission ; Import and Export 
Declaration Lodgement ; Trade 
Classification  
 
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 Pes ts and 
Soil; Protected Wild Animals ; 
Toothfish Items  
Civil Engineering 
and Development 
Department  E-mail: enquiry@cedd.gov.hk  
Tel: (852)  2762 5111  Explosives; Sand  
Customs and 
Excise Department  E-mail: customsenquiry@customs.gov.hk   
Tel: (852) 2815 7711  Controlled Chemicals; Motor 
Vehicles; Optical Disc Mastering and 
Replication Equipment; Prescribed 
Articles (Outboard Engines, Vehicles 
and Vehicle Parts ); Dutiable 
Commodities (Liquor, Tobacco, 
Hydrocarbon Oil and Methyl Alcohol)  
Environmental 
Protection 
Department  E-mail: enquiry@epd.gov.hk  
Tel: (852)  2838 3111  Asbestos and Asbestos Containing 
Materials; Mercury and Mercury 
Mixtures;  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)  
Food and 
Environmental 
Hygiene 
Department – 
Centre for Food 
Safety  E-mail: enquiries@fehd.gov.hk  
Tel: (852)  2868 0000  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 Products  G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.3  
 
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  Department of 
Health  E-mail: enquiries@dh.gov.hk  
Tel: (852)  2961 8989 / 2961 8991  Alternative Smoking Products; 
Biological Materials; Chinese Herbal 
Medicines;  Dangerous Drugs; Human 
Corpse; Pharmaceutical Products  and 
Medicines;  Proprietary Chinese 
Medicines ; Radioactive Substances 
and Irradiating Apparatus  
Office of the 
Communications 
Authority  E-mail: license.rdd@ofca.gov.hk  
Tel: (852) 2961 6671 / 2961 6724  Radiocommunications Tra nsmitting 
Apparatus  
Trade and Industry 
Department  E-mail: enquiry@tid.gov.hk  
Tel: (852)  2392 2922  Ozone Depleting Substances 
(enquiries on licence application); 
Pesticides (enquiries on licence 
application for methyl bromide only); 
Powdered Formula; Rice; Rough 
Diamonds ; Strategic Commodities  
 
(ii) Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
Hong Kong, China is implementing the Trade Single Window in three phases to 
provide a one -stop electronic platform for the trade to submit Business -to-
Government documents for trade declaration and customs clearance purposes.  
Phase 1 of the Trade Single Window, launched in D ecember 2018, covers 14 types 
of trade documents.  Phase 2, extending the service to another 28 types of trade 
documents, would be rolled out by batch starting from 2023.  Phase 3, the final 
and most complex phase, is targeted to be rolled out by batch fro m 2026.  Details 
can be found on the following website:  
 
https://www.tradesinglewindow.hk/portal/en/index.html  
(iii) Article 10, paragraph 6.2  
 Hong Kong, China does not require the use of customs brokers.  
(iv) Article 12, paragraph 2.2  
Controlled Chemicals  Head of Customs Drug Investigation Bureau  
Customs Drug Investigation Bureau  
Customs and Excise Department  
Address:  20/F, Customs Headquarters Building,  
 222 Java Road,  
 North Poi nt,  
 Hong Kong  
Tel:  (852) 3759  2888 
E-mail:  customs_ss_d @customs.gov.hk  
Motor Vehicles; Prescribed Articles 
(Outboard Engines, Vehicles and 
Vehicle Parts); Dutiable Commodities 
(Liquor, Tobacco, Hydrocarbon Oil 
and Methyl Alcohol)  Head of Intelligence Bureau  
Intelligence Bureau  
Customs and Excise Department  
Address:  19/F, Customs Headquarters Building,  
 222 Java Road,  
 North Point,  
 Hong Kong  
Tel:  (852) 3759 3223  
E-mail:  customs_ss_i @customs.gov.hk  
Optical Disc Mastering and 
Replication Equipment  Head of Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau  
Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau  
Customs and Excise Department  
Address:  25/F, Customs Headquarters Building,  
 222 Java Road,  
 North Point,  
 Hong Kong  
Tel:  (852) 3759 3008 
E-mail:  customs_ss_ip @customs.gov.hk  G/TFA/N/HKG/1 /Rev.3  
 
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  For other goods  Customs and Excise Department  
Address:  Customs Headquarters Building,  
 222 Java Road,  
 North Point,  
 Hong Kong 
Tel:  (852) 2815 7711  
E-mail:  customsenquiry@customs.gov.hk  
 
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