The Customs & Excise Department today extended the Free Trade Agreement Transhipment Facilitation Scheme to cover transhipment cargo from the Mainland to Peru via Hong Kong.

The scheme originally covered transhipment cargo from 71 economies to the Mainland via Hong Kong under 23 trade agreements. Also covered were Mainland cargo transhipments to Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Myanmar and Australia via Hong Kong under eight trade agreements.

Effective today, local traders can apply to Customs for a certificate of non-manipulation to claim preferential tariffs under the China-Peru Free Trade Agreement for cargo from the Mainland transhipped to Peru via Hong Kong.

Launched in December 2015, the scheme offers a customs supervision service that provides traders with certificates of non-manipulation, verifying that transhipment cargo has not undergone further processing during its stay in Hong Kong.

Click here for the certificate application details.