Types of Import/Export Declarations — Census and Statistics Department

<div id="header"> </div> <div class="box_center"> <div id="breadcrumb"> </div> </div> <div id="print_content"> # Types of Import/Export Declarations <div class="top_section row box_center"> <div class="table-responsive"> | **Title of Declaration** | **Brief Notes** | | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | a) Import Declaration Form 1 | for imports of non-food items and articles not exempted from declaration charge [^\*1](#one) | | b) Import Declaration Form 1A | for imports of food items only – details are specified in Appendix I of the current Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification List (Harmonized System) [^\*2](#two) | | c) Import Declaration Form 1B | for imports of articles exempted from declaration charge [^\*1](#one) | | d) Export/Re-export Declaration Form 2 | for exports of Hong Kong made non-clothing items and articles not exempted from declaration charge [^\*3](#three), and re-exports of articles not exempted from declaration charge [^\*3](#three) | | e) Export Declaration Form 2A | for exports of Hong Kong made clothing items specified in Schedule 1 to the Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance – details specified in Appendix II of the current Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification List (Harmonized System) [^\*2](#two) | | f) Export/Re-export Declaration Form 2B | for exports/re-exports of articles exempted from declaration charge [^\*3](#three) | </div> <div class="table-responsive"> <table> <colgroup> <col style="width: 50%" /> <col style="width: 50%" /> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td><p>WARNING:</p></td> <td>All declarations forms lodged to the Commissioner must be accurate and complete according to the Import and Export (Registration) Regulations.  Lodging declaration in an inappropriate form shall be deemed <strong>NOT</strong> to have lodged the declaration of the articles.  For misuse of form type, traders are required to re-lodge a declaration using a correct type of import/export declaration form and shall be liable for payment of late lodgement penalty and/or relevant declaration charge.</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p> </p></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><span id="one">*1</span></p></td> <td>Articles exempted from declaration charge include: <ul> <li>gold bars of fineness 995.0 or above, for which the commodity codes in the current Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification List (Harmonized System) are <span style="white-space: nowrap">7108 1210</span> and <span style="white-space: nowrap">7108 2010</span>;</li> <li>aircraft parts or accessories used in the repair or maintenance of aircraft owned or chartered by local-based airlines (the import declarations must be lodged by the local-based airlines concerned); and</li> <li>the articles used in the repair and maintenance of freight containers operated by local-based sea or air freight transport undertaking (the import declarations must be lodged by the local-based sea or air freight transport undertaking concerned).</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p><span id="two">*2</span></p></td> <td><em>Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification List (Harmonized System) 2022 Edition</em> (two volumes) and its subsequent amendments are published in electronic version and can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department <a href="/en/page_1364.html">(https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/page_1364.html)</a>.</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><span id="three">*3</span></p></td> <td>Articles exempted from declaration charge include: <ul> <li>gold bars of fineness 995.0 or above, for which the commodity codes in the current Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification List (Harmonized System) are <span style="white-space: nowrap">7108 1210</span> and <span style="white-space: nowrap">7108 2010</span>; and</li> <li>aircraft parts or accessories used in the repair or maintenance of aircraft owned or chartered by local-based airlines (the export declarations must be lodged by the local-based airlines concerned).</li> </ul></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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