G/TFA/N/MAC/2  
 
4 June 2018 
(18-3354) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLES 1.4, 10.4.3,  10.6.2 AND 12.2.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM M ACAO, CHINA  
The following communication, dated 31 May  2018, is being circulated at the request o f the 
delegation of Macao, China . 
 
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Macao, China  hereby makes the following notifications in accordance with Articles 1.4, 10.4.3, 
10.6.2 and 12.2.2 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation (WT/L/931).  
 
Article 1, paragraph 4  
 
(a) The official place(s) where the items in subp aragraphs 1.1(a) to (j) have been 
published  
 
Subpara graphs 1.1(a), (c), (f) and (g) ; 
 
Macao Customs service  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1452/  Import, Export and transit 
Clearance  
Civic and 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  
Macao Economic Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1320/  
https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1319/  Alcoholic beverages, tobacco 
and petroleum pro ducts; 
optical disc manufacturing 
equipment and raw 
materials; ozone -depleting 
substances; endangered 
species of animals and G/TFA/N/MAC/2  
 
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  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 
radio communication  
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.  
 
Macao Economic Bureau  https://www.economia.gov.mo
/zh_TW/web/public/pg_apg?_r
efresh=true  Consumption taxes on alcoholic 
beverages and tobacco  
 
1.1(d) Rules for the classification  of products for customs purposes ; 
 
Statistics and Census Service  http://www.dsec.gov.mo/NCE
M.aspx?lang=zh -MO The Nomenclature for the 
External Trade of 
Macao/ Harmonized  System  
 
1.1(e)  Laws, regulations and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of 
origin ; 
 
Macao Economic Bureau  https://www.gov.mo/zh -
hant/services/ps -1321/  Rules of origin  
 
1.1(h) P rocedures for appeal or review;  
 
Legislation  http://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2003/
25/lei07_cn.asp  Foreign Trade Law , Law No. 
7/2003 , amended by Law no. 
3/2016  
http://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/99/41
/codpacn/default.asp  Code of Administrative 
Procedure , Decree -Law No. 
57/99/M  
http://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/99/50
/codpaccn/declei110.asp  Code of Administrative 
Litigation , Decree -Law No. 
110/99/M  
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  1.1(i) A greements or parts thereof with any country or countries relating to import ation, 
exportation, or transit;  
 
Macao Economic Bureau  https://www.economia.gov.mo
/zh_TW/web/public/pg_cepa?_
refresh=true  Mainland and Macao Closer 
Economic Partnership 
Arrangement  
https://www.economia.gov.mo
/zh_TW/web/public/pg_rc_hmc
epa?_refresh=true  Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region and 
Macao Special Administrative 
Region Closer Economic 
Partnership Arrangement  
 
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 available at the 
following link:  
http://www.tedmev.com/chinese/services.php  
 
Article 10, P aragraph 6.2  
 
Macao, China does not require the use of customs brokers.  
 
Article 12, P aragraph 2.2  
 
The c ontact point for exchange of informat ion 
 
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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