The Trade and Industry Department implements both import and export licensing control on strategic commodities. The licensing requirement covers all imports and exports into and out of the Hong Kong territory. It also extends to cover all transshipment cargoes and sensitive items in-transit. Hong Kong also implements end-use control under which items not caught by the specific control lists in Schedule 1 and 2 are still subject to licensing control if they are intended for use in the delivery of mass destruction. The system for strategic trade control remains the same as it was before the changeover.
Laws governing the import and export of strategic commodities remain intact.
There has not been any change to the scope of control. Tipping the balance between trade control and trade facilitation, the Government would on the one hand, implement proper control on the imports and exports so as to prevent Hong Kong from being used as a conduit for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and on the other, ensure that controls are administered efficiently to avoid causing disruption to legitimate trade. Regulations consist of 4 Schedules. Schedule 2 covers specific munitions, nuclear-related materials facilities and equipment, encryption equipment, articles for a use relating to nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their related technological documents. Schedule 3 brings enduse under control.