Exporters sending goods by water or land to EU countries need to overhaul their paperwork, as the bloc’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2) comes into effect for all arriving goods from 3 June onwards.

The ICS2 electronic declaration system will be extended to cover land and sea imports.

EU widens scope for comprehensive customs filing

The history of world trade has usually been an evolutionary one, with ports and transport routes forming and declining over generations.

Slashing shipping times and serving as a hub for Asia, Europe and Africa, the canal zone is developing rapidly.

Suez hub zone strengthens Hong Kong links

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has announced that it will implement the Industrial Labour Importation Scheme for the construction and transport industries, with a quota of 20,000. The government will launch the scheme this month, and be reviewed within six months after its launch.

Hong Kong Government opens the gates to workers, especially those from Mainland China, to alleviate firms’ staffing crisis.

Green light for labour imports

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) this month opened its GoGBA Business Centre in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city of Jiangmen.

HKTDC helps Hong Kong companies further explore GBA business opportunities

GoGBA expands service network

Hong Kong exporters are turning increasingly bullish as the post-COVID business environment improves but the mood remains cautious amid an uncertain outlook created by geopolitical tensions.

Trade recovery set to accelerate in the second half but geopolitical uncertainties leave traders cautious.

Exporter confidence hits two-year high

Many of the concepts around sustainable business require university-level physical or chemical engineering to understand and generate heated debate even within the green community; busy managers of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can have a hard time navigating their way to such goals as Net Zero.

HKTDC T-box programme offers support to help SMEs integrate sustainability initiatives into their business.

SMEs have map for ESG maze

Organised by The Law Society of Hong Kong and supported by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), this webinar will invite prominent speakers from the legal profession and a leading e-commerce corporation from Mainland China to share their expertise and experience in regard to electronic commerce under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.

Legal professionals advise on opportunities the vast trading bloc brings.

Exploring RCEP opportunities

Think Business, Think Hong Kong – 成就機遇．首選香港 – is a signature promotion campaign organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to showcase the city as a resilient business and innovation hub facilitating global businesses to capture new demands and realise business opportunities worldwide.

The HKTDC is bringing back its series of promotional conferences and next stop is Bangkok.

Think Business, Think Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) began running its SmartHK programme in major cities in Mainland China (including Guangzhou, Jinan, Chengdu, Fuzhou and Hangzhou) in 2011. This year's SmartHK is the first large-scale HKTDC in the mainland since border reopening with Mainland China. It is of special significance to connect enterprises from the two places.

The HKTDC launches GBA week to boost cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland centres.

SmartHK spotlights Guangzhou

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a giant trade area extending from the fringes of the Arctic (Hokkaido, Japan, main picture) to the Antarctic (New Zealand) and encompassing the giant economy of Mainland China as well as Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia.

Japanese companies see bright future for city as the extensive RCEP bloc develops.

Hong Kong hub for giant trade region

SmartHK is the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s (HKTDC) annual promotion event held in leading cities in Mainland China (including Guangzhou, Jinan, Chengdu, Fuzhou and Hangzhou) since 2011. The conference-oriented forum offers interactive sessions and business matching services for enterprises.

Annual promotion event becomes the flagship for GBA cooperation week.

Smart message for Guangzhou

Business confidence in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area rallied to a record high in the first quarter of this year after the Mainland China-Hong Kong borders fully reopened.

Resumption of normal travel boosts business confidence to record high.

Open gates unleash bulls

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) this week launched the Foshan GBA Business Support Centre for Hong Kong businesses, a facility co-organised by the HKTDC and Foshan Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment.

Comprehensive platform helps Hong Kong SMEs unlock business opportunities in GBA.

HKTDC opens GBA centre in Foshan

As the Belt and Road Initiative reaches its 10th anniversary the international intermodal railway – the China-Laos Express connecting Chengdu, Chongqing and Vientiane, the capital of Laos – has gone into operation, greatly improving the flow of people and logistics between Mainland China and Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) members, and has also led more and more mainland companies to choose to expand their business to Southeast Asia.

A mainland logistics firm and its Thai counterpart seek to boost their global footprint after linking up at Belt and Road forum.

Enterprises go global through summit

The development plan for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone announced by China’s National Development and Reform Commission at the end of last year aims to accelerate Hong Kong-Shenzhen cooperation and foster the development of diverse industries, including finance, professional services and legal affairs, to facilitate a wide array of new business opportunities.

A seminar explored business opportunities in Qianhai and fostered Hong Kong-Shenzhen cooperation.

GoGBA event helps businesses seize Qianhai opportunities

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