A : → Please refer to our website for details of Hong Kong's textile export control policy and related procedures at: http://www.tdctrade.com/sme/iepract/textilepolicy.htm . A list of the restrained textile categories to the European Union are listed under http://www.tdctrade.com/sme/iepract/eumkt.htm . The Trade & Industry Department is the Government department for administering export licensing and control. You may contact them via (852) 2398-5148 for further enquiries. Meanwhile, please also visit our Business InfoCentre for the customs duty of the EU on various textile products. We maintain a wide collection of market intelligence, including latest tariff schedules, country profiles, trade directories as well as websites and CD-Roms. We are located at Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Opening hours: 9:00am-8:00pm (Mon-Fri) and 9:00am-5:00pm (Sat). Telephone: (852) 2248-4000; website: http://infocentre.tdctrade.com
Q : → I am trying to expand my sports clothing business into overseas markets but am finding it quite a headache to come to grips with all the requirements for export. I am also finding it difficult to find out the tariffs charged by EU countries and how I go about obtaining quotas. Any help would be much appreciated.