Application for Pesticide Import/Export Licence
(Trade & Industry Dept. Form 3/Form 6)

IMPORT AND EXPORT OF PESTICIDES

Registered pesticides may only be imported by a holder of a pesticides licence and unregistered pesticides may only be imported or possessed by a holder of a pesticides permit issued in respect of that pesticide. In addition, each shipment of registered or unregistered pesticides entering/leaving Hong Kong must also be covered by an import/export licence issued under the Import and Export Ordinance Cap. 60. All such licences, with the exception of those covering Methyl bromide, are issued by this Department under delegation from the Trade & Industry Department. Import/export licences for Methyl bromide are issued directly by the Trade & Industry Department.

EXEMPTIONS

Pesticides in transit (which do not leave the ship/aircraft on which they were imported) require neither licence/permit under the Pesticides Ordinace, Cap. 133 nor import/export licence under the Import & Export Ordinance, Cap. 60. Pesticides undergoing transhipment on a valid through bill of lading do not require a licence/permit under Cap. 133 but do require import/export licences under Cap. 60. Licencing requirements under Cap. 60 for air-to-air transhipment of pesticides on a valid through air waybill have been waived in May 2000.

FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT:

• Trade & Industry Department, Collection Office, Room 104, 1/F, Trade & Industry Department Tower, 700 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Note: With effect from 1 September 2007, this department will only accept 2007 revised version of Import Licence Form 3 and Export Licence Form 6 (pdf version)

FURTHER ENQUIRIES

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), Plant and Pesticides Regulatory Division, 5/F., Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon.
Enquiries: by phone (852) 2150 7007 or fax (852) 2314 2622.
Ref.: AFCD - PPRD (9.9.2003)