Strategic Study... Compliance Issues...

Strategic Study on the Implications of Compliance Issues to Hong Kong's Exporting Industries
In recent ten years, overseas buyers, especially those from the U.S., Europe and Japan are increasingly demanding that Hong Kong manufacturers and exporters observe compliance requirements. Such compliance issues, becoming an important part of the sourcing equation, can broadly fall under the following categories:-

1. Working Conditions and Labour Rights
2. Respect to environment
3. Product safety, product standards and product certification
4. Government Trade Regulations

<Key Issues of Compliance Standards>

With funding from the Services Support Fund of the Industry Department of The HKSAR Government, The Hong Kong Exporter's Association has conducted the above Strategic Study. We are grateful to share this research report with Hong Kong's manufacturing and exporting sector. The report
1. explains the underlying principles of compliance issues as well as the reasons for their existence;
2. highlights the relevant rules and guidelines on the various compliance standards as required by overseas buyers;
3. describes how some prominent organizations advocate the compliance issues;
4. discusses the future trend of relevant compliance issues;
5. tables suggestions for local exporters to tackle the compliance issues; and
6. highlights how The Hong Kong Exporter's Association will address the compliance issues.

Any interested parties who want to receive a complimentary copy, please apply by filling in the <Application Form> and fax it back to 2730 1869 or via e-mail: exporter@exporters.org.hk.

The Association reserves the right to refuse free dissemination to irrelevant applicants.