The New Additional Zero Import Tariff Goods Become The Major Growing Point Of CEPA Imported Goods

According to the second phase of CEPA, starting from 1 January 2005, there are new additional 714 zero import tariff goods announced that led to a dramatic rise in Hong Kong goods enjoying the zero tariff benefits

The new additional goods have basically included all goods under current productions in Hong Kong. The increment of new categories would be beneficial to the co-operation between the trading activities of Mainland and Hong Kong.
Compared to the same period in 2004, the imported Hong Kong goods for CEPA have been increased from 3 to 16 categories that are mainly components in medicines, clothes, raw plastics and plastic goods. There are three new categories of goods in the execution of second phrase CEPA have become the major growing point of January's CEPA imported goods. Included: the medicines composed of biologic alkaline and derivative, medicines with hormone and the cotton mixture weave, whose imported values are US$1.06 million, US$ 100 thousand and US$ 52 thousand respectively.

根據CEPA第二階段實施協定，自2005年1月1日起，新增加714種零關稅商品，促使享受零關稅優惠進口的港貨大幅增長。

新放開的商品基本囊括了香港現有生產的全部商品，新品種的增加將有利於兩地的經貿合作不斷加強。經廣州關區進口港產CEPA商品由2004年同期的3種增加至16種，以藥品、服裝和塑膠及其製品產主，其中CEPA第二階段實施中新放開的3種商品成為1月份CEPA進口貨物的主要增長點。這3種商品分別為：含有生物鹼及其衍生物的藥品、含有激素的藥品和棉混紡色織布，分別進口106萬美元、10萬美元和5.2萬美元。