Hong Kong Issues List of Entities Exempt From License Requirements for Certain 'Strategic' Goods

Hong Kong’s Trade and Industry Department released a list of 19 entities that are exempt from certain conditions and licensing requirements for air shipments of “strategic commodities,” according to a Jan. 2 notice. The exemptions, announced as part of Hong Kong’s “Air Transhipment Cargo Exemption Scheme for Specified Strategic Commodities,” applies to airlines, ground handling agents and freight forwarders that are “successfully registered” and were granted a certificate of exemption by the head of the Trade and Industry Department, Hong Kong said. The entities include UPS, FedEx, DHL Aviation, Japan Airlines and others.