Hong Kong Issues List of Entities Exempt From License Requirements for Certain 'Strategic' Goods
Hong Kong’s Trade and Industry Department released a list of 19 entities that are exempt from certain conditions and licensing requirements for air shipments of “strategic commodities,” according to a Jan. 2 notice. The exemptions, announced as part of Hong…
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Kong’s “Air Transhipment Cargo Exemption Scheme for Specified Strategic Commodities,” applies to airlines, ground handling agents and freight forwarders that are “successfully registered” and were granted a certificate of exemption by the head of the Trade and Industry Department, Hong Kong said. The entities include UPS, FedEx, DHL Aviation, Japan Airlines and others.