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Customs Requirements
1.1 Customs formalities are conducted in conformity with standard international procedures, and as far as possible, in accordance with the Standards and Recommended Practices laid down in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The customs officers at the airport are responsible for the enforcement of various legislations of Hong Kong affecting importation and exportation of goods.
1.2 For reasons of health, safety, security and trade control, goods of the following categories may only be imported under valid licence:-
- Narcotic drugs;
- Firearms and ammunitions;
- Dangerous goods;
- Endangered species of animals and plants;
- Strategic commodities;
- Reserved commodities;
- Pesticides;
- Radioactive substances and irradiating apparatus;
- Pharmaceutical products and medicines;
- Textiles; and
- Ozone depleting substances.
1.3 Further details of import and export regulations, controls and restrictions may be obtained from the Trade Department at Trade Department Tower, 700 Nathan Road, Kowloon (Telex 45126 CNDIHX) or the Customs & Excise Department at 3/F., Customs Headquarters Building, 222 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong (
customsenquiry@customs.gov.hk
).
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Agricultural Quarantine Requirements
Except under and in accordance with a special permit granted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, no animal, bird or reptile which is brought into Hong Kong on board any aircraft from any place outside Hong Kong may be removed from such aircraft. Such live animals must be humanely crated in suitable containers of recommended IATA standard and consigned as manifest cargo. The special permit must also be produced to the Import Control Officer of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department for inspection before any of the above can be removed from the aircraft.
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Health Requirements
3.1 Fish, shellfish, vegetables or beverages imported from a cholera infected place or port should be declared to the Health Authorities at the Airport before unloading when required.
3.2 Under Section 14(1) of the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation (Cap. 599A), a person shall not, without a permit in writing from the Director, knowingly import into Hong Kong -
- a human corpse or any part of a human corpse;
- an infectious agent;
- any human or animal tissue, or tissue fluid, or any part of a human or animal body, that the person has reason to suspect contains an infectious agent; or
- any excreta, secretion, blood, or blood component, that the person has reason to suspect contains an infectious agent.